Lionel Union Pacific Auxiliary Water Tender
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2015
- A review of Lionel's new Union Pacific Auxiliary Water Tender, intended to be operated with the Lionel Vision Line Union Pacific Big Boy. More videos on my youtube channel and at www.ericstrains.com
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Beautiful train! Those add-ons REALLY make a DIFFERENCE!!
Actually Eric, the water tenders are converted UP turbine fuel tenders used by the UP heritage steam engines because trackside water towers dont exist anymore, and the tenders ensure that the engine doesnt have to stop midway through an excursion.
+Lucas Hagg The UP Turbine fuel tenders were originally used by various retired UP steam locomotives before they were converted for use as fuel tender for the turbines. So UP's auxiliary water tenders are actually doing what they did when they were originally built, carrying water for steam locomotives.
Is there any videos of up locomotives with auxillary water tenders back then.
@Eric's Trains - As usual you give a well-informed and detailed review. As far as I have seen, YOU are the best at the PRODUCT REVIEWS in this HOBBY. I have not seen better or even equivalent reviews on this hobby than the ones you present on your TH-cam channel. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
Thank you!
Nice job Eric.
cool video Eric!
you should get a florida east coast ES44C4
$650.00
I’m thinking Lionel should make an auxiliary water tender to go along with the new versions of the Norfolk and Western J Class engines they announced this year.
Beautiful water tender. I got the one with the American flag. Can't figure out what is taking so long on the cabooses. Simple retread, you would think they could pop these out of the front door fairly easily.
Great review Mr. Siegel. But worth mentioning, when Lionel put out the Visionline Challengers, the following year, they released Command water tenders for the Challengers. They produced a black UP, a Greyhound UP, and a black Clinchfield.
It is a high price, the Legacy features are pretty minor. I'd go for a nicely made water tender that's just rolling stock for a 3rd the price. The nice thing about the O31 turn capability is you could mate ties with a Lionmaster Big Boy or Challenger and it would work just great.
You should run it behind the UP Challenger and UP Passenger cars
+Lindsay Bryant well he has the Big Boy and the Big Boy has more power than the Challenger so he could run it behind the Big Boy with UP Passenger cars
How about diesel fuel fired steam engine? There is one somewhere in South America if you want to ride one
This product is great in all but there's 1 thing I'm wondering
How are you able to activate the coupler of the water tender when attached to another legacy locomotive???????????,?,
These tenders were actually taken from UP’s 8,500 HP Gas Turbines before they were scrapped. Even though there are more of these Gas Turbine tenders, at least there are 2 left that were preserved, so the Turbines still live on.
More PFEs Eric. Nice video
The nice thing about the yellow is you could use it as a visual breaking point between any color engine and rolling stock. For the price, I think I'd just go with passive rolling version.
The aux. tenders are sharp, I wish someone would do a run in HO.
yeah new video!
I almost like the pfe reefers better than the aux water tender
once again Eric another fantastic review! you have a talent my friend.
Would it work with the legacy 844?
Hi Eric: A nice review all round. If I was modeling UP steam I would certainly consider getting one although I tend to agree with Signal Light Productions comments regarding price. Having all of the built-in features is a plus but I would be just as happy with one that coupled to the engine's tender and went along for the ride. The PFE reefer sounds were pretty interesting. I will be looking forward to your review on those. Thanks again, Eric.
You know, if Lionel EVER does a new rendition of the veranda turbines they did eons ago, these water tenders would also made a beautiful addition to a lash up of the turbine unit. Easy way to have a fuel tender.
That is exactly what I was thinking. Shame I came very late to this party.
Did you know that the 809 and 814 auxiliary tenders came from a pair of retired Union Pacific steam locomotives? Those were engines 809 and 814 (obviously), which were both 4-8-4 Northerns. FEF1's to be specific since they were part of the first batch of Northerns built for UP. And 814 still exists today. In case you want to go and see her, she can be found at the RailsWest Railroad Museun Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Thank you, rgusrail.com) It does have a Centipede tender, though, like the Big Boys, Heavy Challengers and FEF2 and FEF3 Northerns. And on a not so bright note, she doesn't look to be in very good condition... : (
www.rgusrail.com/album/iarwrm/up_814_04.jpg
I live right by that.
Nice.
I call these Turbine tenders
Great review on the water tender Eric!
Looks nice, but I'd rather just have a plastic one with regular couplers that doesn't cost as much as a diesel locomotive.
I do wish they did this color back when the VISION Challegers came out.
Where did get those toys
Well whaddya know, they did add wheel flange squeal to the cars, lol, I've been saying for years they ought to do that! It sounds so much more realistic than just the trailing cars rolling by silently.
Isn’t this kind of like the one that goes behind Union Pacific #844?
Falseprophet42 And 4014.
I can imagine if union pacific build more auxiliary water tender for 4014, 844, and 3985 that will be the longest traveling steam trains in the world.
Hey Eric, run the big boy in your open house video with the water tender
Nice video Eric! I love the aux. tenders from the UP! They look so gorgeous especially the "Jim Adams" car with the American Flag! Great video and great consist too with the Big Boy with the VISION Refers along with the other refers by MTH.
P.S. Those other refers go with the MTH FEF-3 Northern set right? I would be happy to give you information about the engine if you'd like before you do a review on it. Thanks
Eric could you try to get a black and greyhound aux for your 4-12-2 and the black for your FEF3
Yeah, he should do those reviews, I have all three different colors of the water tenders Black Greyhound and the normal yellow but they cost so much separately and the cost of them all combined is astronomical!
i recond it would go well with the u.p veranda
Hey Eric and thank you so much fur your time and efforts was there any upgrades or minute or obvious detailing difference between the lionel visionline big boy #2012 released in the year 2014 and the big boy #2014 released in the year 2015.
You are appreciated
Jerry
Hi Eric, you mentioned in this video that you were also acquiring the MTH water tender for a Big Boy. The Lionel version are sold out. Can you run the MTH tender with the Lionel Vision Line Big Boy? Thanks.
Probably not since Legacy/TCC and MTH's DCS are different operating systems.
If I had the UP Water Tender I would have it hooked up to a Union Pacific Challenger #3985.
Do a review on a o scale triplex, please?
Eric do you know when you are going to get the review of the nyc Dreyfuss j3a streamliner
Already did it
Is that tender identical to this one? www.lionel.com/products/legacy-scale-union-pacific-water-tender-black-6-11226
Who do you prefer Lionel or mth
Owen Landauer I prefer MTH. My Grandfather owns a lot of Lionel models but I prefer MTH. I have twin GP9 GT's made by MTH that I absolutely love.
It's close. But I think Lionel has MTH topped. Mind you I don't have any MTH Premier locomotives. I hope to get a DCS System and some MTH models soon though.
Too bad I can't afford the Big Boy...
if only i had a life to sell
Run it with a turbine!
Man the cab talk options on these loco's is so extremely silly. I cringe a little every time someone uses it. Awesome review though!!!
Dislikes = train haters