I welcome these and I plan to have mine battery powered for dead rail use. I am so glad Lionel are going to do these models in O Scale. I have a small UK based O Gauge layout and these will look great on my future planned garden railway. $800 is a good price as well considering the Heljan Class 60's are £750 RRP which is about $900 in USD.
Further details... Based on the video from the Ryan and Dave show - The ET44s will be slightly longer than the ES44 models - The CN version will have the correct walkways with the anti-ice design - The grills on the ET44s are all etched brass and cast brass - They are planning to record a real ET44 for the sounds Have a look at their video to see the pre-production samples they have: ruclips.net/video/AoDDvGa_gO4/видео.html
Don't think you're using that phrase right, that would suggest Lionel released an HO model that is exactly like Scale Trains. Theirs is an O Scale model with some aspects inspired from Scale Trains model of the ET44.
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I welcome these and I plan to have mine battery powered for dead rail use. I am so glad Lionel are going to do these models in O Scale. I have a small UK based O Gauge layout and these will look great on my future planned garden railway. $800 is a good price as well considering the Heljan Class 60's are £750 RRP which is about $900 in USD.
Super excited for these! Personally, I'm getting the Canadian National ET44 to go along with the Canadian Pacific ES44 I just got.
Further details... Based on the video from the Ryan and Dave show
- The ET44s will be slightly longer than the ES44 models
- The CN version will have the correct walkways with the anti-ice design
- The grills on the ET44s are all etched brass and cast brass
- They are planning to record a real ET44 for the sounds
Have a look at their video to see the pre-production samples they have: ruclips.net/video/AoDDvGa_gO4/видео.html
When you got cookie cutter everything, of course it's gonna look like someone elses.
Don't think you're using that phrase right, that would suggest Lionel released an HO model that is exactly like Scale Trains. Theirs is an O Scale model with some aspects inspired from Scale Trains model of the ET44.