Lionel 2-8-8-4 EM-1 (Unpainted)

[@gantondale]

I've just bought a Bachmann EM-1 & fitted the sound chip. I thought mine was good, but yours is absolutely fantastic. Great film. Thanks for sharing it.

[@MrEngineergeorge]

Beautiful. Look at the workmanship that goes into one of these.

[@shnimmuc]

Eric, Just keep up the wonderful videos and don`t worry about KZbin. I am waiting for your review of your first MTH European steam locomotive whitch you delightful preluded a couple of weeks ago. That locomotive was a beauty also.

[@Porschedude8]

Very nice, five star engine!! The unpainted version gives you a better sense of detailing too. Not too bad on the eyes!! Thank you again Eric!!

[@aocruiser]

Awesome review as always Eric! I like the unpainted version a lot and your right, the details really show up well on this model! Keep up the great work!

[@sleeves_rail_archives]

Good job on the review Eric, but you said in the video that the EM-1 was a new product for Lionel. That's incorrect because Lionel did make the EM-1 before way back in 2000 with TMCC in it. I just wanted to point that out but other then that, great job!!

[@205stacy]

Eric, I love your videos. I look forward to everyone like a new episode to my favorite show. Keep it up. Great engine, I agree I love that unpainted version. It just really pops! Chuck

[@FourKaiju]

OMG!!!!!!!!!! thats such an awsome colored train.

[@Ericstrains]

Here ya go: Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and several smaller carriers. It was incorporated in Virginia on February 26, 1973, and it acquired the C&O (which controlled the other companies) on June 15. On November 1, 1980, Chessie System merged with Seaboard Coast Line Industries to form CSX Corporation.

[@Squid1562]

I love this loco, but that whistle does not match the engine at all. I feel the TMCC EM-1 had better whistle and bell sounds

[@railfanjackson4531]

Actually, it does. That’s not my opinion. It’s factual. The real EM-1 had a whistle similar to the N&W or C&O hooter, like on the Class A or the Allegheny.

[@papamemesauce82]

@@railfanjackson4531 the pitch of the TMCC EM-1 is closer to that of a Nathan hooter, so basically imagine a C&O hooter at that pitch

[@byates59]

Great review Eric!!!! The EM-1 sure is a beauty in both the painted and unpainted versions! Love all the detail, great sounds and smoke action on that bad boy! Thanks for the AWESOME vid bro, its been 2 weeks since your last vid so I was experiencing some withdrawals LOL!!! Thanks again! Have a great one! Talk to you soon!

[@Ericstrains]

The smoke fan unit does make a little noise, but it's not that big of a deal. The only reason it's so noticeable on the video is because the engine rode right next to the mic on the camera.

[@Ericstrains]

Good to know.

[@Ericstrains]

No, it's not vision line. The EM-1 is in the 2012 vol. 1 catalog. The unpainted version seen in this video is uncataloged. It was a special "pilot" version that made available to dealers but was no cataloged.

[@aidenfleming7210]

Good review as always

[@PghTrainFanatic]

Beautiful engine Eric, congrats man!

[@SooLineHogger]

I love those EM1's! I like how you chose the unpainted version, a very bold but excellent choice! One thing, did anyone else hear the fan from the smoke unit while the engine was running?

[@Bassfanatic94]

Great video Eric! Seems to me like you are falling in love with Lionel Legacy steamers! I totally have the same problem! I can't get enough of them! Thanks for sharing!

[@Ericstrains]

I know. One on these days maybe youtube will have it so you can fully edit a video once it's uploaded. That way I could simply cut out lines like that where I say something that's not correct. Oh well.

[@brady61833]

that engine had a loud smoke unit at the end of the Videoeo

[@CorvusxRex]

I would even-out the colors on the whole thing as a silver and gold color scheme. I think it looks really nice that way :)

[@vidfreak727]

I like this steamer a lot! Are you planning on purchasing the Union Pacific Big Boy?

[@fairportrails107]

i live near where the b&o lake branch was and they ran the em1s there i will be purchasing this engine soon

[@OldAccount973]

I SAW THE PAINTED EM!!

[@bradstrains]

That's a cool engine Eric! Great review. That thing can sure pull a load. pulls a draw bar of 26% of it's own weight which isn't bad, would be better if the tender weight wasn't included. My Lionel Hudson pulls about 42% of it's own weight including the tender but it's tender is very light. My SD90 can't even pull that much of it's own weight. Have a good one.

[@RollSignB]

Beautiful Engine

[@Manwholikestrains]

Even though it’s unpainted it’s still a very beautiful locomotive

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks it sure is

[@fredthompson7465]

THATS RAW LEAD!

[@MichaelB450]

Looks good unpainted.

[@M.R.Flanagan]

Hey Eric, Nice engine. Who makes that Union Pacific Boxcar in the train. Thanks Much Matt

[@Ericstrains]

If I had gotten the DMIR version and reviewed it, I would have never heard the end of it. :)

[@carllivingston169]

i glad that you did an unpainted version because you can see how little plastic it is and much metal is on it as well as, all the detail and spatially applied details. are the unpainted version less than the painted version and how much are they?

[@steamtrainfan9542]

I would get an unpainted one, then get Baltimore and Ohio painted in yellow on the tender, a yellow number painted under the window, a B&O logo painted where it goes on the front, and numbers on the number boards, so then it would be like a silver B&O EM-1.

[@Thomasthestreamliner]

You want to try to get the painted version of it too? If so that will be great to see it

[@vongruenheit687]

I have this model in HO, this looks great

[@bradstrains]

If they release a new Cab forward you have to get it!

[@theduck3876]

it looks great

[@matthewtaylor2020]

Hey Eric, At time 13:28 where the EM1 is exiting your tunnel, what is the radius of the middle track that the EM-1 is running on, is that O-72? In January 2021, I purchased a new (2014) Great Northern Legacy EM-1 from Trainz.com. This is my first O Scale / O Gauge locomotive. Planned layout in basement train room has mainline curves of O-72 inner and O-81 outer tracks. Layout is a simple around the room shelf layout focused on mainline running set in the late 1940's with likely era cheating in the future :). Primary road modeled is Great Northern (I am from Minnesota now living in Georgia with a 4 year layover in California in between lol). I am curious at how the boiler overhang will look on O-72 curves even though I am planning on this loco running mostly on my O-81 curves. P.S. thank you for all your videos as I have found them to be a treasure trove of information for someone new to O Scale & O Gauge.

[@Ericstrains]

O-72

[@SignalLightProductions]

All I can say is wow! Do you have to ask for the unpainted or what? Do they make all engines in unpainted versions? Thanks for doing the curves! Man that baby swings! I guess the crew talk never refers to the roadname or number.

[@Ericstrains]

I'm sure they're coming at some point.

[@SuperCamaro5]

Will you get a painted version and compare the two?

[@RustyDreamsGarage]

Hey man great video and engine! just fyi Lionel made the em-1 in 2000. 6-28051

[@Ericstrains]

The price is mentioned at the end of the video.

[@fredthompson7465]

Raw silver..Love it! Glove handling!?

[@726berkshire]

You're right there. Otherwise, they would not have enough money to make a new model.

[@savannahsandman5359]

have you over flow our EM-1 be for!

[@shnimmuc]

Eric, Lionel did make the EM-1 about 10 years ago. Check Toytrains1 on youtube and he has pictures of it. I know they are on his website.

[@Subparanon]

Ok maybe I don't get it. Is this something you're supposed to paint yourself? With some of the road numbers and builders plates not being installed it would seem so EXCEPT that all the separately applied pipes, grab irons, etc would make it difficult at best to paint.

[@uppityair]

how much was this and is it in ho scale

[@ethan052000]

How much does that cost

[@steamlocomotive1687]

do these engine hove f-bearing and roller bearing ?

[@Ericstrains]

I never said it was the largest ever made, I said it was one of the largest.

[@kjaeseanforde6598]

Do they still have these in stock because I looked on trainworls.com and they had no results

[@Ericstrains]

Kjaesean Forde No. This engine was made 6 years ago so it’s going to be difficult to find one.

[@Ericstrains]

The unpainted version costs the same as the painted version.

[@Kai-643]

The Imaginary 4-8-8-8-4 Monster giant steam locomotive requires O84 track to run this engine and the 4-8-8-8-8-4 Abominable snow cape has a minimum of O112

[@shnimmuc]

EM-1 Yellowstone's were never used by DM&IR. The Yellowstones of DM&IR were larger and much more powerful. Lionel should not offer that road name with this beautiful locomotive.

[@RustyDreamsGarage]

The only reason I said that was because you stated it had never been made before. No big deal though.

[@MrDominick4950]

This model was already produced years ago with the Odyssey system and command control this is a remake from that first run with up grades now legacy equipped second run of this engine!!!

[@connerlee5508]

do a mkt 1988 sd70

[@Trainman3985]

And to think we almost had a EM-1 in preservation.

[@Trainman3985]

Morbid Mansion back when the B&O was scrapping all their steam engines. and they even stripped all of their EM-1's however one of them almost made it into preservation. a post on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad fan page on Facebook back in 2015 there was some pictures of a museum booklet from the late 1950s and early 1960s that highlighted a future exhibit being an EM-1. and three of those pictures show engine number 659 in dead storage awaiting the and the 6:59 chance for the B&O Museum to purchase. but tragically there was possibly a mix-up in Communications regarding the engines status and the 659 did not live to see preservation.

[@Sebdamememan]

its loock like the up big boy great job

[@CentralALSirens]

BIG BOY

[@staceyjohnson2929]

Are you going to paint this Loco?

[@andrewmurtha1419]

2 10 4 Texas and 2 6 6 2 Mallet @ 14:14

[@1940limited]

Why would anyone want it unpainted?

[@Ericstrains]

+g bridgman Because it just looks cool.

[@1940limited]

That's purely a matter of opinion. Thanks for the reply. I enjoy your videos.

[@Ericstrains]

+g bridgman Nope, it's actually a fact. I looked it up in the dictionary. ;)

[@1940limited]

To each his own. I have no desire to own an unpainted steam locomotive. I do like Lionel's PAINTED EM 1 and hope to add it to my collection someday.

[@thisisutubnottwitterwhyhandles]

how do you look up facts in a dictionary?

[@chiconian49]

Leave it unpainted. It really shows well. Beautiful train but 2 Big 4 Me. (-; Chuck

[@Ericstrains]

Atlas

[@Toaster844]

I wish they had these silver and gold locomotives for HO maybe they do but I’ll be the last to know lolz

[@davidstrainsandlego]

You could buy locomotive kits and not paint them .

[@BenjaminMillercom]

Just because they can

[@astridvallati4762]

What a shame it is in Toy-Train Three Rail...a proper 2 -rail DC loco would certainly be more prototypical. I have a Sunset Ltd. UP 9000 in 1/48, Brass, Black varnish, and ot beats any ToyTrain any day ( 1975 build).

[@Ericstrains]

I think you are mistaken. Real train run on 3 rails, just like this highly accurate model.

[@KB9813]

Oh I want this do bad but it O scale I do HO

[@Shark06Killer]

wow owo

[@jasonnemer7483]

that's baltimore and ohio engine

[@Nordmunder]

let me guess this train is very very very expensive if it were like buying a car it would be like buying a Bugatti or a Lamborghini and perhaps a Ferrari. it would still not be like buying a Honda civic.

[@Nordmunder]

ahh ha it is 1300 $

[@Ericstrains]

The unpainted version costs the same as the painted version.