Help, looking for the name of a train.......

[92hatchattack]

hey guys,

im trying to find some pics of this train, the model and the prototype, but i dont think i know the name of it so its kinda hard... but i know you guys will knowit cause i think its pretty famous.....

ok here ya go ...

i belive its norfolk and wester... black steamer with the bullet nose, and solid orange stripe running down her ... not the southern pacific..... i thought it was called the rainbow titan or something like that .....

well im sure thats enough info for you guys to hit the nail on the head .. so thanks in advance!!!

[Anonymous]

J. J Class Northern 4-8-4

[Anonymous]

[lionelsoni]

Is this what you're thinking of?
http://www.toytrains1.com/jclass.htm

The Lionel model is 8100, made in 1981.

[92hatchattack]

yeah, thats what im looking for, ... is there any one making these sets brand new these days??? i know my dad got a set id say 5 years back brand new....

[ben10ben]

Lionel made a scale version with matching cars(I think) about 3 years ago, but it's extremely difficult to find. I also think that MTH recently released a full scale version, but I'm not so sure about the matching passenger cars.

Williams makes a semi-scale version, the same size as the traditional Lionel one, and should have plenty of different matching passenger cars.

I also believe that MTH makes both a passenger and freight set in their starter set line.

[92hatchattack]

just for my own info, was there ever a train built that was nicknamed the rainbow titan or something??? for some reason i recal that name for some reason .... maybe im just nuts .. lol

[Anonymous]

Ive never heard of any with that name, in the US at least

[mersenne6]

Rainbow Titan.....well, I did some rummaging. Couldn't find anything with that combination but there have been a number of name trains over the years with names that are close:

The Rainbow - American Flyer Clockwork set from 1928-30
The Statesman - American Flyer train set

The Diplomat - B&O
The Aristocrat - CB&Q
The Olympian
The Gilt Edge - New Haven
The Sunrise Special - Long Island
The Sunshine Special - MoPac
The Sunshine
The Ambassador - B&M as well as American Flyer Trains set

By the way - more than one author has used the phrase "the rainbow hued Olympian" to describe the color scheme of that train. Since Olympian and Titan are synonyms perhaps this might be the source of your memory of Rainbow Titan.

[Anonymous]

I checked out the MTH site here are all the J. J Class Northern 4-8-4s, I listed locos before sets


Released in 2004
http://www.mth-railking.com/detail.asp?item=20-3132-1

Released in 1997
http://www.mth-railking.com/detail.asp?item=20-3024-1

Made in 2003
http://www.mth-railking.com/detail.asp?item=30-1286-1

Made in 1996
http://www.mth-railking.com/detail.asp?item=30-1105-0

made in 2002
http://www.mth-railking.com/detail.asp?item=30-1251-1

made in 2002 as well
http://www.mth-railking.com/detail.asp?item=33-1006


The sets

Proto sounds
http://www.mth-railking.com/detail.asp?item=30-4036-1
loco sounds
http://www.mth-railking.com/detail.asp?item=30-4036-0