Lionel Southern Hudson O-Gauge Steam Locomotive w/Crescent Limited set in True HD 1080p

Here's another of the very attractive Lionel/MPC short madison sets. This one dates from 1977 and is the Southern Crescent Limited set, which features a small Hudson (4-6-4) in the very attractive green and gold livery of the Southern RR and six matching passenger cars. This was the first short madison set that was offered not as a set in a set box, but for separate sale, where you bought the cars and the locomotive separately. The locomotive is equipped with the Might Sound of Steam, a first attempt at electronic sound, and the cars were the first short madisons offered with operating truck-mounted couplers (as opposed to the body-mounted dummy couplers that characterized the first three short madison sets from the early 70's). Other than the sound, the locomotive is purely conventional like its postwar brethren, as you can see from the mechanical E-unit lever sticking up out of the boiler. The cars, as you can see in this True HD 1080p video, are quite attractively decorated and together with the locomotive make for an eye-catching train. Please visit my web site -- http://www.toytrains1.com -- for lots more videos and photos of both real and model trains.

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• O-gauge
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• Lionel
• MPC
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• 1080p
• Southern
• Hudson
• Crescent
• Limited
• Mighty
• Sound
• passenger
• madison

[toytrains1]

I don't think so. The primitive electronics in this locomotive are very prone to failure.

[SouthernRR4501]

Yes the sound of steam may fail but that doesn't run the engine. All it has is an electrolmechanical E-unit thats wired to the pullmor motor. All you have to do to maintain the engine is keep it oiled and replace the motor brushes every so often if you run it alot. Those pullmor motors run FOREVER, thats why I love them so much.

[SouthernRR4501]

That train will outlast your modern MTH engines. But MTH is still nice though. More bang for your buck.

[roge69charger]

have the same set never even operated it. it's still in the org boxes.

[Nevawake]

liked it thankyou.