Lionel Norfolk Southern Legacy Tank Train Set

[MrTrickBike]

the problem with lionel trains the whole front moves with the curves unlike bachmann trains

[esiegel76]

@MrTrickBike O-Gauge trains often have moving pilots. They do that so that the engines can take tighter turns as most O-gaugers don't have a ton of space for big sweeping curves.

[happy95604]

dose it come with legacy controler

[esiegel76]

@happy95604 Ha, no. That's a separate purchase. :)

[lionellance]

Great job Eric.... love the set... thanks for sharing... keep up the great work...

[TheZepmeister]

What's the purpose of a tank train? I've never saw one.

[esiegel76]

@TheZepmeister All of the tanks on the tank train are connected together with hoses. This allows all of the tanks to filled at the same time from one central source. It basically turns the train into one giant tank.

[MTHTrainFanatic]

In your opinion, should I get this set? Will it be worth the 700-800 bucks it costs? I need someone's opinion about it.

[esiegel76]

I think I paid around $700 for mine. Yeah, it' think it's worth the money. It's a very nice engine and the cars are really well done. The review pretty much says that...I think.

[MTHTrainFanatic]

Thanks for the response! Do the couplers on the tank cars open?

[esiegel76]

Yeah, of course they do.

[mjet401bnsf]

for a dash 9 it has the dash 8 radiators

[1998ChevroletS10]

do you think i should get a sd70ace

[esiegel76]

Yes, and you should also try to find your one true love as well.

[1998ChevroletS10]

what do you mean by my one true love

[esiegel76]

It was just a joke...

[IVEMER]

for me i personally go with mth or atlas

I like lionel because of the sound variety and railsounds, crewtalk, etc One thing i didnt like is when they cut corners on detailing such as on trucks and others.

I like MTH bcuz they made detailing one of their main priorities out of the last 3 yrs. However, what I didn't like about mth is that most of their made models have similar of the same exact protosound. for example a N.S. AC6000 and BNSF ES44 have technically same exact sounds .

[esiegel76]

They both have their pros and cons, so it's really just a matter of preference. I personally tend to prefer MTH, but that's just me,

[mop6wewe]

i miss mine mine had the sounds and shit to but the circit bored blew

[GEOMIMI89]

Erick, do you use JT's Smoke Fluid? Is it good?

[esiegel76]

No, so far I've only used Lionel and MTH smoke fluid. This engine is using the Lionel fluid that came with the set. I've got a big bottle of MTH fluid that I use for everything else. I'm thinking about buying some christmas scented fluid for the holidays though.

[BlowoutBob]

great sounds!! 5*****

[MTHTrainFanatic]

How much did this cost?

[MTHTrainFanatic]

Nice engine! How's the layout going?

[esiegel76]

Great. I'll have an layout update video by the end of the month.

[jpaufsc]

Do you know what the hoses that connect the car are use for?

[esiegel76]

The "Tank Train" was called that because all of the tanks were connected by hoses so that the entire train acted as one giant tank that could be filled and emptied all at the same time. So, instead of having to fill each tank car one at the time, the hoses allow all tanks to be filled simultaneously. Make sense?

[jpaufsc]

It sure does! Thanks.

[puttrainguy]

Maybe it's just me, but I think this is flippin sweet... sounds are great, and the chat is great... nice to hear different voices for a change... Tankers are really nice as well, I think Lionel did a great job with this set...

[esiegel76]

There are some details on the engine that could have been better executed, but yes, overall I think it's a very nice set. The tank cars are excellent and the engine sounds are great as well.

[JDStucks]

its not scaled properly. The fuel tank for the engine does not sit low enough.

[UPHeritage]

Not bad for a Lionel train set, but I still prefer MTH better crew chatter, and more realistic horns, and bell and train sounds

[esiegel76]

Agreed. I like this set overall but there were some aspects that were a bit of a let down. I'll rant about that on my website's blog though.

[tinpl8r]

gotta love those tankers! A+++!!!

[Railfan108]

hey eric, it is about timy uo do some videos again for us, thanks

[spazman13579]

Great!

[railfanfromiantha]

Sweet train!!!

[Weiberts]

Great looking model. If the box is custom painted, you know it will be a great train. Those tankers are really detailed. Great horn too! I want this set really badly. Five stars!

[lsant36]

Beautiful train, I see more backdrop on the walls looks great, waiting to see a up date video on your great layout..Lou

[esiegel76]

Yeah, an update video is coming by the end of the month.

[TSBYrailroad]

wow thats cool. 5 * 's