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PRR Keystone set - Review

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1688torpedo
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Posted by 1688torpedo on Saturday, June 4, 2005 8:43 AM
Nice Train Chris ! Looks sharp. And the Caboose is one of the better looking ones ever made..........................Keith
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laz 57
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Posted by laz 57 on Friday, June 3, 2005 10:04 PM
Nice review CHRIS. I just got the Black Diamond Set and it runs great all in O guage.
laz57
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IronHoarse
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Posted by IronHoarse on Friday, June 3, 2005 5:28 PM
Thanks for posting those pics Chris. I almost bought the Keystone myself. I ended up putting a set together myself and spending more money, but I got to pick exactly what I wanted. I still wouldn't mind having that Keystone set though. If only money grew on trees.
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rcsteamer
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Posted by rcsteamer on Friday, June 3, 2005 2:35 PM
Can you tell me why Lionel does not include a smoke stack on the caboose? Thanks,
Sam Karpel
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 2, 2005 3:13 PM
Marty,

Just over $400 dollars...

Thanks,

Chris[8D]
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MartyE
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Posted by MartyE on Thursday, June 2, 2005 10:15 AM
Chris

Nice review. The set looks like a winner. What was the price on it?

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Jumijo
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Posted by Jumijo on Thursday, June 2, 2005 5:17 AM
I wish Lionel would release that style of tender as a seperate sale item.

Jim

Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale

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PRR Keystone set - Review
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 1, 2005 8:10 PM
So I got the set, It comes with a TMCC Berkshire, 3 cars and caboose. Loop of fasttrack, CW80 transformer.

I set the train up on my layout, did not get to try out its operation in conventional mode.

Apperance - The paint is very nice and crisp, the green is too "green" for PRR but its a nice change from all the black locos. All the cars looked nice.

Operation - The sound in the unit is just great. Its a generic sound set, but I have not heard this one before and the whistle sounds very nice to the ears, can quill it very well.

Some extra features - The smoke on/off and run/program switches are in the cab, since the tender hatches dont open. Cab figures.

Rolling stock - While its all 027, they are nice cars, some heft to them, all have diecast trucks.

Engine and tender







PRR Boxcar



Penn Salt tanker



PRR TOFC



PRR Porthole caboose



All in all, A nice set.

Enjoy!
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