i have 3 issues with it. 1)the real acela tilts in curves 2) it doesnt have the ditch lights like the real acela 3) unless they already do the doors should open/close. otherwise awesome model
(1) It does, at speeds over 30SMPH. I disabled the feature owing to transformer amperage restrictions at the time The 6-car Lionel Acela can draw in excess of 6 amps with all features active.
(2) it does, I didn't have command control to operate them separately at the time
(3) The doors do open. I disabled them because of issues related to operating them without proper lubrication, which I had not done at the time.
I wouldn't call it "The Cadillac of your collection." Instead, I'd call it, "The Bugatti of your collection." Let me explain why. 1. Your model and the Bugatti Veyron are both very fast. 2. They're both very stylish. 3. They're both very expensive. (In real life, an adult ticket goes for around $200, and w/ the model, you paid a few thousand for it, and a Veyron goes for over $1 million!) and 4. They both are very impressive in all of the videos on YouTube that they're in.
I love how your layout is spread out around the living room! 3 questions How big is your living to fit that entire layout in it? How much did it cost to make that layout? And how did you convince your wife to let you do that?!? My wife wont even let me make a train layout around the christmas tree!!!!!!
2: I already had the track from previous years of floor layouts as a youth, so it was only the lumber...less than $150 worth since it's made of 1x3s for the trackway, , 1x2s for supports, and a single 4x8 to make the curves and footings. I'm not counting the new cordless jigsaw in that figure (I didn't have one).
:3: That's easy :). You'll see references in my videos to those ' running behind the couch' shots as being "Proof I'm not married" shots.
I pre-ordered it when it was announced two years prior to release a few years ago. The particular dealer I ordered it from is long-closed now. In fact, I had to meet the owner at Penn Station to pick up the set because it arrived after he closed the shop.
And yeah, a couple of grand for the whole thing...but I had two years to save for it.
Train World, Charles Ro, or Nicholas Smith Trains may still have a set, but we're still talking about $1600 for the two loco/three coach set. Only one run was ever made.
It's not a cheap train, and the cars won't run through anything less than 072 or maybe 060.
From MTH? well, since they are making European trains, I asked their president how long would we wait for to see a TGV in the catalog. He said "Give it time".
Lionel's site only lists one dealer in the UK on their site(Tennent's Trains), but some US dealers do ship internationally. TrainWorld in New York is one, and I do recall seeing the set there. Their URL is the same as their name (add the dot-com as usual).
Go to Lionel's website and find the product number before you call--they are rather busy, and they look up their stock at computer terminals by those numbers.
They do, but I had them turned off (along with all the other features) since the train was pushing the limit (6 amps) of my transformer's circuit breaker.
They do open, but I did not have command control at the time. I turned off the features because my transformer only has a 6 amp breaker, and just turning on the coach lights tripped it after a lap around the room.
How come the headlight and ditch lights are lit on the rear power car instead of the front? Is something wired backwards, or do you control the lighting directly?
The lighting (and sound) of the rear power car is controlled via an infrared link running under the couplers from the head end. If the alignment of the transmitter/ receiver pairs at each coupler is off, then stuff like what you described occurs. If you look at the second part of this video, you'll notice the headlights straighten themselves out by the third shot.
NOW, that i take a closer look at this vid the passenger cars remind me of Metro North / LIRR M7s... Although Lionel did a crappy job on the M7s.. like i said before MTH would have done a better job on them...
NIce set dude. I have the "Acela Express" set too but HO. but I run it on a 12 amp so I can do things like open the doors, raise and lower the pantograph and all the other gremlin things
That I can't help you with. I don't have TMCC, and I shut off the doors on my set (under conventional, they usually open when the loco is in neutral) since the door drive screws need to be lubed and I haven't done that yet.
WoW, Now that's a set! Just beautiful. I'm starting to add to my old collection. Now MTH has a premier set with a 1/48 scale. What scale is this Acela? How does lionel work, with scales, do they use different scales for certain trains. I'm trying to figure out between MTH Premier, and just now looking into lionel, Don't know much of Lionel, But the fact of how much i love this video
The Acela is 1:48. Taking into account that O Gauge trains were never inexpensive, the less-expensive ones are smaller than scale (since they're intended to operate in smaller spaces) and as you go up in price, you get closer until at the top end, you get models that are specific scale models of real cars/locos.
Google the "O Gauge Railroading" forum (it's at the top of the results) and ask there--plenty of folks will spell out the intricacies (much of it wasn't planned by the manufacturers)
But the owner retired so the store is no more. I actually picked up this set up after the store closed, and paid the owner, in his car, across the street from Penn Station, almost three years ago :)
Maybe two or three of the trains appearing in these videos are brand-new. The rest of them have been sitting in boxes for a few years before I got around to videotaping them.
I remember Stuyvesant because I went there quite a bit. The one thing that bothered me was the store was too small to store much stuff and you didn't know what he had until you asked. Then he had to get it from his warehouse. That's why I usually go to Trainland,Nassau Hobby and Willis for stuff. Just Trains in Delaware for mail order Williams.
Little by little. A locomotive here, a couple of freight cars there. Save up for a set once in a while. I've been doing this since 1986 of so, when I first discovered train shows, so I bought a lot of stuff that way once I had my first job.
Nowadays, stuff that's in train catalogs (O gauge ones, that is--I don't know about HO) usually doesn't hit stores for 6 months to a couple of years, so there's usually time to save up for stuff you see and want.
To get technical, the first class car, and the end-busneiss car's are both facing the wrong directions. the doors are suppose to be on the inside of the train, not on the same end as the locomotive. Not exactly sure why this is, but this is how the trainsets are built
umm the end buisness and first class are both facing the correct direction, the doors are in fact soppost to be on the ouside, its a common misconception, the only thing wrong i see is that theres an extra end buisness stuck in there instead of a buisness (btw i'm not paying attention to the direction of each car besides the end cars) nevertheless its a great set, i just have the bachman one and its not as good as the Lionel one
It's twin-motored, so it does okay with the six-car set. Certainly better than the M7 set :)
As it comes out of the box with just three coaches and the trailing loco, it does just fine. I still wouldn't try to run 150 scale MPH with it though.
Thing about the Acela is that it's a big power hog. With all the functions turned on, a full 6-car set can pull in excess of 6 amps, which is more than small-ish transformers can handle.
Very nice! Ihave a chance to buy one a "like new" set with add on 3 pack. Is it worth it. i see u said your z-4000 cant handle all the options, I have the same transformer. Itcan handle 10 amps what exactly happens can u explain.
Well, to be fair, most of what could go wrong has been switched off on my particular train. My transformer isn't quite powerful enough to run all the features--in fact the (6 amp) breaker popped after a lap and a half of running with just the coach lights turned on.
Next cheapest would be HO--it is the most common scale. Cheap is relative though. If you can tolerate toy-quality equipment you can get back into the hobby quite cheaply--but the inexpensive stuff may not run well or hold together well enough to not frustrate you. Anything that's going to last long enough to let you know if you really want to continue in this hobby won't be cheap.
Well, probably 1600-1700 now, but yes, rather pricey.
Lionel "will have" the HHP8 train--I doub't it's in production yet-- they'll figure that out once they have their orders from their dealer network and know how many to produce. It may take a year or so, being that almost all of the set is brand new molds.
This one was slightly more than half that figure. Although all sets were sold out at the manufacturer level, there are still sets floating around the dealer network, and usually at less than MSRP. You can get the base set for about $1800 and the add-on coaches for under $500 if you shop around.
That works if you're an HO scaler. Ho trains tend not to run so well on O gauge track :D
This is not to say that an 'O' scale Acela *has* to cost that much (Lionel is putting out an HHP-8+Amfleet set with track & transformer for *under* $500, number 6-31779). It's just that this particular set, with all it's gee-whiz Buck Rogers-ness is what's out there *right now*. There could be others in the future that cost less.
As mentioned earlier, I ordered mine from a Lionel dealer (since retired) before they were produced--it wasn't clear whether you'd be able to find them after they hit store shelves.
With the possible exception of Williams by Bachmann, the O-gauge companies produce according to the orders they get from dealers, so it may be 6 months to a couple of years before delivery. Usually you pre-order them through your local hobby shop that carries that particular brand of trains.
i've seen one of these at a train show and looked it up on the internet. There was an article on these and they cost like $2,000. Where did you get this?
MSRP was $2000. The set can be found for as little as $1600 (maybe even less). As stated in the previous comment, I got these from a Lionel dealer (since retired). TrainWorld (dotcom) probably still has some.
I pre-ordered it from a Lionel dealer. These sets were announced and orders taken, two years before delivery. It was stated right up front in the catalog that they would wait till they had orders for 2000 sets before going ahead with production, and that it would take two years to deliver.
The cars and locomotive are ABS plastic with cast-metal trucks and sheet-steel chassis.
she is a one beautiful machine if u don't mind ca we get a vid with the doors open and interior veiw i am workin on ho bullet layout i wish the ho spectum model was that detail
If you don't mind me asking, I have the HO Spectrum Acela from Bachmann and I haven't noticed any missing details. Whats missing? Besides sound of course.
The major major detail that is not excusive to the bachmann set is the door openin and sound dnt get me wrong it is a good set but at the same time Bachmann freight trains get way more detail really added to there sets com[are to the passenger rolling stock
One way to operate it in a more suitable environment for high speed operations and Command Control is to find a club or a museum that has 3-Rail Layout with large radius curves and TMCC equipment. It would be possible to find such a place if you were near a metropolitan area.
I'm already aware of clubs in the region that can support such operation. The NJ Hirailers is one. In fact I have video of their layout in my account.
Conventional control right now (I could do some more inventive camera angles if I had any sort of remote control :) ). Don't have any Legacy units yet, but a mix of DCS, TMCC and conventional locos at the moment. Eventually I'll get a command system, but firs I need to build a layout that can support more than one train at a time.
Well you look like you have a few tracks. With command control, you can place any train on any track and it wont move or do anything until you tell it to. Each locomotive can be controlled independently even if 2 trains run on the same block.
Oh, I know how command works. It's just that until I have a setup that can support multiple trains, it doesn't really do anything for me. Right now all I have is the single track loop with three sidings for odd cars. Not much potential even for moving a switcher around in there while anything else is running. Command is on the list of future stuff, but there needs to be some more construction before it'll be useful.
yah I don't think anyone can do that anymore with the economy now lol :P I think scratchbuilding is going to start to be a priority again ( at least in the other scales)
They've always been expensive (the rule of thumb was always two weeks' salary for a middle-class wage earner for a top-of-the-line set). But this set was announced two years before it was to be delivered, so there was plenty of time to save for it :)
Not to cheerlead Lionel, but they're marketing a line of trains called "Conventional Classics" at prices that are modest by comparison. They just don't have techno-features :)
...Not only that, but trains are in EVERY country, and there are plans for a future trans-Atlantic rail tunnel, which would then trigger similar projects, and the end result would be that trains would,eventually, literally, be all over the world. On top of that, the computer you're using ( along with your food, gas, car, and the materials to build the ROOF over your head) would've been transported BY RAIL. Trucks and planes are near worthless in comparison to the abilities of a railroad.
The sound effects come from the train. Lionel recorded sound effects from the real Acela, and the onboard computer plays the proper sound effects in unison through both power units.
shame such a "sophisticated" train is prone to problems/gremlins...this makes it not quite so sophisticated. this year, roco from austria will be releasing in ho/oo gauge an electric train set which can raise and lower its pantographs and open/close the train doors with relevant sounds via dcc control. to do this in oo/ho gauge is impressive!. in development and to be ready in 2-3 years roco also have the siemens maglev train coming!...all info released at the nurnburg toy fair this winter!
I don't know if my particular train has problems--I had to shut off the features because the transformer I have isn't really intended to run trains like these. It has a 6-amp breaker, and this train pushes it to its limit.
Some have had problems, true, but the people who do not have them tend not to say anything on online messageboards.
And it is still the *only* O scale high-speed passenger train.
This is by far the best Lionel model that I've ever seen! I'm usually not a fan of them because of the three rail thing, and most of the trains look like toys more than models, but this is the exception!! Absolutely fantastic!! Too bad you couldn't show off the tilt and the pantograph stuff, but I totally understand why you couldn't! 5 stars!
I'm fairly new to railroading business - is it a o scale or ho scale model ? I have just ordered my first ever trainset from lionel as i could not control my eagerness to have one and being far away from US the cost does a lot to me (Im from India)
Can you tell me what will be the cost of this acela and the track ?
The one which i ordered costed me 300 $ lol and I hope to have one acela soon as it is my dream train ( I travelled from Boston Newyork very expensive though :))
The version in this video is O scale. Lionel's suggested retail price was $2000 for two locomotives and three cars, plus another $750 for the three-car add-on that made it a 6-coach set like the real Acela.
Street price for the main set hovers around $1800, and about $450-500 for the add-on.
For $300, you most likely have something other than an Acela if what you ordered was indeed a Lionel set.
your set is probably coming w/ a small transformer and 0-31 curves. the problem w/ the bigger trains like the acela and mth premier trains is that they take a lot more power for sounds and such and they require larger radius curves. For example, the acela needs 0-72 curves at the minimum
I've heard of the set running successfully on 60 inch FasTrack curves, but I haven't been able to test that yet. The power cars will definitley run through less than 072, as they were able to get into the yard without any trouble when I was running them by themselves.
I wish that bachmann would include all of these features with the trainset. This would also mean that the trainset would cost alot more money.Another thing is that on the HO scale bachmann version is that the paint on the locomotive where there is blue around the lights and roof is too dark!Nice Video
i have 3 issues with it. 1)the real acela tilts in curves 2) it doesnt have the ditch lights like the real acela 3) unless they already do the doors should open/close. otherwise awesome model
t3subde 6 months ago
@t3subde
(1) It does, at speeds over 30SMPH. I disabled the feature owing to transformer amperage restrictions at the time The 6-car Lionel Acela can draw in excess of 6 amps with all features active.
(2) it does, I didn't have command control to operate them separately at the time
(3) The doors do open. I disabled them because of issues related to operating them without proper lubrication, which I had not done at the time.
RailRide 6 months ago
I wouldn't call it "The Cadillac of your collection." Instead, I'd call it, "The Bugatti of your collection." Let me explain why. 1. Your model and the Bugatti Veyron are both very fast. 2. They're both very stylish. 3. They're both very expensive. (In real life, an adult ticket goes for around $200, and w/ the model, you paid a few thousand for it, and a Veyron goes for over $1 million!) and 4. They both are very impressive in all of the videos on YouTube that they're in.
Roboman2121 6 months ago
nice train whare do you get it???????????????????? soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooocooooooooool
TheRailwaytrains 7 months ago
@TheRailwaytrains
The set's three years old---the place where I got it closed down before it was shipped.
RailRide 7 months ago
@TheRailwaytrains lionel has them
MacAirRc 6 months ago
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Roboman2121 8 months ago
how did you get all those sounds? i don`t got when i got it.
mcrrocks80 1 year ago
@mcrrocks80
They're built in and play automatically.. If you have the LIONEL Acela, that is.
RailRide 1 year ago
sweet train. it would really suck if it derailed... how much did the train cost?
poofy917 1 year ago
@poofy917
'Coupla grand
RailRide 1 year ago
@RailRide ohhhh man that is stupid
Zman2603 7 months ago
I love how your layout is spread out around the living room! 3 questions How big is your living to fit that entire layout in it? How much did it cost to make that layout? And how did you convince your wife to let you do that?!? My wife wont even let me make a train layout around the christmas tree!!!!!!
randomstuff1282 1 year ago
@randomstuff1282
1: 11x17
2: I already had the track from previous years of floor layouts as a youth, so it was only the lumber...less than $150 worth since it's made of 1x3s for the trackway, , 1x2s for supports, and a single 4x8 to make the curves and footings. I'm not counting the new cordless jigsaw in that figure (I didn't have one).
:3: That's easy :). You'll see references in my videos to those ' running behind the couch' shots as being "Proof I'm not married" shots.
RailRide 1 year ago
where did u get it from
how much was it?
EvRayTatnall 1 year ago
@EvRayTatnall
I pre-ordered it when it was announced two years prior to release a few years ago. The particular dealer I ordered it from is long-closed now. In fact, I had to meet the owner at Penn Station to pick up the set because it arrived after he closed the shop.
And yeah, a couple of grand for the whole thing...but I had two years to save for it.
RailRide 1 year ago
@RailRide what website?
mcrrocks80 1 year ago
@mcrrocks80
Train World, Charles Ro, or Nicholas Smith Trains may still have a set, but we're still talking about $1600 for the two loco/three coach set. Only one run was ever made.
It's not a cheap train, and the cars won't run through anything less than 072 or maybe 060.
RailRide 1 year ago
I like your video. I want that set!
mcrrocks80 1 year ago
does lionel still make this set?
sounderfan1 1 year ago
@sounderfan1
It was a one-shot deal. 2000 sets were made (once they had orders for that many), allegedly with the promise that there will only ever be one run.
RailRide 1 year ago
can someone tell me what the different ranks of train sets mean?
MrPennyworth007 1 year ago
@MrPennyworth007
You might have to clarify what you mean by "ranks".
RailRide 1 year ago
@RailRide like o, g, HO n.
MrPennyworth007 1 year ago
@MrPennyworth007
All of my trains are 'O' scale
(and for those who are aware of the differences, some of them are entry-level pieces that are a bit smaller than 'scale')
RailRide 1 year ago
how fast can it go
MegaLilkeith 1 year ago
@MegaLilkeith
I don't know. Matter of fact, I don't think anyone who bought these sets is in a position to want to know, considering how much these cost :)
RailRide 1 year ago
Were was the diner car?
disneylandguy10 1 year ago
@disneylandguy10
Fifth car. See a close-up at about 2 minutes into the "Part 2" video.
RailRide 1 year ago
Will other high speed trains be made in O Scale?
Trainmaster189 1 year ago
@Trainmaster189
From Lionel? Probably not.
From MTH? well, since they are making European trains, I asked their president how long would we wait for to see a TGV in the catalog. He said "Give it time".
RailRide 1 year ago
what happens if it derails???
mdog917 1 year ago
@mdog917
Nothing pretty, I'm pretty sure I don't want to know :D
RailRide 1 year ago
I love the Acela set from Lionel. Even though I never owned the set but, it's the first model of a high speed train in O scale.
Trainmaster189 1 year ago
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Trainmaster189 1 year ago
That looks awsome, can we get these in the UK? thats one of the nicest O scale models of a modern image train I have seen for a while
nikvanlanduyt 1 year ago
@nikvanlanduyt
Lionel's site only lists one dealer in the UK on their site(Tennent's Trains), but some US dealers do ship internationally. TrainWorld in New York is one, and I do recall seeing the set there. Their URL is the same as their name (add the dot-com as usual).
Go to Lionel's website and find the product number before you call--they are rather busy, and they look up their stock at computer terminals by those numbers.
RailRide 1 year ago
Does the pantogragh rise up?
numanboy 1 year ago
@numanboy
They do, but I had them turned off (along with all the other features) since the train was pushing the limit (6 amps) of my transformer's circuit breaker.
RailRide 1 year ago
cant the doors open? if they can, can u make a video on it?
Tornn96 1 year ago
@Tornn96
They do open, but I did not have command control at the time. I turned off the features because my transformer only has a 6 amp breaker, and just turning on the coach lights tripped it after a lap around the room.
RailRide 1 year ago
where to buy the Lionel Acela with all 8 cars
I always see the one with 5 cars
thank you
zi663 1 year ago
@zi663
The "set" was only sold as 2 power cars+3 coaches, and an add-on package of three more coaches
RailRide 1 year ago
How come the headlight and ditch lights are lit on the rear power car instead of the front? Is something wired backwards, or do you control the lighting directly?
kjrehberg 1 year ago
The lighting (and sound) of the rear power car is controlled via an infrared link running under the couplers from the head end. If the alignment of the transmitter/ receiver pairs at each coupler is off, then stuff like what you described occurs. If you look at the second part of this video, you'll notice the headlights straighten themselves out by the third shot.
RailRide 1 year ago
They actually make an O gauge Acela??
phantomlord54 1 year ago
*Did*, as in past tense :) . Lionel released this set in 2006.
RailRide 1 year ago
Now if only you could make the ditch lights flash....
Roboman2121 2 years ago
NOW, that i take a closer look at this vid the passenger cars remind me of Metro North / LIRR M7s... Although Lionel did a crappy job on the M7s.. like i said before MTH would have done a better job on them...
MADSEEN2009 2 years ago
wow!!!! super cool!!!!
tinpl8r 2 years ago 2
NIce set dude. I have the "Acela Express" set too but HO. but I run it on a 12 amp so I can do things like open the doors, raise and lower the pantograph and all the other gremlin things
astrotrain53 2 years ago
do no how to reset the cars mine are not going back in
aceladude2251 2 years ago
That I can't help you with. I don't have TMCC, and I shut off the doors on my set (under conventional, they usually open when the loco is in neutral) since the door drive screws need to be lubed and I haven't done that yet.
RailRide 2 years ago
yeah i no that but i got to work now thanks
aceladude2251 2 years ago
what is the id # for the acela i cant find it
aceladude2251 2 years ago
The set number is 6-31714. I'm not certain what you mean by " id # "
RailRide 2 years ago
WoW, Now that's a set! Just beautiful. I'm starting to add to my old collection. Now MTH has a premier set with a 1/48 scale. What scale is this Acela? How does lionel work, with scales, do they use different scales for certain trains. I'm trying to figure out between MTH Premier, and just now looking into lionel, Don't know much of Lionel, But the fact of how much i love this video
050179mh 2 years ago
The Acela is 1:48. Taking into account that O Gauge trains were never inexpensive, the less-expensive ones are smaller than scale (since they're intended to operate in smaller spaces) and as you go up in price, you get closer until at the top end, you get models that are specific scale models of real cars/locos.
Google the "O Gauge Railroading" forum (it's at the top of the results) and ask there--plenty of folks will spell out the intricacies (much of it wasn't planned by the manufacturers)
RailRide 2 years ago
this a nice set, man.. where u purchase?
skyweezynU 2 years ago
Stuyvesant Hobbies, Manhattan.
But the owner retired so the store is no more. I actually picked up this set up after the store closed, and paid the owner, in his car, across the street from Penn Station, almost three years ago :)
Maybe two or three of the trains appearing in these videos are brand-new. The rest of them have been sitting in boxes for a few years before I got around to videotaping them.
RailRide 2 years ago
I remember Stuyvesant because I went there quite a bit. The one thing that bothered me was the store was too small to store much stuff and you didn't know what he had until you asked. Then he had to get it from his warehouse. That's why I usually go to Trainland,Nassau Hobby and Willis for stuff. Just Trains in Delaware for mail order Williams.
yardlet6 2 years ago
how did you buy all the trains
MrCoolkid002 2 years ago
Little by little. A locomotive here, a couple of freight cars there. Save up for a set once in a while. I've been doing this since 1986 of so, when I first discovered train shows, so I bought a lot of stuff that way once I had my first job.
Nowadays, stuff that's in train catalogs (O gauge ones, that is--I don't know about HO) usually doesn't hit stores for 6 months to a couple of years, so there's usually time to save up for stuff you see and want.
RailRide 2 years ago
thanks
MrCoolkid002 2 years ago
Nice.
SCL3618 2 years ago
nice train
ez3usx2 2 years ago
To get technical, the first class car, and the end-busneiss car's are both facing the wrong directions. the doors are suppose to be on the inside of the train, not on the same end as the locomotive. Not exactly sure why this is, but this is how the trainsets are built
will107 2 years ago
And it only took 48,000 pageviews for someone to notice that :)
But I'll look over some shots of the real thing next time I video mine.
RailRide 2 years ago
umm the end buisness and first class are both facing the correct direction, the doors are in fact soppost to be on the ouside, its a common misconception, the only thing wrong i see is that theres an extra end buisness stuck in there instead of a buisness (btw i'm not paying attention to the direction of each car besides the end cars) nevertheless its a great set, i just have the bachman one and its not as good as the Lionel one
snowball787 2 years ago
Matt Needs This Plus 3 Matching Add -on CarsTo Make it Complete I wish Lionel would Make More of Sets Like This.
bobmartin3 2 years ago
is that track O27?
BIGT6851 2 years ago
Yes. K-Line made 027 track with 072 curves (Lionel only went up to 054), which is what I used here.
RailRide 2 years ago
Does the model tilt when turning just like the real thing
killerbees177 2 years ago
yes
mrhalo19 2 years ago
Cool what gauge is this?
killerbees177 2 years ago
O Gauge.
RailRide 2 years ago
The Acela is Beautiful, in model-size and life-size.
drumnasty1 2 years ago
Nice, very nice!!!
captainwrongway 2 years ago 2
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sidewalkpilot 2 years ago
watch?v=aUc62jD-G0o
:)
RailRide 2 years ago
What gauge is this?
killerbees177 2 years ago
Your point? Nerds rule this planet.
jimwormmaster 2 years ago 5
You should make a track designed for this with slight angles on curves and try to run it down full speed.
VideoFreakAustinT 2 years ago
I'd probably need a layout four times the size to even think about doing that "safely". 150MPH in O scale is about 5 feet per second.
RailRide 2 years ago
This makes me wanna get back in to Models so back...but I would love a back yard setup!
Tubeboy732 2 years ago
Does the one powered engine pull those good?
aprlyn315 2 years ago
It's twin-motored, so it does okay with the six-car set. Certainly better than the M7 set :)
As it comes out of the box with just three coaches and the trailing loco, it does just fine. I still wouldn't try to run 150 scale MPH with it though.
Thing about the Acela is that it's a big power hog. With all the functions turned on, a full 6-car set can pull in excess of 6 amps, which is more than small-ish transformers can handle.
RailRide 2 years ago
thats enough electric to make a light ge p42 move a little
TEMPLE7D 2 years ago
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT
TheJayjay1312 2 years ago
Stuyvesant Hobbies. But the owner retired, so that shop is no longer around :)
RailRide 2 years ago
Very nice! Ihave a chance to buy one a "like new" set with add on 3 pack. Is it worth it. i see u said your z-4000 cant handle all the options, I have the same transformer. Itcan handle 10 amps what exactly happens can u explain.
Thanks
aprlyn315 2 years ago
I have a Z-1000, not the 4000. The Z-1000 has a 6-amp breaker, and a fully-activated Acela draws a little more than that.
A Z-4000 should handle it just fine.
RailRide 2 years ago
what a train wow!!! sounds incredible
bcancun123 2 years ago
it is a sweet train
kevinad7 2 years ago
I think I found myself a Model Train Buddy!!!
KADiamante 2 years ago
I'm glad the Acela worked for you. I'm on the OGR forum and a lot of guys bitched about their misbehaving Acelas.
yardlet6 2 years ago
Well, to be fair, most of what could go wrong has been switched off on my particular train. My transformer isn't quite powerful enough to run all the features--in fact the (6 amp) breaker popped after a lap and a half of running with just the coach lights turned on.
RailRide 2 years ago
what transformer are you using?
Jimmyyaesu 2 years ago
MTH Z-1000.
RailRide 2 years ago
cool i am using a lionel ZW
Jimmyyaesu 2 years ago
niceee. although the third coach is a end buisness when its sopost to be an normal buisness, i have the bachmann HO Acela, not as good...
snowball787 2 years ago
that is probably the coolest, most accurate, most detailed, and most expensive O Gauge train iv'e ever seen (well at least out of lionel)
jdgator95 2 years ago 6
Definitley not 'O'.
Next cheapest would be HO--it is the most common scale. Cheap is relative though. If you can tolerate toy-quality equipment you can get back into the hobby quite cheaply--but the inexpensive stuff may not run well or hold together well enough to not frustrate you. Anything that's going to last long enough to let you know if you really want to continue in this hobby won't be cheap.
RailRide 2 years ago
hey right when the train starts your "power track " wasnt buckled properly
Trainmasterryan 2 years ago
i would run mine but my cat took a dump on the tracks so i got to clean it up later. :(
nardp96 2 years ago
Now I'm thinking of jokes about using kitty litter for ballast :D
RailRide 2 years ago
accualy i used cat litter for ballest LOL :)
nardp96 2 years ago
What scale is Fastrack
2brothersvideos 2 years ago
O scale.
RailRide 2 years ago
That is truly impressive! Almost makes me wish my layout were O if I could have one of those puppies!
prorobo 2 years ago
I Love the Acela :D
it costs $2000 from Lionel directory
man if i had more money, I would've had that no prob.
BTW, i heard lionel now has the Amtrak Acela HHP w/ Phase V Amfleet cars on sale.. I've seen the locomotive from Bachmann at first.
Now lionel has officially made one.
IVEMER 2 years ago
Well, probably 1600-1700 now, but yes, rather pricey.
Lionel "will have" the HHP8 train--I doub't it's in production yet-- they'll figure that out once they have their orders from their dealer network and know how many to produce. It may take a year or so, being that almost all of the set is brand new molds.
RailRide 2 years ago
what's plate?bachmann???hou much?i'm chinese
falrk88 3 years ago
Bachmann makes the Acela in HO and N scale. You can find stores selling them via Google.
Mine is O scale (about twice the size of HO) and is made by Lionel.
RailRide 3 years ago
Lol! It costs about $4000++ and its very rare nowadays as majority were sold out
Takanozana 2 years ago
This one was slightly more than half that figure. Although all sets were sold out at the manufacturer level, there are still sets floating around the dealer network, and usually at less than MSRP. You can get the base set for about $1800 and the add-on coaches for under $500 if you shop around.
RailRide 2 years ago
and for $500 you can get the bachmann acela trainset
TEMPLE7D 2 years ago
That works if you're an HO scaler. Ho trains tend not to run so well on O gauge track :D
This is not to say that an 'O' scale Acela *has* to cost that much (Lionel is putting out an HHP-8+Amfleet set with track & transformer for *under* $500, number 6-31779). It's just that this particular set, with all it's gee-whiz Buck Rogers-ness is what's out there *right now*. There could be others in the future that cost less.
RailRide 2 years ago
Thats cool! where did you get it, a hobby shop or did you have to order it?
AmtrakBoys 3 years ago
As mentioned earlier, I ordered mine from a Lionel dealer (since retired) before they were produced--it wasn't clear whether you'd be able to find them after they hit store shelves.
With the possible exception of Williams by Bachmann, the O-gauge companies produce according to the orders they get from dealers, so it may be 6 months to a couple of years before delivery. Usually you pre-order them through your local hobby shop that carries that particular brand of trains.
RailRide 3 years ago
I want to buy one.
cesarisaias95 3 years ago
I went to TrainWorld, and the price said "Sept 2005." Does this meant that they are out of stock?
glegos27 3 years ago
That's probably the original date they were expected to be delivered, and didn't update the ad/ webpage.
Make sure you have the set number if you call them up for a price quote--they're notoriously busy if you're not buying.
RailRide 3 years ago
i've seen one of these at a train show and looked it up on the internet. There was an article on these and they cost like $2,000. Where did you get this?
JBam094 3 years ago
MSRP was $2000. The set can be found for as little as $1600 (maybe even less). As stated in the previous comment, I got these from a Lionel dealer (since retired). TrainWorld (dotcom) probably still has some.
RailRide 3 years ago
Where did u get this? BTW awesome video!!!!!!!! I also watched the 2nd one and realized how deatailed the interior is. What is it made out of?
lotus6230 3 years ago
I pre-ordered it from a Lionel dealer. These sets were announced and orders taken, two years before delivery. It was stated right up front in the catalog that they would wait till they had orders for 2000 sets before going ahead with production, and that it would take two years to deliver.
The cars and locomotive are ABS plastic with cast-metal trucks and sheet-steel chassis.
RailRide 3 years ago
I wish i had one of those...
DeltaPhi79 3 years ago
very cool
yatusabestronco 3 years ago
she is a one beautiful machine if u don't mind ca we get a vid with the doors open and interior veiw i am workin on ho bullet layout i wish the ho spectum model was that detail
F7Aengineer 3 years ago
If you don't mind me asking, I have the HO Spectrum Acela from Bachmann and I haven't noticed any missing details. Whats missing? Besides sound of course.
Otherwise, this is a great video. I dig, I dig.
pbrocker56 3 years ago
The major major detail that is not excusive to the bachmann set is the door openin and sound dnt get me wrong it is a good set but at the same time Bachmann freight trains get way more detail really added to there sets com[are to the passenger rolling stock
F7Aengineer 3 years ago
very nice, and i love the elevated layout
keanerulz25 3 years ago
andrewstop acting like a smart ass
mthlover11 3 years ago
One way to operate it in a more suitable environment for high speed operations and Command Control is to find a club or a museum that has 3-Rail Layout with large radius curves and TMCC equipment. It would be possible to find such a place if you were near a metropolitan area.
AndrewNeilFalconer 3 years ago
I'm already aware of clubs in the region that can support such operation. The NJ Hirailers is one. In fact I have video of their layout in my account.
RailRide 3 years ago
make a graffiti on it
hfdd76 3 years ago
mine is made by Bachmann and it is n scale
adamrulesohard 3 years ago
warning do not run on same rails with other trains crash immenent!
dbkoob 3 years ago
i wish my acela made noise that was awesome!!!!! you know trains are now starting to come back because the cost of gas
car avrg. 20 mpg
train avrg. 250 mpg!!!!!
i love trains check out my acela train vid
pranxter08 3 years ago
Are you running with Legacy or TMCC? If not, then you are definetly missing out.
AmtrakSilverMeteor 3 years ago
Conventional control right now (I could do some more inventive camera angles if I had any sort of remote control :) ). Don't have any Legacy units yet, but a mix of DCS, TMCC and conventional locos at the moment. Eventually I'll get a command system, but firs I need to build a layout that can support more than one train at a time.
RailRide 3 years ago
Well you look like you have a few tracks. With command control, you can place any train on any track and it wont move or do anything until you tell it to. Each locomotive can be controlled independently even if 2 trains run on the same block.
AmtrakSilverMeteor 3 years ago
Oh, I know how command works. It's just that until I have a setup that can support multiple trains, it doesn't really do anything for me. Right now all I have is the single track loop with three sidings for odd cars. Not much potential even for moving a switcher around in there while anything else is running. Command is on the list of future stuff, but there needs to be some more construction before it'll be useful.
RailRide 3 years ago
This set is like $2,000. holy shit!
JacobAndrewCastro 3 years ago
Not so bad with two years to save for it :)
But yeah, lots of greenbacks. Can't do that anymore, so I'm glad I got it when I did.
RailRide 3 years ago
yah I don't think anyone can do that anymore with the economy now lol :P I think scratchbuilding is going to start to be a priority again ( at least in the other scales)
SR722 3 years ago
whoo! What do you do for a living? Lionel's expensive.
Kman781 3 years ago
They've always been expensive (the rule of thumb was always two weeks' salary for a middle-class wage earner for a top-of-the-line set). But this set was announced two years before it was to be delivered, so there was plenty of time to save for it :)
Not to cheerlead Lionel, but they're marketing a line of trains called "Conventional Classics" at prices that are modest by comparison. They just don't have techno-features :)
RailRide 3 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
you know there is a reason that they dont run all around the world. Its cuz they suck dick and arent useful in any way! trains suck!
trainsareawaste 3 years ago
fuck u asshole
trains where the first powerful means of transportation
so i suggest that u chage ur name to imawaste!
ajb221 3 years ago 2
...Not only that, but trains are in EVERY country, and there are plans for a future trans-Atlantic rail tunnel, which would then trigger similar projects, and the end result would be that trains would,eventually, literally, be all over the world. On top of that, the computer you're using ( along with your food, gas, car, and the materials to build the ROOF over your head) would've been transported BY RAIL. Trucks and planes are near worthless in comparison to the abilities of a railroad.
SR722 3 years ago 3
are those real sound or sound effects
58mosh58 3 years ago
The sound effects come from the train. Lionel recorded sound effects from the real Acela, and the onboard computer plays the proper sound effects in unison through both power units.
RailRide 3 years ago
This is amazing, I love it.
st112570 3 years ago
nice
milky27oreo 3 years ago
wow...a beautiful work of art. pat on the back to those lionel people, they've really done it now.
wish i had one...wish I had the house with enough room to support it in the first place!
halofreak200715645 3 years ago
shame such a "sophisticated" train is prone to problems/gremlins...this makes it not quite so sophisticated. this year, roco from austria will be releasing in ho/oo gauge an electric train set which can raise and lower its pantographs and open/close the train doors with relevant sounds via dcc control. to do this in oo/ho gauge is impressive!. in development and to be ready in 2-3 years roco also have the siemens maglev train coming!...all info released at the nurnburg toy fair this winter!
bikersupermoto 4 years ago
I don't know if my particular train has problems--I had to shut off the features because the transformer I have isn't really intended to run trains like these. It has a 6-amp breaker, and this train pushes it to its limit.
Some have had problems, true, but the people who do not have them tend not to say anything on online messageboards.
And it is still the *only* O scale high-speed passenger train.
RailRide 4 years ago
Awesome K5LA hybrid horn!
airferber 4 years ago
awesome video bachmann spectrum ho scale have the same things
johnnyorangeseed 4 years ago
although i hate Lionel and love MTH, this is an extremely impressive model.
RogerRoids 4 years ago 2
This is by far the best Lionel model that I've ever seen! I'm usually not a fan of them because of the three rail thing, and most of the trains look like toys more than models, but this is the exception!! Absolutely fantastic!! Too bad you couldn't show off the tilt and the pantograph stuff, but I totally understand why you couldn't! 5 stars!
pwhite73 4 years ago
Hi
I'm fairly new to railroading business - is it a o scale or ho scale model ? I have just ordered my first ever trainset from lionel as i could not control my eagerness to have one and being far away from US the cost does a lot to me (Im from India)
Can you tell me what will be the cost of this acela and the track ?
The one which i ordered costed me 300 $ lol and I hope to have one acela soon as it is my dream train ( I travelled from Boston Newyork very expensive though :))
kripakarant 4 years ago
The version in this video is O scale. Lionel's suggested retail price was $2000 for two locomotives and three cars, plus another $750 for the three-car add-on that made it a 6-coach set like the real Acela.
Street price for the main set hovers around $1800, and about $450-500 for the add-on.
For $300, you most likely have something other than an Acela if what you ordered was indeed a Lionel set.
RailRide 4 years ago
Ofcourse i did not ordered an Acela but i would soon ! and thanks for the detailed information i appreciate it
kripakarant 4 years ago
your set is probably coming w/ a small transformer and 0-31 curves. the problem w/ the bigger trains like the acela and mth premier trains is that they take a lot more power for sounds and such and they require larger radius curves. For example, the acela needs 0-72 curves at the minimum
Pup1234567 4 years ago
I've heard of the set running successfully on 60 inch FasTrack curves, but I haven't been able to test that yet. The power cars will definitley run through less than 072, as they were able to get into the yard without any trouble when I was running them by themselves.
RailRide 3 years ago
That it so nice. Thanks for posting this.
trainmangeorge 4 years ago
2006? That's the same number engine I have in HO scale. Take a look at my Acela video.
RCdash9 4 years ago
The Lionel version is 2026 and 2029
RailRide 4 years ago
I wish that bachmann would include all of these features with the trainset. This would also mean that the trainset would cost alot more money.Another thing is that on the HO scale bachmann version is that the paint on the locomotive where there is blue around the lights and roof is too dark!Nice Video
free2rtmey 4 years ago