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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • My review of Lionel's latest 3-Rail O-Scale Nickel Plate Road #765 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Locomotive. More videos on my youtube channel or at www.ericstrains.com

Комментарии • 301

  • @HurricaneJahya
    @HurricaneJahya 2 года назад +11

    When I first saw this engine I couldn't get over how immaculate the whistle was, 5 years later I still can't.

    • @retrokingranch
      @retrokingranch Год назад

      Me too it's just so good. Same with the legacy NYC hudson whistle. Probably my favorite 2 Lionel whistles ever.

  • @WarningSirensOfUpstateNY
    @WarningSirensOfUpstateNY 4 года назад +48

    27:34 That whistle is so beautiful!

  • @terrysigler9043
    @terrysigler9043 4 года назад +19

    This is another one of my favorite wheel arrangements. I particularly love pere marquette 1225, because its the real polar express.

  • @StuGhostface
    @StuGhostface 5 лет назад +42

    That engine lives just down the road from me lol

  • @jackdeyoung2576
    @jackdeyoung2576 9 лет назад +12

    I remember the Lionel Nickel Plate Special set when I was a kid. I remember walking through Toys R Us and seeing it on the shelf during Christmas time and I always wanted one, but we were just to poor. This scaled one trumps that set from when I was kid. Great review.....Thanks!

    • @elijahstewart7937
      @elijahstewart7937 7 лет назад

      Jack DeYoung I had that set

    • @elijahstewart7937
      @elijahstewart7937 7 лет назад

      Jack DeYoung if you were talking about the plastic you model set

    • @elijahstewart7937
      @elijahstewart7937 7 лет назад

      Jack DeYoung also I had the polar express set too

    • @Bass_man1997
      @Bass_man1997 7 лет назад

      Jack DeYoung oh that's sad I know how you feel though

  • @jurassicfan9292
    @jurassicfan9292 5 лет назад +39

    " "Eric, I don't like crew talk sounds!" Welp, too bad. I'm gonna make you listen to them anyway."
    LOL what?! XD

  • @Vintage1976
    @Vintage1976 10 лет назад +3

    The main pieces you removed for the headlight- Mars light change were; 1) Smokebox door and 2) cross compound air pump. Excellent review as always Eric.

  • @ihavenoideawhattonamemesot4023
    @ihavenoideawhattonamemesot4023 4 года назад +1

    I love NKP 765 it's my favourite train
    and the whistle steam sound it's the best steam whistle of oll time.And your video are amazing good job keep going.

  • @HotboxHolton
    @HotboxHolton 7 лет назад +15

    Nice review. I do plan on buying this model. I've been on 765 last year on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad and it is coming back this year so I'm going to be there again. By the way, when I was there, the engine had the mars light and was numbered 767. I think it was to show people what the engine looked like before.

    • @Jeebuus
      @Jeebuus 7 лет назад +5

      Benny Holton I think the 767 thing was a reference to when the engine was disguised as #767 (which a certain city wanted, however the engine was in poor condition so 765 was substituted with different numbers).

    • @domstrains3984
      @domstrains3984 6 лет назад +2

      Acctually #767 was a different Locomotive NKP owned.

  • @VXNSHGXNDHI
    @VXNSHGXNDHI 5 лет назад +29

    29:00 no one cares we love crew talk sounds. Great video,Eric!

  • @hbsteve7724
    @hbsteve7724 8 лет назад +6

    Beautiful engine; totally impressed w/ the Lionel version. Thanks for another great video.

  • @edwardlabonte6341
    @edwardlabonte6341 4 года назад

    Just noticed the Pennsylvania mail/rpo/baggage car is reversed from true operational direction. I used to play with the mail bag hook on this car pulled by the Copper Country Limited/Milwaukee Road. Not bitching or complaining, your videos are truly great and love all that you do. It was just a Segway to say something about the CCL. Ed

  • @aaronspringborn34
    @aaronspringborn34 7 лет назад +2

    Sounds like the original whistle and bell. This review video is underrated. Great job Eric.

  • @BalticFilms144
    @BalticFilms144 10 лет назад +9

    Nice review Eric! I rode 765 last summer from Detroit to Fort Wayne.

  • @allegheny48
    @allegheny48 10 лет назад +11

    Great review Eric! As a kid growing up in the 1950's I got to see 765 and her sisters running in and out of Conneaut, Ohio until they were retired in 1958. The MARS oscillating light was added to the Berks, as well as other NKP engines, after WWII as a safety measure. I believe it operated in a horizontal figure 8 pattern. Not having the MARS light would be an "as built" configuration for the engine. Would it be possible to replace the lower boiler front hinge screw with a flared head pin dropping in from the top or is the clearance between the upper and lower hinges too small? I have to agree with your BFIMO. Rich Melvin has been associated with 765 for years and having his voice in the crew talk is very fitting. Check out the video "Running That New River Train" to see Rich pulling throttle on 765 in the New River Gorge. Thanks again, Eric.

  • @kyletrummel69
    @kyletrummel69 5 лет назад +30

    Eric: "To install the mars light, you gotta remove this part to get the door off."
    Me: "That ain't so bad."
    Eric: "Lionel didn't supply a wire and bulb for the headlight in the other boiler front, so we have to borrow those from the first boiler front."
    Me: "Well that is rather annoying."
    Eric: "Now to avoid damage to the wires and the bulb we have to remove the plug and--"
    Me: "THAT'S IT! I can't take it anymore!"

  • @trainmantim99
    @trainmantim99 10 лет назад +4

    Another great review video Eric. Rich Melvin did the crew talk on Lionel's first rendition of 765 in 2010.

  • @logancoker5205
    @logancoker5205 3 года назад

    I love this channel. Great video thanks. The 2-8-4 Berkshire is my favorite steam train wheel arrangement.

  • @chrisiyo_2017
    @chrisiyo_2017 5 лет назад +4

    As I know, the Nickel Plate Road Nr.765 was built a few years after it's older brother, the Pere Marquette 1225, which is also based on the Polar Express.

  • @SteamKing2160
    @SteamKing2160 10 лет назад +2

    Some other history: The 765 was also purchased by F. Nelson Blount but he died while piloting his own airplane in 1968. The 765 came to his area right on time and did excursions in many places from Roanoke, Virginia to Omaha Nebraska.

  • @Steven_Williams
    @Steven_Williams 10 лет назад +1

    Awesome Engine Eric! Love the crew talk sounds also the boiler plate fix. Great tip!

  • @riverlinerailphotoproductions
    @riverlinerailphotoproductions 5 лет назад +1

    Hey Eric I know it’s late in the years to be commenting on this video but I enjoy watching your videos and all your engines and all your rolling stock are very nice and that the Norfolk Southern car you had behind 765 is exactly what the Fort Wayne Railroad did when they ran their excursions bc most of the cars they used were in-fact from Norfolk Southern

  • @missj3809
    @missj3809 3 года назад +1

    Amazing layout you have. So impressive. I love it.

  • @Chessie1985
    @Chessie1985 10 лет назад +2

    Beautiful engine and cool hearing Rich's voice and great review Eric.

  • @BearCreekWoodworking
    @BearCreekWoodworking 10 лет назад +2

    Great Review Eric! I enjoyed this review from start to finish!

  • @Rebecca_The_Dragon
    @Rebecca_The_Dragon 8 лет назад +2

    man they really nailed it with this engine, especially with Richard Melvin doing the talk sounds, and that whistle...oh that whistle...sounds SO amazing

  • @vijayalakshmipandian6169
    @vijayalakshmipandian6169 6 лет назад

    Wow!! The Whistle and the bell Sounds so sweet

  • @MrBorderman01
    @MrBorderman01 10 лет назад +1

    Eric as usual great video and many thanks for the tip of swapping the front cover with the mars light. I also ordered this engine and as soon as i am back from vacation i will follow your instructions.

  • @ertegunrex1
    @ertegunrex1 9 лет назад +1

    this engine is my favorite engine so thanks for getting it Eric!

    • @reversecloak550
      @reversecloak550 4 года назад

      Same man i might be getting this for christmas this year

  • @mamanbear1667
    @mamanbear1667 10 лет назад +1

    Eric, great video. I can't believe that you figured out to safely put on the Mars light. Lionel could have a done a little bit better job of thinking that through. Beautiful engine and detail. Thanks.

  • @TrainLover-wt9ix
    @TrainLover-wt9ix 9 месяцев назад +1

    Almost every steam excursion be having mixtures of many types of coaches from different railroads 😅

  • @BenjaminGib
    @BenjaminGib 10 лет назад

    Eric, your layout is looking stellar! STELLAR!

  • @thefemboyfamilyvlogs8837
    @thefemboyfamilyvlogs8837 5 лет назад

    I got to go see this engine on the Cyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad here in Ohio on September 21, 2018 n it was the best day of my life n it was THE very first steam locomotive I've ever seen in my entire life

  • @BenjaminGib
    @BenjaminGib 10 лет назад +1

    So good eric! I haven't seen your videos in a while and just wanted to tell you how awesome that completed bridge looks in the background!!

  • @venomousfrog102
    @venomousfrog102 6 лет назад

    Really nice review and I really enjoyed the how to section of the video with the head light and the blooper at the end lol

  • @PetersTrainz
    @PetersTrainz 10 лет назад +1

    My favorite feature is the Rich Melvin crew talk, too, I noticed it's on the Pere Marquette 1225 & both Polar Express Berkshires. Will upload a video of mine soon. :)

  • @jltrain-zgamingrailfan202x3
    @jltrain-zgamingrailfan202x3 7 лет назад

    I really like the quiling 3 part echo of 765's Nathan 6 Chime from 80s, 90s.
    That's my favorite part of the video.

  • @thatredfokker
    @thatredfokker 7 лет назад

    “And, last of all, let’s check out the always-controversial crew talk sounds. ‘Eric, I don’t like crew talk sounds!’ Welp, too bad. I’m gonna make you listen to them anyway.”
    Love it.

  • @SaturnMist09
    @SaturnMist09 10 лет назад

    Another awesome review!!!! Great job Eric and hope you and your family had a Very Merry Christmas!!!!!!!

  • @WarbonnetProductions
    @WarbonnetProductions 9 лет назад +2

    I really wish I had the engine! Great review!

  • @Alco16-251F
    @Alco16-251F 3 года назад

    I Love this engine very Much! I wish Lioned made my favorite engine, The NKP 759, the 765's sister locomotive! I love the 765 very much, and I got to see it at Steamtown's railfest in 2015

  • @byates59
    @byates59 10 лет назад +2

    AWESOME review as always Eric!!!!!!!!!!! Lionel did a fantastic job with this engine!.... Your mars light installation demonstration was great, I was thinking that the boiler would have to come off the access that bottom screw. Anyways, thanks for the awesome review bro and happy holidays!

  • @debbietravis3638
    @debbietravis3638 9 лет назад

    You did Very good Eric'strains Your video of the lionel NKP 765 2-8-4 Berkshire is Realy Great with the video how to install
    an alternive boiler front good job

  • @henryszubielski8601
    @henryszubielski8601 2 года назад

    Great locomotive and nice tutorial!
    Thanks.

  • @keystrokecomputer-DM
    @keystrokecomputer-DM Год назад +2

    The Berkshire N-1 class 2-8-4 is actually the Polar Express

  • @larryjohnson8549
    @larryjohnson8549 4 года назад +1

    My dad, my grandpa, and I rode and this train and I have pictures of it on my train layout. I also got to talk to rich Melvin

  • @richwolyniec2724
    @richwolyniec2724 4 года назад

    I would love to see your collection
    You do a great job with your reviews

  • @JahyaLedbetter
    @JahyaLedbetter 6 лет назад

    That whistle is amazing!!

  • @mjc6184
    @mjc6184 10 лет назад +6

    Eric, fantastic and professional review as always. I appreciate you taking the time to walk-through the MARS light conversion, will certainly use as a guide to make the swap on my 765. I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas. How are you enjoying your Big Boy?

  • @blakesmith4371
    @blakesmith4371 10 лет назад

    That is a very beautiful locomotive I have seen that in person and its consist or passenger cars

  • @davidbritton1802
    @davidbritton1802 4 года назад +2

    AWSOME.

  • @tmscheum
    @tmscheum 11 месяцев назад

    I have personal history with NKP 765. Grew up in Fort Wayne where 765 was displayed for many years as 767. I attended Wayne High School (class of ‘75) and one of my teachers, Walter Sassmanshausen was instrumental in the formation of the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society which took on the restoration of 765. I have early VHS video from 1990 of my wife, 5 year old son, and my late Uncle on an excursion on 765 from Fort Wayne to Peru, Indiana. My Grandfather, Clement Meyer, was a brakeman at the yard in Fort Wayne until the late 50’s and I’m trying to find out if he worked for Nickel Plate ( and possibly 765) or more likely for the Pennsy. At any rate I currently live in NE Tennessee and an planning my first layout and I think I’m going to model part of the Fort Wayne yard using Nickel Plate and Pennsylvania equipment as well as from a local line, the Tweetsie (ET&NWC). Good video!

  • @NW-de5qg
    @NW-de5qg 10 лет назад

    You're videos are the best!

  • @algorithm1193
    @algorithm1193 7 лет назад +1

    The whistle is amazing, of course taking into granted it's a model, and you get little vibrations and the speaker doesn't sound 100% real because it's a speaker. But damn, that freaking whistle...

  • @neargaming2057
    @neargaming2057 10 лет назад +15

    Hey Eric, in the 2015 MTH O gauge volume 1 catalog, there is a 5-pack of NKP cars. Those might suit well.

    • @Ericstrains
      @Ericstrains  10 лет назад +1

      Yeah, i ordered those but they haven't been made yet.

    • @neargaming2057
      @neargaming2057 10 лет назад +1

      Okay, but when you get the cars, please post a video featuring 765 and the cars.

    • @danielwalton9012
      @danielwalton9012 9 лет назад

      +ericstrains what about a lookover and review of lionel trains item number 83193 southern pacific 4-8-4 GS-4 #4449 with current southern pacific lines tender lettering ?

    • @rileye.hearnikzov6029
      @rileye.hearnikzov6029 8 лет назад

      +ericstrains ITS THE POLAR EXPRESS

    • @rileye.hearnikzov6029
      @rileye.hearnikzov6029 8 лет назад

      +ericstrains It's ok eric. I like the crew talk sounds

  • @KungLao765
    @KungLao765 8 лет назад

    loved the whistle chime

  • @trainroomgary
    @trainroomgary 10 лет назад

    Hi Eric • I always enjoy the history part of your videos, yes I am a baseball fan and I do have some stats, but nothing on the Berkshire. Great details on this Lionel. Boiler Front Demo. How to install mars light. Excellent Demo. I agree, have fun with your model railroad.
    • Cheers from the Detroit & Mackinac Railway

  • @arthurhouston3
    @arthurhouston3 10 лет назад +6

    So you should order a replacement light bulb assembly for the start will save a lot of trouble.

  • @nathanielcruz6675
    @nathanielcruz6675 3 года назад +1

    Here's the trivia of #765. Before #765 was restored in the mid-1970s, she was on display in a park in Fort Wayne, IN. She was renumbered to #767, Fort Wayne wanted #767 on display because it was the locomotive to celebrate the opening/completion of the Fort Wayne track elevation. #767 had been scrapped already, so NKP renumbered #765 to #767 and the locomotive was given to the town. In the 1980s, the locomotive appeared in the movies Four Friends and Matewan, and became an annual attraction in the New River Gorge operating the New River Trains from 1985 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 1993. In 2006, the FWRHS was given a "Locomotive Restoration Award" by the Tourist Railway Association, Inc and the "Outstanding Restoration Award" from the Architecture and Community Heritage Foundation of Fort Wayne. In 2014, NKP #765 was re-lettered and renumbered as "Lionel Lines" #726. In 2016, Nickel Plate Road #765 ran a couple of excursions, and for the Steam in the Cuyahoga Valley excursion, it was briefly renumbered to #767. Since 2017, NKP #765 visits Joliet, IL each year for the "Joliet Rocket" a passenger excursion that runs from Joliet to LaSalle St. Station.

  • @liamstrains6420
    @liamstrains6420 4 года назад

    when you where talking about the mars light and how the locomotive used to have one, I looked over to the recommended side of the video, and I got a video with the thumbnail of the locomotive with the headlight

  • @g8779
    @g8779 7 лет назад +1

    I actually just discovered youtube videos of the 765 using different whistles; including the 611's

  • @robertnielsen2461
    @robertnielsen2461 2 года назад

    The method of wheel classification is the Whyte method and differs from that used in Europe, where the wheel count is one side only.

  • @joenefski4406
    @joenefski4406 6 лет назад

    I really like the whistle on this engine

  • @machia0705
    @machia0705 5 лет назад +2

    Great stuff but exorbitantly expensive.
    Most affordable way back into this hobby is to buy an old locomotive and load up with Menards rolling stock. Lionel made a beautiful engine here though! Maybe someday🚂

  • @oologahnorthernrailroad8873
    @oologahnorthernrailroad8873 10 лет назад

    Hey Eric that is a beautiful engine I have the 765 and he is in the other Berkshires

  • @andrewdaniel9944
    @andrewdaniel9944 2 года назад

    THIS IS THE BEST AND I REPEAT
    THE! BEST!
    TRAIN IN THE MIDWEST!

  • @pamelarusso6575
    @pamelarusso6575 10 лет назад

    Awesome engine Eric!

  • @guyholloway8677
    @guyholloway8677 10 лет назад

    Awesome Review Eric

  • @optimusprime4785
    @optimusprime4785 6 лет назад +11

    Dude, you should try the Lionel Legacy Pere Marquette 1225 or The Polar Express 10th anniversary. (Legacy)

    • @railfanjackson4531
      @railfanjackson4531 5 лет назад +1

      He’s got them. He made videos for each of them not that long ago.
      His review of the Polar Express locomotive: m.ruclips.net/video/LWysSuMbR-g/видео.html
      His review of the matching passenger cars: m.ruclips.net/video/Jpti6K60UGk/видео.html
      His review of 1225: m.ruclips.net/video/O_D7Qi5qH2M/видео.html

  • @MACKEYP
    @MACKEYP 10 лет назад +3

    could you please do a review of the peer Marquette berkshire or the 10 anniversary polar express berkshire.

  • @KingSimba527
    @KingSimba527 5 лет назад

    I love crew talk sounds

  • @tacomahunter
    @tacomahunter 5 лет назад

    A NKP Berkshire went past my house in upstate New York a few years ago on a excursion ride

  • @WarningSirensOfUpstateNY
    @WarningSirensOfUpstateNY 5 лет назад +1

    I like how funny you are! 🤣

  • @davidstrainsandlego
    @davidstrainsandlego 4 года назад

    My favorite locomotive

  • @kalexander1189
    @kalexander1189 8 лет назад

    That whistle sounds so good I mite pick one up

  • @Mr300bowler
    @Mr300bowler 8 лет назад

    the crew talk it is so cool on NKP 765

  • @Railroadguy64
    @Railroadguy64 2 года назад

    If I could I would get that engine if I could, it's a great engine (mostly the whistle, it's so good)

  • @danielhekemian491
    @danielhekemian491 8 лет назад

    beautiful cars

  • @wolfox712
    @wolfox712 8 лет назад

    gotta love that 6 chime

  • @polarjet1833
    @polarjet1833 4 года назад

    Ok I need to get this because I live in Ohio which is where 765 is and I’ve also rode on 765 and she is an absolute beauty

  • @danielhekemian491
    @danielhekemian491 8 лет назад

    even though they do go wit the engine there beautiful cars keep the vids going

  • @Jimboliah3985
    @Jimboliah3985 10 лет назад +3

    28:59 Nice one... B3

  • @jackboerner1901
    @jackboerner1901 8 лет назад

    I like crew talk sounds.

  • @sgriffett541
    @sgriffett541 8 лет назад

    yay crew talk!! so cool

  • @maxrailroad
    @maxrailroad 10 лет назад +2

    What a beautiful engine! Great review Eric! In the next run session video, run it in lash up with some NS heritage! Why does the cab light turn off when the engine moves?

  • @paducahandlouisvillerailro1694
    @paducahandlouisvillerailro1694 4 года назад

    I’m getting the new Lionel’s rendition of the Lionel legacy NKP ho train set

  • @ginahawkinsgina9798
    @ginahawkinsgina9798 2 года назад

    Eric's Trains Nickel plate Road 765 is Replacing Pere Marquette 1225 Nickel Plate Road 765 is the new the Real Polar Express Pere Marquette 1225 Died he transferred to his older brother nickel Plate Road 765

  • @TobyPasman
    @TobyPasman 10 лет назад +20

    Have you thought of getting Lionel's O-Scale Polar Express?

  • @_chan.burn.21_
    @_chan.burn.21_ 8 лет назад

    They should release this engine painted in the Polar Express paint scheme & have it come with 4 or 5 polar express coaches, it's be the perfect enthusiast's Christmas gift!

  • @christinasagnella3601
    @christinasagnella3601 8 лет назад

    My dad loves the nickelplate road

  • @rail-ryder7135
    @rail-ryder7135 7 лет назад +1

    You should buy a replacement headlight, and connect it to the alternate smoke box front to make it easier every time you change it. It was a pretty bad mistake by Lionel the fact that the headlight on the alternate smoke box front doesn't have a wire.

  • @Jimboliah3985
    @Jimboliah3985 10 лет назад +1

    Quite a long one... Given the instructions for swapping the smokebox doors. At the end of the day, you'll have a screw loose from that surgery... :P
    BTW Those pieces from the pilot, those are the air pumps to pump up the air for the brakes on the real thing.

  • @RDS51403
    @RDS51403 3 года назад

    I wish it was like the one back in 2009 when it didn’t have the whitewalls or the white trim on it and the firebox and front part of the boiler were all black

  • @jomama05
    @jomama05 10 лет назад

    The crew talk with Rich sounds way better. He should do the whole line up for Lionel.

  • @amtrakandcsxrailfanning164
    @amtrakandcsxrailfanning164 10 месяцев назад

    Yea nice
    I saw some videos of the real version of this steamer with its mars light back on with the head light
    I guess the crew dictated to put the Mars light back on for a certain reason

  • @DistanceNsVeterans
    @DistanceNsVeterans 4 года назад

    I like the locomotive better with the mars light on it and plus on the toy train the Mars light blinks while on the real locomotive. The Mars light rotates for those who did not know this

  • @ilcis8959
    @ilcis8959 4 года назад

    Lionel,s 3 rail O-scale polar express train
    make a video on the Legacy polar express

  • @coalcountry6795
    @coalcountry6795 8 лет назад +1

    Passenger cars??? That thing should be at the front of a fast freight! Lol no but in all seriousness, great review and beautiful model. I might have to take out a huge loan and get into O Guage for a couple of these.

    • @algorithm1193
      @algorithm1193 7 лет назад

      If you're in HO (and somehow reading this after 10 months) Bachmann makes a nice NKP 765.

  • @holtzman1378
    @holtzman1378 2 года назад

    hey eric this is a bit off topic but my great grandad was a engineer of the s2 steam turbine his friend was also A engineer in the c and o turbine long train forgot it sorry he loved the turbine train like his kid but he said it was a pain and he could see why it failed

  • @ilcis8959
    @ilcis8959 4 года назад

    when you buy the legacy polar express you can only receive the Locomotive and tender.