Lionel New York Central ALCo FA-2

[zandylovesrisk]

I have a Hallmark Keepsake ornament of that locomotive. I hope I can find other set of it!!

[NJfatboy]

Hey, nice set up you got there! What is that building with the lights on it? Movie theater?

[rj2571]

@NJfatboy

Thanks for the comment and compliment. Yes, the building with the lights on it is a movie theater. It's the Palace Theater made by Walters a few years ago.

[NJfatboy]

@rj2571 Thank you!

[jlebaron1]

my kind of layout! I don't want to spend all that time and $ on a fancy track plan, I just want to run trains! Those alcos smoke like the real ones!

[rj2571]

@jlebaron1

Thanks for the comment. If I had a permanent layout things would be fancier. But for a temporary layout like this I do like to keep things as simple as possible. Simpler usually means less problems and more time to run the trains.

[CSX8663]

you sure that aint a real alco? lol

[spacetruckerrob]

PURE AWSOMENESS!

[rj2571]

@spacetruckerrob

Thanks!

[bigsteam5344]

What Type of Smoke Fluid did you use?

[rj2571]

@bigsteam5344

I use MTH smoke fluid.

[bigsteam5344]

Woo look at that smoke.

[littleevan99]

Is this Legacy

[rj2571]

These locomotive have TMCC, but are being controlled with Legacy.

[snowytaco10]

You should use these engines with passenger cars.

[rj2571]

Thanks for the comment. They would look nice with passenger cars. But I don't have any passenger cars for the New York Central.

[snowytaco10]

Oh. I recently bought some in a set. It's a good deal because you get three cars, a station, three billboards, and 4 pieces of straight fastrack, all for less than $100. I'm hoping to get the two ad-on cars, the baggage car and the vista dome car.

[DX721]

Smoke, its an Alco, what more do you expect lol, the S4 smokes nicely too

[rj2571]

It sure would be something if someone could make these smoke black just like a real Alco.

[DX721]

lol do you think they would make it black cherry scented? lol I think in my younger days messing with HO gauge I saw black smoke in a hobby store... but that had to be every bit of 13 or more years ago.

[rj2571]

I would imagine anything is possible as far as scents go.  But just the thought of black smoke sounds messy.

[Southerntreatment]

those engines can really smoke- Lionel got smart since MTH was the smokers around.

[rj2571]

They do smoke very well. Lionel has improved their smoke units the past few years. But they still don't smoke quite as much as an MTH though.

[Weiberts]

Nice! Did you put MTH smoke units in them?

[rj2571]

Thanks for the comment. These locomotives are 100% Lionel with no modifications. But I do use MTH smoke fluid.