That is one cool unit. I thought it looked sharp in the catalog, but as Sir James already pointed out, it looks way better in reality....
Regards,
Joe
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Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Picked mine up at the LHS last Saturday.
Runs great! I especially like the way the 'jet engine' spools up when the power is first turned on. Haven't read the instruction book yet to see if there is a way to have the 'jet engine' spool down when the power is shut off.
Looks better than the catalog picture. Mighty tempting looking car. And NYC of course.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
it is a real cool looking unit. thanks for sharing pictures.
A neat looking passenger mover, would have liked Lionel to go the extra mile and included a horn & bell in the sound chip.
Bill T.
Bob Keller
NYC M-497 arrived today. Pictures below:
The outer box as it came from China
End view of inner carton
The outer and inner cartons
Addendum about Pilot tube
Top of foam container and instruction manual
First peek at the Jet
Side view
Front 3/4 view
Rear 3/4 view
Bottom view
Close up of bottom
I don't currently have a place to run the unit but thought you would enjoy the pictures of the model.
Mel Hazen; Jax, FL Ride Amtrak. It's the only way to fly!!!
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