D3R Clubhouse Chronicles #38 8-23-24

Another great Clubhouse Meet! brought some Western Maryland motive power this time.
The following footage was filmed by
TrainMan Dan
Bard Brothers Trains
Adam M.

[@LionelLLC]

Love that balloon car. Never saw one run so long continously. Cool.

[@Bardsbrothersrailroad]

That’s my Ballon Car! It’s part of the Lionel “Weather” Ballon Defense set

[@Bardsbrothersrailroad]

Thanks for the comment

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

Amazing video! I love that Western Maryland M-2!

[@jamesmelchin2873]

Super Steam !! 👍

[@BearCreekWoodworking]

I enjoy the long trains!🚂

[@BearCreekWoodworking]

I like to see the Tin Plates! 👊

[@DynamicDuo795]

At 6:14, MTH still has the tooling for the Premier WM M2 Challenger. I will be getting one as soon as MTH annouces that they'll be back.

[@johnpandolfino8663]

Chinese spy ballon?

[@johnandrus3901]

Sarcasm? Classic Lionel, originally from their Military/Space era.

[@Bardsbrothersrailroad]

This set was actually made because of an April Fool’s joke at Lionel. It was in response to the Chinese weather balloon incident. So Lionel got such a response that they decided to go ahead and make it anyway.

[@Bardsbrothersrailroad]

The tooling for both cars existed for a long time so it wasn’t too far outta the ordinary

[@johnandrus3901]

@@Bardsbrothersrailroad Yes, it did. I have a friend that still has his original, from when he was a kid. The military and space sets, were pretty cool.

[@Bardsbrothersrailroad]

@@johnandrus3901absolutely! I love this weather balloon set! It’s actually fun!