Long live the Wild Mary! My great grandfather was an engineer for the WM during the steam era. That red white and black paint scheme (known unofficially as the "circus scheme") was their last before they were fully absorbed into the Chessie System. The other engine has the "speed letter" scheme. They were probably most famous for their "fireball" scheme during the 40s and 50s.
I might not be an O scale railroader, but O gauge will always have a place in my heart as I do need this gauge to act as a narrow gauge for my Talyllin locomotives. Still, I love what Lionel does with many of their o scale offerings. Very fun and cute little novel items that bring nostalgia to even those not into o scale. 😊
Lionel used to make trains in Hagerstown MD right by my grandmother's house on the north end of town. I have a steam loco with the Hagerstown Lionel tag underneath
I live in Hagerstown and collect Western Maryland O gauge trains. Love this set but im not sure i can justify spending that much on a set. I have more of a starter set budget. 😊 Thanks for the video.
As always, I am enjoying your holiday videos. I appreciate your reviews and your honesty. Above all, you always look for the positive in all your videos. If you have criticisms, you are constructive about. Sometimes the positive outlook on the hobby gets missed. Thank you for that.
This is a beautiful set. I like that they have both paint schemes represented in the locos. I would like to see additional A/B units available in these schemes, so you could run them separately. I love the rolling stock in this set. They all look sharp.
I like those on board camera shots as well, that's pretty cool 😎😎 You get to see your layout from the camera's view & it went through the tunnel as well, that was cool 😎😎
These have been some really cool sets from Lionel recently. I really think they are hitting their stride in the hobby right now. The Western Maryland area is were I spent my summers growing up. The sand patch, the coal division, and even down into Martinsburg, WV. I think I'll have to pick up this set soon, It would be a nice reminder of those times. I know that personally I have never been more interested in what Lionel has to offer than these past 2 or 3 years. Ever since their big anniversary catalog. So much stuff I wanna buy and unfortunately I'm lagging behind all the sets I want
Very beautiful set. I love how the A units don't match color wise, gives nice contrast, and uniquidy. That car with trailer is very cool as well. Great video Eric!
Thanks for the review Eric! I'm a long time Western Maryland fan, but unfortunately do to a relocation was unable to purchase this set. Maybe one day. And it looks great on your layout!
Hi Eric, I preordered this set from England, it recently arrived and yeah that 100T hopper shocked me too- it’s gorgeous. I just couldn’t figure out the trailer extra piece so thanks for that. This was my first set I ever ordered rom Lionel, I’m thrilled with it. I have an earlier FA2 AA set They did for NYC and it has different horns modelled. Cool that they got the unique (I believe) WM ones right.
Didn’t realize Eric lived so close to me lol. I’m in Marietta and he’s Woodstock GA crazy to think I’ve been subbed this long and never actually knew that
Very nice Eric, I have an N&W coal hopper that is like your Western Maryland hopper, it has some weight to it as well & yes the coal load comes out as well, so yeah it's pretty cool 😎😎
And so it begins..... a flat car and trailer here. A Lionel Play World flat car there, that you got a few days ago, and another flat car with trailer, and before you know it, you will be collecting trailers, now you'll have to put in a Mi-Jack to use in your yard, to handle all the trailer traffic that you will be getting. . Maybe your next special run, you could offer a trailer and flat car, along with that, maybe a box car to go along with the engine that you'll be offering An awesome unboxing video. Thank you, Happy Holidays to you and Lisa.
This is such a cool set I saw it in Gryzboski’s the other day and I almost pulled the trigger but I stopped myself lol. Gotta save up for those incoming preorders 😂
It's definitely a cool setup sir. You know the trailer train car would be a cool car to do next Eric's train (AW) in. To have a flat car and semi trailer in your railroad. That would be cool
The guys at LIONEL can make the Pullman-Standard 60' box car for a set in only one paint scheme at a time. They could have been gradually producing and releasing them over the past 10 years. There are still more real railroad numbers and schemes to produce. Still waiting for them to make Chicago & North Western 60' boxcars 20 years later.
Eric the set looks great i feel like it represents freight in the early to late 70. You know whats really unrepresented on your layout as in you have none is maine Central.
Beautiful set, I wonder what happened to the MTH Premier WM M2 Challenger tooling whether they still own it or sold it off to Lionel. That's one of my bucket list engine's to get.
It’s wild seeing these trains run at such a fast pace. Looks so crazy lol. Would it be possible to mount that rooftop camera inside a passenger car?, maybe looking out the back of an observation car? Or even out a side window? Would be a cool perspective, if it’s possible.
They put out two catalogs per year. The 2024 volume 1 catalog is about to come out in January. Once it’s out you can pre-order whatever you want through a Lionel dealer like Legacy Station. You usually get a discount for pre-ordering.
Hey Eric do you have any great northern locomotive? I recommend getting a sdp40 #325 which still exists and is run by the Minnesota transportation museum Jackson street roundhouse in st paul Minnesota
Lionel get's the sound right on their Steam Locomotives but is always lacking on their diesel sounds for the prime movers. Sound garbled and generic. That is not the sound of a 244 block... On the other hand, MTH's steam locomotives lack on the higher quality sounds of the steam locomotives but get's it right on the sound of the diesel's prime movers.
