Hi Bill,
I just picked up one these sets myself. Although I question the paint color
on the way car ,hopper car and the engine number (#4000 hummm..) the rest of
the set is great! The engine runs great! and the "Railsounds" is right on!
Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hayward" <haywarb@b...>
To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 12:32 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Lionel Burlington Route Hudson in Freight Set
> FYI. Last Friday I saw Lionel's Burlington Route Steam Freight Set
> displayed in a local hobby store. The engine for this O-27 set is BR
> Hudson (4-6-4) #4000 in black with graphite smoke box, red cab roof,
> spoked drivers w/ traction tires, black coal tender w/BR herald &
> 4-wheel trucks, smoke unit on/off switch, and RailSounds as an
> option.
> The freight cars all have diecast trucks and are: CB&Q white/red 2
> bay hopper, CB&Q red/white boxcar, CB&Q white/red caboose (er,
> waycar!), and a Gulf Oil tank car. The set also includes O-27 track,
> a bag-o-coal, and an 80W transformer. MSRP is $350 for the
> RailSounds
> version and less for the non-RailSounds version.
>
> To my knowledge this is the first mass produced BR Hudson model in
> 3-rail O-gauge. Maybe more BR steam will follow from the O-gauge
> manufacturers.
>
> FYI only; I am not a dealer or vendor (nor a Lionel stockholder).
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