A review of the new Lionel 3-Rail O-Scale Union Pacific FEF-3 Northern #844. More videos on the Eric's Trains youtube channel and at www.ericstrains.com.
Tyson'sTrains I didn't pay for it because my brother is friends with one of the engineers on the 844, I'm not sure if you can buy tickets for a cab ride online but if so its well worth it!
Dear Eric As a teen with a long career in trucking ahead of me, I will follow in your footsteps into the wonderful world of o scale model railroading. P.s. I love the crew sounds they add a layer of realism and authenticity to these models that other scales don’t offer. Pls continue your passion with love and happiness. Sincerely, a loving subscriber and born truck and train fanboy. Roll on Eric!!!
@ericstrains I cant get enough of that whistle. They nailed it SO GOOD. I hope someday Lionel puts this engine on their vision line, I would love to see it with blowdown effects as well as its current steam effects!
Eric this review gave me the chills as it brought back memories from 2012. My grandpa ,dad and, me all went out from Chicago to Nebraska to watch this thing it was a great bonding experience so this really got to me
Thanks for the review Eric. The weathered reefers look great behind the engine. Back in 2013 I met the 844 at the College World Series in Omaha and got to go into the cab which of course was amazing!
Very nice Eric. A beautiful locomotive and model. It appears from looking at your rolling stock that you have been weathering a lot. Thank you again for your dedication to the hobby.
Eric did you know that on one episode of extreme trains the 844 pulled a special passenger train it brings passengers to the rodeo in Cheyenne,Wyoming.
LCCA did the same thing with Nickel Plate 765 that they did with UP 844 by relettering it to Lionel Lines and renumbering it to 726, the same number as their postwar Berkshire.
The whistle sounds similar to the real model and to your Vision Line Big Boy but the bell sounds like a diesel here. I am disappointed with the bell. The real 844 bell is one of the best.
You forgot to mention that 844 now has a sister in the SD70Ace No. 8444. It's funny that UP never forgot 844's old number of 8444 and gave it to a SD70Ace and she is almost always paired with the 844.
Eric- I enjoy your thorough reviews very much. That said, one minor suggestion for you to consider in future. JUST WHILE THE ENGINES ARE STATIONARY and you're reviewing the details with your green pointer, the addition of some supplementary light (eg. a working light on a tripod that painters use) to illuminate the front, sides and rear of the engines would enable the viewer to see the details better. Black die-cast steamers and diesels in dark colours such as Lionel's CN Ten Wheeler, UP FEF 4-8-4, NP Alco PA ABA are three that immediately come to mind where supplentary light would have been helpful. Just a thought.
Eric, it looks and sounds as close to the real thing, from my memory of seeing this engine back around 2010! when it stopped for the day in the town, I am from, although it had the UP coloured tender on it by itself when it was here the time I saw it! As well as the drivers box was open in the back of the locomotive engine, and the smoke defecters had been a last minute add on, based on what the engineer who was operating it at the time stated to me at that time! Although, I do like the fact that the defecters on this model of the 844 are not wavey as they are on the real locomotive engine! However, all of that aside it is a cool prototypical model replica of the real locomotive engine! Even the whistle sounds extremely close to the real deal! And I thought that I uploaded some of the video of the 844 when it was here then, onto RUclips, although, I have not been able to find it, in my uploads! It was still a great experience to see the 844 in person, and that they made a model scale version of it as well!
Man I had this model and loved it. Unfortunately I had to sell it years back because of some money troubles. Times to start putting a new roster together.
Outstanding review. One of your best so far. BFIMO unexpected but cool. I would like the camera to follow the locomotive more and not so much a static camera
Auscision did a similar thing with a B Class and painted 1 loco (B65) in their special livery and sold 300 HO scale versions of the real thing as a limited edition
Hello Eric. I'm curious about the red light on the front of the 844. Does it come on automatically when you slow the engine down, or is there a button you press on the Legacy remote?
Not a complaint. Just a little factoid for your records. When you mentioned that the smoke deflectors can come off, that's actually a spot for realism. 844 was built without deflectors. They came later in the game.
@ERIC'S TRAINS - which was the STRONGER & FASTER "NORTHERN Steam Engine" between the: U.P. Northern Type #844 & the "NORTHERN NIAGARA" of the NY CENTRAL?
@ERIC's TRAINS: Is the "all-weather cab" the reason for NOT needing a "drop plate" in between the Engine & Tender? Should there still be a "drop plate" for a more realistic effect or look?
An excellent review, Eric! I have the Sunset/3rd Rail FEF-3 in the Overland colors and it is one of my favorite engines. Unfortunately Railsounds 4 lacks the correct whistle. The red safety light on mine only flashes when the engine is run in reverse. Interesting that, when the real 844 got back out on the high iron for some shakedown runs, the red safety light was not yet installed. Eric, any chance of you acquiring an NYC Niagara in the near future?
The actual engine once doubleheader with SP 4449 on an excursion in Washington around Puget Sound, for a special from Everett to Tacoma. Today, the engine stays n Cheyenne between runs
Although the engine is very nice, I particularly enjoyed the sound from the vision line refers. I have 3 sound cars ordered, which are apparently on a very slow boat from China
That video was actually not too bad, but you forgot to do something that you said you would do "in a few weeks", at least I think you did, and that is, the Canadian National 45 A that you may have forgotten about. Could you do the 45 A video sometime in 2016?
Seems like Lionel is remaking their early Legacy engines now since they also remade TMCC stuff like the Southern Pacific GS-2 and Southern Railway PS-4. Seeing a new Legacy FEF-3, my next guess is gonna be the Southern Pacific GS-4 and N&W A class 2-6-6-4.
And that's the northern that i'll be using to pull the lionel trains edition of the city of st.louis passenger train plus with lionel union pacific excursion passenger cars.
Hey eric great review i watched you film this on the webcams it was really cool to see sort of a behind the scenes of how you make your videos. Will the open houses be streamed on the webcams by any chance
I rode in the cab of the 844 and it was AWESOME!!!!!!
Really? I think that'd be fun to do. Did you pay anything at all to do so?
Tyson'sTrains I didn't pay for it because my brother is friends with one of the engineers on the 844, I'm not sure if you can buy tickets for a cab ride online but if so its well worth it!
@@anthonysantavicca421 oh ok. I'll try and see if I can find out some more info.
Lucky
Anthony Santavicca no you can’t buy tickets. I’ve ridden in cab of 4014. Uncle is on the steam team
Dear Eric
As a teen with a long career in trucking ahead of me, I will follow in your footsteps into the wonderful world of o scale model railroading.
P.s. I love the crew sounds they add a layer of realism and authenticity to these models that other scales don’t offer. Pls continue your passion with love and happiness.
Sincerely, a loving subscriber and born truck and train fanboy. Roll on Eric!!!
Thanks!
@ericstrains I cant get enough of that whistle. They nailed it SO GOOD. I hope someday Lionel puts this engine on their vision line, I would love to see it with blowdown effects as well as its current steam effects!
My Favorite Wheel Arangement is 2-10-4... Ahhh those beautiful Selkirks
Mine's is the 2-6-6-4 Class A. Lovely engines that can haul 150 cars full of coal from Crewe to Norfolk at over 60mph.
Mines 4-8-4 because I think they look nice on engines like 4449, and 844. 4-8-8-4's are also cool as well
Yea even the N&W J 614 is sharp looking
+DARK REALMS PRODUCTIONS ever heard of the FEF-4 look up UP 845
+Baldland Northern Products That's a very big lie.
Eric this review gave me the chills as it brought back memories from 2012. My grandpa ,dad and, me all went out from Chicago to Nebraska to watch this thing it was a great bonding experience so this really got to me
I never knew Union Pacific put Lionel Lines on 844's tender!
Thanks for the review Eric. The weathered reefers look great behind the engine. Back in 2013 I met the 844 at the College World Series in Omaha and got to go into the cab which of course was amazing!
what's really cool about that engine is that it was never retired from Union Pacific's roster
Eric, a great video review of a great locomotive!!! Thanks for posting!
Great review Eric. Can't wait till the Lionel SD60Es come in
For real
Very nice Eric. A beautiful locomotive and model. It appears from looking at your rolling stock that you have been weathering a lot. Thank you again for your dedication to the hobby.
Great video, Eric! Love the sounds on this engine!
yay a upload! it's 4:45 in the morning for me right now and I'm up to see the video right when it comes out! keep making great videos.
Wow!! The Engine and the Whistle and the bell sounds so Sweet!
lol first time eric operates a steam engine fast xD
XD true
lol
I listen
Oh Hellllo there :3
well hello there my swedish friend :3
just put my 2024 version on pre order, cant wait for this engine to come in!
hi, we've never heard an emergency stop before!! thanks for another great crew talk and engine review
Eric did you know that on one episode of extreme trains the 844 pulled a special passenger train it brings passengers to the rodeo in Cheyenne,Wyoming.
Yoooo that show was awesome
I saw that episode
@@algorithm1193 it was, why did they stop after 8 episodes?
LCCA did the same thing with Nickel Plate 765 that they did with UP 844 by relettering it to Lionel Lines and renumbering it to 726, the same number as their postwar Berkshire.
the GP 30 is currently at Nevada Railway Museum
I like how the dispatcher and the engineer are in a panic when the emergency light comes on. It adds to the realism!
The whistle sounds similar to the real model and to your Vision Line Big Boy but the bell sounds like a diesel here. I am disappointed with the bell. The real 844 bell is one of the best.
I strongly agree with you! The "Lionel Lines" tender nameplates are my favorite feature too! ^^
That’s the beautiful whistle ever
The bell sound is unfortunately completely wrong; that was my only problem with model. Looks like a great engine
Armagon Armagon It sounds like a diesel locomotive bell.
Eric you also forgot after Commercial Service, it was then sent for snow melting experiments.
He's gonna hear that for the rest of his life.
Yeah just let it go for now
You forgot to mention that 844 now has a sister in the SD70Ace No. 8444. It's funny that UP never forgot 844's old number of 8444 and gave it to a SD70Ace and she is almost always paired with the 844.
Awesome review! I know that someone probably said it already, but this in a lash up with the challenger would be awesome!
Eric- I enjoy your thorough reviews very much. That said, one minor suggestion for you to consider in future.
JUST WHILE THE ENGINES ARE STATIONARY and you're reviewing the details with your green pointer, the addition of some supplementary light (eg. a working light on a tripod that painters use) to illuminate the front, sides and rear of the engines would enable the viewer to see the details better. Black die-cast steamers and diesels in dark colours such as Lionel's CN Ten Wheeler, UP FEF 4-8-4, NP Alco PA ABA are three that immediately come to mind where supplentary light would have been helpful. Just a thought.
I love the whistle and the whistle steam smoke effect
I love the deep tone whistle
In 2014, the LCCA also dressed NKP 765 as Lionel Lines 726, renumbering and all.
There's some kind of majesty about the number 844 I don't know why but still
Fun fact it has its own whistle signal
8 short toots meaning
GET OUT OF THE WAY HERE COMES THE 844
Eric, it looks and sounds as close to the real thing, from my memory of seeing this engine back around 2010! when it stopped for the day in the town, I am from, although it had the UP coloured tender on it by itself when it was here the time I saw it! As well as the drivers box was open in the back of the locomotive engine, and the smoke defecters had been a last minute add on, based on what the engineer who was operating it at the time stated to me at that time! Although, I do like the fact that the defecters on this model of the 844 are not wavey as they are on the real locomotive engine! However, all of that aside it is a cool prototypical model replica of the real locomotive engine! Even the whistle sounds extremely close to the real deal! And I thought that I uploaded some of the video of the 844 when it was here then, onto RUclips, although, I have not been able to find it, in my uploads! It was still a great experience to see the 844 in person, and that they made a model scale version of it as well!
Very nice as usual! A doubleheader with your challenger would be sweet too! As UP has done that!
Man I had this model and loved it. Unfortunately I had to sell it years back because of some money troubles. Times to start putting a new roster together.
Outstanding review. One of your best so far. BFIMO unexpected but cool. I would like the camera to follow the locomotive more and not so much a static camera
Eric, love your videos, would like to see some how tos on repairs and getting older locos running again. Thanks
Next year for vacation I’m going to ride on the 844😱😱😱😱😱😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
nicely done eric, and wow for the price but really really nice!!!!!!!!
Great review Eric as always!
17:00 the beautiful vision line big boy whistle. I would say lol, but it's to great to resist listening to.
Gorgeous engine Eric!
Yay! The Real FEF3 is back!
I got some good news about the 844. It will come to Memphis TN this October.
I’ve gotten to blow the whistle of the 844 and models and videos do not do a justice it is loud and extremely awesome
Great video Eric! You should do a Q/A session as one of your Eric's Trains episodes.
That not a bad idea
awesome video Eric. very cool.
AWESOME review Eric!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The 844 is one of my favorite steamers along with 4014 and 3985
Mine too👍
nice one of my favorite locomotive
I first saw UP 844 in the intro and outro of the children’s TV show Shining Time Station
keep makeing those awsome train videos
I’m getting it for Christmas
Zachary Skelly from where and how much did you pay? Just curious because I want one!
Um I want it
Zachary Skelly oh ok!
Because of the whistle steam smoke e fact
Tyson trains I’m getting three trains for Christmas!!!!!!
Auscision did a similar thing with a B Class and painted 1 loco (B65) in their special livery and sold 300 HO scale versions of the real thing as a limited edition
I think we have officially found America's version of the "Galloping Sausage".
I’m still trying to imagine what it looks like with out the smoke deflectors
Like a short challenger, I have a n scale 844 but you can take of the deflectors
Hello Eric. I'm curious about the red light on the front of the 844. Does it come on automatically when you slow the engine down, or is there a button you press on the Legacy remote?
That dispatcher actor sounded like he was actually scared, bravo.
Not a complaint. Just a little factoid for your records. When you mentioned that the smoke deflectors can come off, that's actually a spot for realism. 844 was built without deflectors. They came later in the game.
I have a poster with steam locomotives on it, one of them is 844 without smoke deflectors.
On the real 844,the tender used to carry coal,but it was said to be too expensive so they converted it to oil
Gorgeous model, great review.
That engineer in the crew talk sounds strangely like Ed Dickens! (Even tho it’s Rich)
My favorite locomotive is the union pacific 844
WAIT HOLD UP. i just found out something, its called 844 because of the wheel arrangement, UP 844 is 4-8-4 so if you the 4 with the 8 its 844 :O
@ERIC'S TRAINS - which was the STRONGER & FASTER "NORTHERN Steam Engine" between the: U.P. Northern Type #844 & the "NORTHERN NIAGARA" of the NY CENTRAL?
My favorite Train is the union pacific 844
@ERIC's TRAINS: Is the "all-weather cab" the reason for NOT needing a "drop plate" in between the Engine & Tender?
Should there still be a "drop plate" for a more realistic effect or look?
very nice model!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just scored one from eBay couple weeks. Said it was from the "Lionel Vault," It was the 2009 model.
I like it
Great looking UNION PACIFIC train!!! Would you do a COMPARE/CONTRAST of the MTH #843 and the LIONEL VISION LINE UNION PACIFIC #844 at some point?
An excellent review, Eric! I have the Sunset/3rd Rail FEF-3 in the Overland colors and it is one of my favorite engines. Unfortunately Railsounds 4 lacks the correct whistle. The red safety light on mine only flashes when the engine is run in reverse. Interesting that, when the real 844 got back out on the high iron for some shakedown runs, the red safety light was not yet installed. Eric, any chance of you acquiring an NYC Niagara in the near future?
I didn't know the most popular FEF was 844 in Australia our most popular steam loco is 3801 which is stream lined
The actual engine once doubleheader with SP 4449 on an excursion in Washington around Puget Sound, for a special from Everett to Tacoma. Today, the engine stays n Cheyenne between runs
Lionel has the best sound in my opinion
Great video!
where can you buy the locomotive? I can't find it on Lionels Store.
He says he gets them from legacy staition.
I’ve heard of parts cars but a parts train? That’s something new
Although the engine is very nice, I particularly enjoyed the sound from the vision line refers. I have 3 sound cars ordered, which are apparently on a very slow boat from China
That whistle sounds familiar because its like the whistle from the Vision Line Big Boy.
The red light isn't called an emergency light, it's actually called a mars light.
Well done!!
That video was actually not too bad, but you forgot to do something that you said you would do "in a few weeks", at least I think you did, and that is, the Canadian National 45 A that you may have forgotten about. Could you do the 45 A video sometime in 2016?
Why does the cab light turn off when the train moves?
For the same reason your dome lights go off in your car. You don't need (or want) them on when you are rolling!
My favorite locomotive Is the union pacific 44
Seems like Lionel is remaking their early Legacy engines now since they also remade TMCC stuff like the Southern Pacific GS-2 and Southern Railway PS-4.
Seeing a new Legacy FEF-3, my next guess is gonna be the Southern Pacific GS-4 and N&W A class 2-6-6-4.
The GS-4 was just in Lionels most recent catalog
+Matt-Trainlover9943 What road numbers do they offer? I assume one is 4449.
+RRB4412 Yes, they are doing 4449 (finally) I don't remember the other numbers sadly.
+Matt-Trainlover9943 4443 and 4444 are the other ones they're making.
+steammaster4449 Thanks. I couldn't remember. You in for one?
I haven't seen this before wow I'm so blind (metaphorically) 😂
Whats the red light on the real FEF-3 do? Is it an emergency light as well? I always thought it was a MARS light.
And that's the northern that i'll be using to pull the lionel trains edition of the city of st.louis passenger train plus with lionel union pacific excursion passenger cars.
Hey eric great review i watched you film this on the webcams it was really cool to see sort of a behind the scenes of how you make your videos. Will the open houses be streamed on the webcams by any chance
Trust me it has a great smoke unit
I hope the 838 won't be scrapped
It's true Union Pacific did put Lionel lines on the 844 I just looked up a photo of the 844
This locomotive is being made in large scale by usa trains. I can't wait to pick one up but that is a year away.
At the time he powered the engine up I was watching on the live webcams
Eric you need to review the southern 4501
best train ever😄😄😄😄
Also When you reviewed Up 843 (Freight Set) About that red light You said It’s only When you’re going in reverse.
I bet you never know this Eric, The Steam Whistle on the 844, its off of a Big Boy
Yes.
I'm not sure witch 4000 its from but it before the 4014 project