I remember seeing the original engine passing by the RR station. in Carnegie PA. I was only 5 or 6 at the time. All I remember was the whining sound it made when it passed by - like a jet engine of today.
Lionel's replica was made in 1946 until 1952 using all new tooling. I have the ultra rare 1946 Lionel cut-away version of the 671 engine and 671W tender. The Lionel shop cut the body of the toy loco and tender in half, then mounted its new for 1946 smoke bulb, reversing unit and atomic motor to the inside of the die cast loco as well as placing the whistle assembly inside the cutaway tender. There is an actual photo taken around 1946 of Joshua Cowen Lionel holding it at his desk in Ron Hollander's book "All Aboard". Although there is little documentation, most Lionel collectors believe this display cut-away was sent to Lionel's three show rooms - San Francisco, Chicago and New York; and possibly a few large distributors as an aid to boost sales. Today, over 75 years later, one can count the number that still exist today on one hand. Making it one of the rarest and most unique items Lionel made in the post war period. Sterling
So weird to see what looks like an ordinary steam engine sound somewhat like a diesel. I love that it is unique and special for that very reason. I love the whistle sound, very high pitch and booming! Great video Eric!
Sure wish we still had one of these in a museum somewhere at least. True Shame, hearing the no chuffing due to the turbine allways throws me off so much because of her appearance as a steam locomotive, never got to hear her outside the model. Also side not always found the characters speaking to each other goofy in some on-board sound systems, neat if you are like me and like to run trains at my home set, but me and the guys at the club have our own radios at our sides to the main dispatch office ;)
To the best of my knowledge there were no radio communications between crews during the steam era which makes the crew talk "un-prototypical." But, as you say, it doesn't does any harm. Not a bad feature to have. Your track and roadbed are beautiful!
@ERIC'S TRAINS - I really like the HISTORICAL BACKGROUND/FACTS that are given on every train, it's a great part of the review. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ERIC!
Just got my first used one of these from ebay. It's my first scale Lionel product. Holy cow they're HEAVY. You do not handle the locomotive without using two hands.
Ok who else is bothered that Lionel was very cheap with this engine? I understand they re-use toolings, but since the tooling was fairly new on the J and the Mohawk, I was fine with it. But they re-used a tooling from 2000! The J's tooling was from 2005.
Harizon I think it’s a shame for the price you pay for the engine , don’t get me wrong it’s nice but if your dropping that kind of money it should be spot on and up to date. Or have the price reflect the tooling
ericstrains I love the funny bit at the end with the start-up failures I big fan I love ur vids I subscribed thx for getting me to know about these GREAT models!!
FANTASTIC review as always Eric!!!!!!!!! That's a really sweet engine bro, love the whistle on that bad boy! Hey I saw the 3rd and final section for the steel trestle bridge in there, can't wait to see a video of it! Hopefully we will get a look at it in your next blog episode! Anyways, thanks for the video bud and have a great one!
Appreciated your review. I have a Pennsy 6-8-6 MTH turbine steam engine and I agree the sound is much different than a typical steam engine. I did not know the history of the turbine but thanks you I'm up to date.
I have to agree on the fact that the steam turbine sounds on the lionel version are unique, cant deny that. But, mth has a railking version which is also unique too. The steam turbine models they offer have freight and passenger station announcements on seperate models.
It's work noting that possibly the most successful steam turbine locomotive was the "Turbomotive" of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the UK; Sir William Stanier, the CME, went for a simpler control system on the turbine, and made the reverser turbine smaller, since it would only be used when the engine was running light engine, such as backing onto its' train, or running onto the shed.
Wow an amazing model,,never knew a prototype like this existed it must of been stunning to see back then if you were luckey enough.if only i had a time machine.. I have a condensing dcc sound loco a german class br 52 special condenceing class loco with three fans on the tender and it too sounds like no other loco as the steam was recycled to the tender to make longer water stops...jim
look at a signal, the green light means go, the red means stop, and the yellow means there's a train within what is it a kilometer? he says take the green as a go
Just some friendly advice/a possible "lesson" on the S2. The Pennsy, as far as i know, never used the S2 for freight service, it was used on their express passenger trains like the Broadway Limited. But it was a great review for a great model as usual.
really cool this year on September 13th 2017 acquired a Lionel 671 turbine with the 2040w-50 tender with Pennsylvania lettering the 670-1 was manufactured between 1946 and 1949 and in my collection is the oldest train I have I hope to do a future video of it running soon I saw unsimilar videos at this particular turbine I have would come with three green 2400 series Lionel Passenger cars
Eric, I do want to give you an extra tip: Whenever you review an O-guage steam locomtoive, where the front of the boiler swings open, that part of the boiler is called the smokebox door. Just thought I'd tell you that in case you'll do a new review on an O-guage steam locomotive...
I LOVE THIS ENGINE!!!! but just because i watch this on a bad day that doesn't mean I should stop watching it it's a good movie & I love to watch it right.
I think I remember reading something about the model's real life counterpart about a year ago. If I remember rightly, it took an excessive amount of water to get it moving to a decent speed, and performed poorly at anything under 20 Mph/Kph. I'm not sure if it was this one though, I'll have to find the website again.
For the engine stats, you should put in a "Smallest Curve" meaning the smallest curve the locomotive can deal with before the front wheels jump off the track.
I enjoy your reviews. Excellent narratives and great photography. However, one point that I must comment on would be your description of the loco sounds. In this review, you stress how different a steam turbine sounds, yet you compromise the turbine sound with too much of the whistle and bell sounds.
Hi Eric when I was a kid my Lionel's went extremely fast if I didn't slow down at the curves my Locos would fly off the table and they withstood the punishment from repeated 4 ft drops onto concrete are these new Lionel's as durable and do they all run slow as in your videos?
Behind the cowcatcher of prr s2 is the chains attached to a leading wheels when if the train crashed and derail the cranes lifting it and the chains hold the leading wheels all American locomotives have that I saw it behind the cowcatcher of Norfolk and western 611
Hey Eric have you ever done a video showing how and where you store all your rolling stock> I think it would be neat to see because your O scale and ive only seen people showing that in HO scale. Thanks
eric ever since i was a baby i LOVED trains and your the perfect guy keep up the awesome work also you might know or not but like you said there not efficent at low speeds but they suffered going in reverse becasuse turbines go one direction not only that but this locos forward turbine output is 6,900 horsepower and a question is train power mesured on horsepower? or somthing else
Eric, can you do a review on the Lionel Legacy Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 Berkshire? Or can you do a review on MTH version of that engine? That would help me make the decision of purchasing the engine.
Great review as usual! This would be a great looking loco if it had a decent paint job, it looks like a plastic model. It's a shame Lionel goes to all this trouble making a great loco, it really looks cheep without paint. You think Lionel would realize this!
zomb1eslayer234 no, they’re already on the model. I call the separately applied because they were applied by hand at the factory after the main body was cast.
I remember seeing the original engine passing by the RR station. in Carnegie PA. I was only 5 or 6 at the time. All I remember was the whining sound it made when it passed by - like a jet engine of today.
Lionel's replica was made in 1946 until 1952 using all new tooling. I have the ultra rare 1946 Lionel cut-away version of the 671 engine and 671W tender. The Lionel shop cut the body of the toy loco and tender in half, then mounted its new for 1946 smoke bulb, reversing unit and atomic motor to the inside of the die cast loco as well as placing the whistle assembly inside the cutaway tender. There is an actual photo taken around 1946 of Joshua Cowen Lionel holding it at his desk in Ron Hollander's book "All Aboard". Although there is little documentation, most Lionel collectors believe this display cut-away was sent to Lionel's three show rooms - San Francisco, Chicago and New York; and possibly a few large distributors as an aid to boost sales. Today, over 75 years later, one can count the number that still exist today on one hand. Making it one of the rarest and most unique items Lionel made in the post war period. Sterling
There are a few Swedish steam turbine locos in existence one is being restored to operate
Raymond Leggs it has been restored
*i n e x i s t e n c e*
@@michaelnaisbitt1639 Really?
that is cool
It's always a shame to know that the actual locomotive was scrapped, still, this is a beautiful model!
The postwar S2s were fantastic locomotives, I'm lucky enough to have a 671and a 681, but this one looks absolutely gorgeous!
I just noticed that the voice of the engineer kinda sounds like he's in his 20s.
Man, those quill-able whistles are getting so good.....
So weird to see what looks like an ordinary steam engine sound somewhat like a diesel. I love that it is unique and special for that very reason. I love the whistle sound, very high pitch and booming! Great video Eric!
Beautiful engine.My cousin had the 1950 model by Lionel.Very impressive 😎
The whistle is so beautiful!
it looks like there are holes cast into the smoke deflectors for a cross brace between them, i wonder why they didnt put a brace in there
Sure wish we still had one of these in a museum somewhere at least. True Shame, hearing the no chuffing due to the turbine allways throws me off so much because of her appearance as a steam locomotive, never got to hear her outside the model. Also side not always found the characters speaking to each other goofy in some on-board sound systems, neat if you are like me and like to run trains at my home set, but me and the guys at the club have our own radios at our sides to the main dispatch office ;)
To the best of my knowledge there were no radio communications between crews during the steam era which makes the crew talk "un-prototypical." But, as you say, it doesn't does any harm. Not a bad feature to have. Your track and roadbed are beautiful!
Mr. Blue Smoke: the S1 and S2 both burned coal; no PRR Engines burned oil except ones that they may have borrowed.
@ERIC'S TRAINS - I really like the HISTORICAL BACKGROUND/FACTS that are given on every train, it's a great part of the review. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ERIC!
Just got my first used one of these from ebay. It's my first scale Lionel product. Holy cow they're HEAVY. You do not handle the locomotive without using two hands.
Ok who else is bothered that Lionel was very cheap with this engine? I understand they re-use toolings, but since the tooling was fairly new on the J and the Mohawk, I was fine with it. But they re-used a tooling from 2000! The J's tooling was from 2005.
I'm not, I dont see why not use old tooling if you want something thats somewhat remanisant of the original. I mean whats wrong with it?
Harizon I think it’s a shame for the price you pay for the engine , don’t get me wrong it’s nice but if your dropping that kind of money it should be spot on and up to date. Or have the price reflect the tooling
Love that tender!
I like the way it moves from a standing start, nice and smooth.
Thanks for the review. I love the history about the real locomotive.
That whistle brings such a huge smile to my face
+ericstrains, me and my father have a lionel post war turbine, but this turbine looks amazing!
Excellent review Eric. The sounds and looks are pretty unique. Nice blooper at the end as well.
Thanks, bud.
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ericstrains I love the funny bit at the end with the start-up failures I big fan I love ur vids I subscribed thx for getting me to know about these GREAT models!!
Agreed, the bloopers at the end are funny!!! I'm a fan of yours too eric, and you have helped to renew a love of model trains for me!
I've been watching past reviews, and it just doesn't look the same without the trestle. Superb.
I have an original post-war turbine, it isn't functional yet because I haven't restored it but it is quite to detailed model for a post-war engine
I have the postwar one the number is 2020
Nice review Eric of the S-2 turbine. The Weaver milk cars look outstanding. Keep up the good work on the reviews. They are one to watch.
FANTASTIC review as always Eric!!!!!!!!! That's a really sweet engine bro, love the whistle on that bad boy! Hey I saw the 3rd and final section for the steel trestle bridge in there, can't wait to see a video of it! Hopefully we will get a look at it in your next blog episode! Anyways, thanks for the video bud and have a great one!
Thanks, bro.
WOW is so Good
the reason why was a 6-8-6 is because the turbo unit was so heavy that they couldn't do a 4-8-4.
Absolutely Stunning and Magnificent sound. GOOD JOB ERIC
Appreciated your review. I have a Pennsy 6-8-6 MTH turbine steam engine and I agree the sound is much different than a typical steam engine. I did not know the history of the turbine but thanks you I'm up to date.
I have to agree on the fact that the steam turbine sounds on the lionel version are unique, cant deny that. But, mth has a railking version which is also unique too. The steam turbine models they offer have freight and passenger station announcements on seperate models.
Last month, I acquired a 671 turbine from 1946. 1946 was the year Lionel first made the 671.
Definitely my top 1 favorite steam turbine
The shut down almost sounds like the rumble of thunder.
I would like to see a postwar turbine side by side with this one
It's work noting that possibly the most successful steam turbine locomotive was the "Turbomotive" of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the UK; Sir William Stanier, the CME, went for a simpler control system on the turbine, and made the reverser turbine smaller, since it would only be used when the engine was running light engine, such as backing onto its' train, or running onto the shed.
if there is a Flying Scotsman can you make a video on it?
Wow an amazing model,,never knew a prototype like this existed it must of been stunning to see back then if you were luckey enough.if only i had a time machine..
I have a condensing dcc sound loco a german class br 52 special condenceing class loco with three fans on the tender and it too sounds like no other loco as the steam was recycled to the tender to make longer water stops...jim
I've always wondered something. Does "take the green" mean that you're clear for departure?
look at a signal, the green light means go, the red means stop, and the yellow means there's a train within what is it a kilometer?
he says take the green as a go
Yellow means approach, you can proceed, but be prepared to stop if the next signal is red.
pick up the green lens from the stop sign and sell it
Just some friendly advice/a possible "lesson" on the S2. The Pennsy, as far as i know, never used the S2 for freight service, it was used on their express passenger trains like the Broadway Limited. But it was a great review for a great model as usual.
JustAHillbilly777 between Crestline and Chicago.
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I also heard that the version that doesn't have the smoke deflectors also doesn't have the steps on the running board
(11.Jan.2020)
That is a very cute whistle for a powerful engine!
really cool this year on September 13th 2017 acquired a Lionel 671 turbine with the 2040w-50 tender with Pennsylvania lettering the 670-1 was manufactured between 1946 and 1949 and in my collection is the oldest train I have I hope to do a future video of it running soon I saw unsimilar videos at this particular turbine I have would come with three green 2400 series Lionel Passenger cars
great whistle!
Really been looking forward to this review.
Dang it man, you make this look so easy, great review, :)
That whistle sounds like the mikado whistle and the PRR k4 whistle.
This would be neat to see this in a museum instead of scrapped. Maybe PRR still has the number plate?
nice train you have there eric i like the train and the tender looks very smooth:)
Eric, I do want to give you an extra tip:
Whenever you review an O-guage steam locomtoive, where the front of the boiler swings open, that part of the boiler is called the smokebox door. Just thought I'd tell you that in case you'll do a new review on an O-guage steam locomotive...
I LOVE THIS ENGINE!!!! but just because i watch this on a bad day that doesn't mean I should stop watching it it's a good movie & I love to watch it right.
Lionel made a Century Club version of the 671 Turbine around the turn of the century.
That is AWESOME!!!!! What a unique steam engine!!!
Keep in mind that I think all locomotives are unique and this thing and the 4294 are no exception.
Sweet loco for sure. Great sound effects.
Looks pretty good a shame it was scrapped this was a engine that needed to be put in a museum
I think I remember reading something about the model's real life counterpart about a year ago. If I remember rightly, it took an excessive amount of water to get it moving to a decent speed, and performed poorly at anything under 20 Mph/Kph. I'm not sure if it was this one though, I'll have to find the website again.
This turbine engine is SOOO COOL!!!
How much clearance space does this one need to TURN? Possibly an entire room. Great review, thanks!
I have the same feeling of the Steam engine without the chuffing sounds too.
When this locomotive came in for maintenance, I would give this locomotive and maintenance crews a big 'Uh Oh'.
For the engine stats, you should put in a "Smallest Curve" meaning the smallest curve the locomotive can deal with before the front wheels jump off the track.
He did, "Minimum Curve: O-72"
oh I didn't see it then... sorry
I enjoy your reviews. Excellent narratives and great photography. However, one point that I must comment on would be your description of the loco sounds. In this review, you stress how different a steam turbine sounds, yet you compromise the turbine sound with too much of the whistle and bell sounds.
Quite a big difference from my O-27 671RR lol.
I have the 1946 2020, turbine bros lol
got the 1950 681its great
The Postwar Turbine will be running long after this modern junk is recycled into a Coke can.
Hi Eric when I was a kid my Lionel's went extremely fast if I didn't slow down at the curves my Locos would fly off the table and they withstood the punishment from repeated 4 ft drops onto concrete are these new Lionel's as durable and do they all run slow as in your videos?
Great review it is very cool keep up the great work and thanks for posting
Where would Lionel have acquired the sound for the turbine?
Behind the cowcatcher of prr s2 is the chains attached to a leading wheels when if the train crashed and derail the cranes lifting it and the chains hold the leading wheels all American locomotives have that I saw it behind the cowcatcher of Norfolk and western 611
Is this locomotive and the PRR S1 is the only 686 locomotives thats bilt back then?
Hey Eric have you ever done a video showing how and where you store all your rolling stock> I think it would be neat to see because your O scale and ive only seen people showing that in HO scale. Thanks
eric ever since i was a baby i LOVED trains and your the perfect guy keep up the awesome work also you might know or not but like you said there not efficent at low speeds but they suffered going in reverse becasuse turbines go one direction not only that but this locos forward turbine output is 6,900 horsepower and a question is train power mesured on horsepower? or somthing else
I like the talking from the engine
where is bell in this locomotive? (no sound. means model bell it this lionel prr s2 steam turbine).
Eric, can you do a review on the Lionel Legacy Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 Berkshire? Or can you do a review on MTH version of that engine? That would help me make the decision of purchasing the engine.
Another great review Eric
The elephant ears are also known as smoke deflectors.
Love The Whistle BFIMO in my opinion amazing.
Love the whistle
Great review as usual! This would be a great looking loco if it had a decent paint job, it looks like a plastic model. It's a shame Lionel goes to all this trouble making a great loco, it really looks cheep without paint. You think Lionel would realize this!
Must of missed it. what does the infrared senser do under the tender?
It lets the engine and tender communicate without wires running between them.
The IR that faces down at the track
+IMRROcom It's for a Sensor track that Lionel makes, it's basically like a programmable track magnet.
I have that engine I love it so much
it kinda reminends me about a4-8-4, but with 6 wheels, 3 axels, and for the prr
Nice Abrams in the background
Again, well done!!
I love your videos
Boy this puts the old Lionel "671" to shame BIG TIME!!
This is a favorite of mine
when is the next update?
Great review, thank you!
When r we going to see the new completed trestle?
I wish there was one built and it will Ben he same size as big boy and it will be pulling 10 engines and what should I do?
I have a question. If you order something from legacystation.com do they ship to your house?
Yes.
By the way, is the layout update coming or not?
Is there also a 6-8-8-6?
Best Horn in model railroading
When he says 'separately applied' are those details stuff you have to put on the engine yourself?
zomb1eslayer234 no, they’re already on the model. I call the separately applied because they were applied by hand at the factory after the main body was cast.
This train Engine was a "COAL GUZZLER" LOL!
Could you please do a video on the vision line H7 class 2-8-8-2?