Sunday, June 10, 2012

Lionel Pennsylvania Mikado Jr 2-8-2 Locomotive and Tender with TMCC and Railsounds 6-38616super


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Rating: 5.0

List Price : $499.99 Price : $479.99
Lionel Pennsylvania Mikado Jr 2-8-2 Locomotive and Tender with TMCC and Railsounds 6-38616

Product Description

Locomotive Features:
?TrainMaster Command Control equipped - able to run in Command Control Mode or in Conventional Transformer Control Mode
?RailSounds sound system with CrewTalk communication, TowerCom announcements, and DynaChuff synchronized chuffing
?Operating headlight
?ElectroCoupler on rear of tender
?Powerful maintenance-free motor with momentum flywheel
?Traction tires
?Puffing smoke unit
?Die-cast metal locomotive body, frame, and trucks
?Die-cast metal tender body and trucks with a metal frame
?Engineer and fireman figures


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Lionel Pennsylvania Mikado Jr 2-8-2 Locomotive and Tender with TMCC and Railsounds 6-38616 Reviews


Lionel Pennsylvania Mikado Jr 2-8-2 Locomotive and Tender with TMCC and Railsounds 6-38616 Reviews


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5.0 out of 5 stars Lionel's Best American-Prototype Locomotive?, June 2, 2012
= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Lionel Pennsylvania Mikado Jr 2-8-2 Locomotive and Tender with TMCC and Railsounds 6-38616 (Toy)
For years fans have been drooling over one version or another of Lionel's 4-6-4 Hudson. But in twenty or thirty years, Lionel's 2-8-2 Mikado Jr. will be the engine everyone will wish they had kept forever.

Mine came from a third-party: the sound chip had failed, so the engine was cheap. A trip to the local Lionel doctor and I had an as-new engine. So why was I so happy to have this particular engine?

The engine captures the essence of the USRA Mikado and its copies beautifully, in a package that is slightly under scale and so blends perfectly with postwar boxcars and cabooses. Since I prefer smaller layouts (e.g. 4x6 with 42" or 36" radius curves) I also like short equipment that still has the flavor of mainline railroading--and the Mikado Jr. achieves this.

The engine looks great on O-42. Most of the overhang is under the cab, not the pilot, so the engine appears to be well-centered on the curves. The tender body is diecast, as well as the engine... Read more
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