Super. That is an impressive locomotive, and I love the whistle. I've always wanted to kitbash a fantasy four trucked Shay, but make it with "D" trucks, versus "B" trucks. Can you magine a 32 wheel Shay, Climax, Willamette, or Heisler? I bet that it would pull the wallpaper off of the wall. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.
Love the locomotive! Could definitely see it trundling along through the Appalachians or Alleghenys in the company of Heisler's, Climaxes, Logging Mallet's, Mikado's, and so many more!
One thing is for sure, I absolutely refuse to have to use my phone to operate my trains. I need a break from the daily stress of that phone, Lionel, you're screwing up. I buy slightly older items like JLC locomotives which BTW, has absolutely all the same detail the later Legacy or even Visionline models have, nothing less. I also buy MTH Premier and especially 3rd Rail. I can upgrade the electronics to my liking and I don't have to worry about being at some stranger's mercy. Blunami electronics as what is in DCC O Scale, HO Scale and N Scale. It will work in O Scale 3-rail.
I'm not an O gauge enthusiast but I appreciate any and all scale proportioned, well-detailed and heavy locomotives. I might possibly be able to overlook the third rail but with the prices these things carry, how do you put up with the toy-like crew chatter and those pot metal oversized pony truck wheels?
I just don't see the hype of this engine. Yeah, it's cool, but not for the price you're paying. But that's just me personally. If you feel otherwise and have one I hope you are enjoying it!!!
The last time I saw packaging like this was in 2006 when I got my JLC C&O Allegheny, that model also came bolted to a very heavy Styrofoam crate. When I received my Legacy Allegheny, it came packaged the same way.
G.I Gurdjieff book of "BTHG" A sentence in this book Chapter 1 page 46 brought me here. To figure out what "tipple " meant in a sentence your video is great. Sentence is "Having emptied his glass at a draught and having once sung the famous Georgian song, “Little did we tipple,” inevitably sung when drinking, he leisurely began to answer as follows:"