Lionel 115th Anniversary 2-8-4 Berkshire

[@judahrice]

Beautiful loco. Wow! Love it. Wishing you all the best in your recovery!

[@sleeves_rail_archives]

Also heard about your surgery. I prayed for you. Get to feeling better!

[@Steven_Williams]

Great engine and review Eric! I saw this engine behind the display case at my local hobby shop. Looks much better on your layout!

[@vwgolfer1873]

Love that badboy going over the bridge!! Awesome shot. 13:22

[@Stokjockey]

+Matt Jenkins (vwgolfer187) That is The MONEY SHOT

[@urarakastar6987]

vwgolfer187 ikr

[@EngineerDaylight]

That Is Shiny As Heck. I Nearly Yelled "WOAH" When I Saw This Chrome Engine.

[@oologahnorthernrailroad8873]

Very beautiful I'm glad you picked one up

[@ScottishNSRailFan]

Great presentation. Glad your back.

[@joeybadabing4218]

Man that whistle is the best

[@railfanjackson4531]

You nailed this review. Excellent video. I have one of these engines and I can easily vouch for you. It’s gorgeous.

[@bigharryyy03]

The models have different cowcatchers. This is based more on the Pere Marquette 1225, but other than that the engines are for the most part the same.

[@844Steamtrain]

Love the quilling whistle on this Berkshire!

[@logancoker5205]

I love this channel. Great video thanks. The 2-8-4 Berkshire is my favorite steam train wheel arrangement.

[@dantemarino3514]

Thank you Eric, awesome pictures. Great job.

[@Oat_meal_YT]

That was a beautiful model

[@jdt.v.153]

Oscar Tobar y

[@henryszubielski8601]

Beautiful locomotive Eric!

[@justinvoelker99]

I had the opportunity to Chase the NKP 765 this summer and the Whistle Lionel creating for the Berkshire is 100% spot on.

[@danarigby8576]

Very beautiful train Eric! I just started my own layout and you have given me a lot of inspiration as to what I want to do. I have a lionel boyscout steam engine, a Canadian Pacific diesel, as well as the lionel 2934 ERIE hobo set.

[@dantemarino3514]

Thank you Eric for the info. Great job with your scenery. Keep it going.

[@MMID303]

Very cool. The Lionel logo stands out nicely.

[@georgemontecalvojr8134]

Gotta love that chrome! Keep the shiny side up as we say in the motorcycle world.

[@ertegunrex1]

Another great train! Keep up the good work!

[@jimspears7538]

Now how good can it get ....Aey ? Rich Melvin did a great job as Engineer , I think that is a real plus ! The engine itself is fantastic and nicely done . Thanks Eric for sharing . Jim

[@trigger796]

I love the Berkshire so much! Can you please do a review of the 1225?

[@timshaff]

Hope that you feel better soon Eric.

[@Stokjockey]

VERY COOL, thank you Eric and Merry Christmas to you and your Family.....

[@gabegamingchannel6425]

That’s when the best line of miles I seen on KZbin in a long time did you have with the video

[@topg571]

Looks amazing Eric!

[@Muck0910]

Hay Eric! I saw one of these nifty locos up in Milwaukee wisconson! It's No. 115

[@The20thCenturyLimited]

awesome engine, Eric! are you going to run this engine often?

[@TobyPasman]

Back in 2000, Lionel released a commemorative gold Hudson #1900 to celebrate Lionel's 100th anniversary.

[@Chessie1985]

Great review and beautiful engine Eric!

[@ikspies]

I love your videos I always love your videos

[@MJC19]

just so that everyone knows, lionel didn't start making O gauge locomotives till 1915 so the 100 years that have passed it makes since that they would celebrate 100 years of lionel o gauge trains, not the "Changing of the gaurd" as eric said.

[@keithm5224]

But the company has been around since 1900, hence the 115 year anniversary. And actually Joshua Lionel Cowen did make a display train around that time

[@MJC19]

Keith M​ yes I know the company was founded in 1900, but UNTIL 1915 they ONLY MADE standard gauge trains! And that desplay used to be made with standard gauge trains, untell the o gauge engines took off in the 1920s that's when they started to focus more on them.

[@keithm5224]

So, what's your point? This model was to celebrate the company, not the gauge

[@MJC19]

+110658283249455672070 ok either your so naive or oblivious to the situation, if the engine was to celebrate the company, it would be made in 2000 to mark the 100th anniversary of lionel trains in general, but it was made in 2015 and over 100 years ago from 2015 AKA 1915 lionel started thire O gauge program by making models of the nyc electric locomotives so it would only make sense that this birkshire is honouring the o gauge line of lionel.

[@keithm5224]

Well they did make a 100th anniversary locomotive in 2000, and this wouldn't mark the 1915 line of o gauge because then that would designate this as the 100th anniversary locomotive, not 115 as stated. This is meant to mark the 115th anniversary of the company of Lionel.

[@Willie_Melendez_4723]

Eric you have a big merry Christmas

[@jameskittson1740]

awesome review Eric.

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

8 years later, I finally got one for $925! Lionel sold 248 of the 250 made because Lionel retained no.1 and no.115 for their archive. I’ve got number 205.

[@byates59]

AWESOME review and engine Eric!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man that bad boy looks and sounds great! Thanks for the video bro and I hope your operation recovery is going well! Have a great one bud!

[@Ericstrains]

+Bill Yates Thanks!

[@kaisermoses8616]

Good one. That looks cool

[@thawsomemoriobros178]

Agree.

[@RCTanksTrucks247]

Wow, that's awesome.

[@machia-mw1lm]

Absolute masterpiece !

[@altaccount9267]

"if you dont see this as the best feature, you might have to see your eye doctor" that roast

[@cobytheq1718]

You should have run the engine with some of the anniversary box cars, but the passenger cars fit just as well. Great engine and great review!

[@maxrailroad]

Great review Eric! I love this engine. It is a shame I won't get one. It would be cool if they had Howard Hitchcock do the crewtalk for this train. How is your recovery going?

[@TrainLover-wt9ix]

I love the Berkshire whistle 😢

[@blitzkrieg634]

Nice dude! I got one myself. I have number 83 out of the 250 made :)

[@SoCalUSN]

9:20 "the waters full.." lol well I've worked on boilers most my life but never heard that one before. Shouldn't it be the steam drum or sight glass is full ? Anyhow thanks for all your videos Eric, they are a great help. Damn, now I want to chrome my 239......

[@chrish3329]

Bt .Snipe they’re saying the water is full in the tender

[@paulbraatz3613]

Hi Eric....We love your videos and we decided to pull our 115th Anniversary Berkshire out of mothballs.....We were pleasantly surprised to discover that we own #9 out of the 250 produced! Again, keep up the great work with the videos you post. You should become a salesman for Lionel, because you've helped us make more than a few acquisitions! Thanks for everything! In addition, my Dad has a story he would like to share with you about a F3 Wabash which was his first engine, and still his favorite of any Lionel Trains he has ever received. Is it okay if I send it to you? Thanks!

[@8989theman]

You got the one that they used in the photos on the website!

[@Mrfrenchy6883]

115s whistle is the berksheir 765s

[@PeterCPRail8748]

SHINEY!! Nice collectors item.

[@sir.oofington9908]

oh man that is epic

[@michaelmohrmann]

Hey Eric, another nicely done review. Just my own opinion, but I think an auxiliary water tender would have complimented the unit rather nicely. Question: You might have heard whereas Lionel would be coming out with an HO scale model of The Polar Express train as featured in the film "The Polar Express", my question is, do you plan to do a review of that train set? I know you don't review HO scale items under normal circumstances, but I've been wondering if you would make an exception this time around. Hope you're well.

[@raptorproductions1639]

It should be a Hudson type because the guy that founded Lionel’s favorite type of train was the Hudson!

[@stephenmcmurdie4695]

this is actually the Pere Marquette, not Nickle Plate Road. Just wanted to point that out.

[@hovermotion]

cool...that's different and collectable. .& may go up in value....

[@karlschweizer8836]

wow the train sounds so real i bought the 6-31757 50 anniversary set never ran it yet do you have that set

[@firebuffandrewphotography]

very cool

[@mr.p8882]

awesome review Broski!!! BTW 68th like!

[@parkerpresley5800]

Are there really only 115t of these? I went to trainworld and you can still buy them

[@christophereaves862]

Wow that’s awesome…..

[@bigharryyy03]

It should have 1225's sounds because it is based on the Pere Marquette N-1, but it has 765's sounds

[@train-addict4656]

Nice Engine Eric and Legacy Station is a awesome dealer , but $2000 may be a little to much at least for me. I can see for the Big Boy. Nice review 1

[@klbird]

A stunning locomotive. You need sun glasses to run it.

[@nostalgiakarlk.f.7386]

You should run this alongside the 20th century limited.

[@dantemarino3514]

Great job for the

[@Benry2]

Ooh, that's really nice. How much did it cost?

[@trainlover9943]

$2000

[@tjprptch]

Awesome video you should get original Lionel silver stream line train cars it wold go good with this engine

[@PereMarquette1223]

Wow! Imagine this next to the gold Hudson.

[@TehBellcarl]

Or doublehead with the gold 1225

[@TobyPasman]

I'm guessing Lionel added the coal loading sound to their high-end steam engines ever since they did it with their Vision Line Big Boy.

[@harryledford7647]

Nice train

[@brdtrd69]

hey Eric can you do a review on the Lionel legacy polar express 10th anniversary please

[@aidenfleming7210]

I really want that

[@raptorproductions1639]

They should actually do this like painting the NKP 765 completely silver or metallic like the CB&Q painted their 4-8-4 in a brass yellow and instead of nickel plate road on the tender it’s the Lionel 120th anniversary in 2020

[@MCrafter12345]

It's so shiny...

[@LNERMALLARD4468]

Did you know that there's a golden polar express?

[@thegamingrhino5864]

Try the blue comet train, I think that one is really cool

[@gameleader1583]

theres only one thing im wondering in one of your previous videos about that upper loop you said you were gonna add a cross over to switch which way the train went on that level when are you gonna add that part in?

[@Insufferable_Furry_Trash]

Any word on when next year the Anniversary Box Cars are supposed to arrive?

[@CORONITAMANGAMES]

Can you get the Lionel Legacy Polar Express?

[@TobyPasman]

Has Atlas made an O scale model of the California Zephyr sleeper Silver Rapids?

[@Ericstrains]

I believe so

[@redbuzzardbass]

There's a brand of hobby paint called Alclad 2 which gives a finish like this. I'll bet they're doing something similar here. I'd be cautious, who knows how resilient that finish will be.

[@IhateYoutube]

With the Boiler, Cab, Steam Cylinders, Cow Catcher, Trucks etc etc all being Die Cast Metal you can use normal chrome plating techniques (copper electoplate, nickel electroplate, chromium electroplate).

[@SteamKing2160]

2015 is also O Gauge's 100th anniversary.

[@logansmith4672]

What is the curve radius on the bridge?

[@mytitle97]

What ever happened to your nuclear powered train? That was so cool!

[@jasonfuller1894]

pretty cool and this is my first comment on your videos

[@bobmartin3]

2016 will b Lionel LLC's 116th Year

[@HarryRollisProductions]

the whistle sounds like the 765's Whistle

[@jeromeandrews4926]

It should have all of the features. The ringing bell, the cylinder steam smoke effect. All that.

[@jacobowen5468]

Where at in North Carolina is the new head quarters?

[@findpeoplesearch9478]

+Jacob Owen Concord, which is outside of Charlotte.

[@ScottDowneywoundedbear]

Nice collectable but I am not a person who likes chrome. Still a nice unit.Scott

[@plutotplanet]

How is 114 or 116 more important I was thinking 120 would be more important.

[@tarablackwell33]

12:13 pull off is sick

[@trainfan06]

I wish I would have got one of these

[@rungcox4823]

when you got youre pay check on friday and you look at your locomotive.

[@736berkshire1]

passenger cars look like 3rd rail?

[@kristalkat7939]

i want to see a double header of the 765 and the 115th anniversary Berkshire

[@christopherfreeman3357]

Isn't that the same locomotive from the Polar Express?

[@guitargatekeeper]

I don't think so

[@redbuzzardbass]

Actually it is, but it aint the same model you get with a Polar Express set. This is a tiny bit more high endy.

[@sonic23233]

Can you please review the polar express

[@paducahandlouisvillerailro3309]

It sounds the same as nkp 765 btw I turned my American flyer polar express locomotive from a 2-8-4 to a 2-8-2 mikado type

[@Orion12113]

I know they came out with a boxcar, but I thought it would make more sense if it was a caboose

[@mrshea924]

115's whistle is 765's.