Lionel 2024 Catalog Review - The Polar Express 20th Anniversary

[@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853]

'Paused @36' for a moment. I'd like to compliment you for having arguably the most enjoyable catalog review. The banter between you both is joyful with your dad never shy to call things out. Love that you did it without prior review- 'Lionel really strung you along for the Polar Express didn't they!

[@TheTrainboard]

Thanks, ken. Yes, we did want our genuine first see reactions, more fun when we watch it again years from now. And, I'm not certain why ryan felt there might be very little polar express stuff, but he was dubious till the end. Gary

[@jamestrains2003]

You two are great.. Very entertaining...

[@TheTrainboard]

Thanks, we, ourselves , like the first see reactions, no prior looks. Especially when we watch the video years from now. Gary

[@scottfrezza3573]

I’m going to roll the dice and go with the Berkshire 777 NPR I had order the orange Chessie greenbrier last year to find out it was sold out :(

[@TheTrainboard]

Scott, Lionel ,their manager Ryan Kunkel, was on a trainworld live utube session 2 weeks ago and said cars for that blue engine will definitely be in the next lionel catalog so you should be golden. I love that blue NP Berkshire. Gary

[@BrianHolzheimer-mg4qt]

Thanks 👍 for sharing the New Lionel catalog with us 🚂🚂🚂

[@TheTrainboard]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@RaysTrains]

Great review fellas !

[@TheTrainboard]

Thanks, we decided to record these because it will be special to see them 10 or 15 or 20 years from 2024. Wish we did them for mth in 2005.

[@mad_trains12]

Nice review, your dads reaction to some of the prices is hilarious.

[@TheTrainboard]

We've reviewed new catalogs together since the early mth 1990's years. Such fun at times. Thanks for your support

[@ozarkmidlandsouthernrailway]

Great job guys! There are a lot of awesome trains in this catalog and I'm going to have to ponder the possibilities before making any decision about what to preorder. Enjoyed your all's chatting back and forth. Take care. Bill B.

[@TheTrainboard]

Thanks, Bill. Ive wanted a polar express for years. The charles ro $1419 engine price is high but, the best available so far. However, those polar express car prices are frightening and so disappointing. In 20 years we've never bought lionel passenger cars new because of very high pricing.

[@MoparGuyaq]

I'm surprised you didn't point out or see that the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha passenger cars are going to be aluminum which is probably why they're so much, I believe Eric From Eric's Trains is picking that up with the cars

[@TheTrainboard]

Check out charles ro Preorder pricing. Its lionel pricing policy that makes it expensive. Just wish lionel would sell more at a lower price, not far less at a much higher price. But, .. mth and atlas had a similiar price policy. Gary

[@293awesome]

Love the banter back and forth between you two. Love the videos and good luck with that next month Seaboard Preorder 😅.

[@TheTrainboard]

Much appreciated. We're struggling with our train budget

[@dantiel4179]

Love the new Hiawatha engines very tempting 👍😃🚂

[@TheTrainboard]

We bought a used Hiawatha, not yet unboxed. Trying to unbox it very soon to see if we regret our buy. We didn't know about this new release

[@Dakman]

Funny you mentioned switcher locomotives and calf units. Only in the world of O Gauge do they call a NW2 a cow and calf. In the real world of railroad when a NW2 had a calf unit it was permanently coupled to the main unit when it was produced. So technically they received a different model designation of TR1. Later Railroads put regular couplers on them so they could be separated. But the original design of the cow and calf was meant to be as one unit.

[@TheTrainboard]

Much appreciated. We are just learning about real work trains.

[@shayfan05]

I ordered the Seaboard and Milwaukee road 4-4-2’s. I also ordered the custom run ACL that the train loft is making in the 4-4-2. I didn’t order the cars will get MTH sets to go behind the engines.

[@TheTrainboard]

I like your choices and future plans a lot. Gary

[@RixArtWorks]

Entertaining review. You guys are great….but can’t believe you didn’t mention the Bob Ross water tower! Ha ha 🤣.

[@TheTrainboard]

Cant believe so many people know about bob ross. The power and influence of tv and social media is not to be doubted. Thanks for commenting

[@BrianHolzheimer-mg4qt]

Enjoy your reviews on the new Lionel train catalog 🚂🚂🚂

[@TheTrainboard]

Keep an eye out for our review of Volume II 🚂🚂

[@Dakman]

On the hot box refers that's a re-release. I did a review on the original one years ago. As the car rolls around behind a train a bearing failure occurs. You get the sounds of a squealing bearing. Finally there's a orange glowing light as the bearing gets hotter. Finally there's smoke that starts pouring out and the sounds of the crew saying to stop tge train. So it has nothing to do with the brakes

[@RixArtWorks]

@Dakman Not an exact re-release. I watched the Lionel review of the catalog and they explained the sound sequences on the new Hot Box reefer cars will be user controllable.

[@TheTrainboard]

Our mistake. We'll be sure to check out your review. Thanks for watching Dakman! - Ryan

[@maozilla9149]

heres a fun fact D&RGW Triplex Locomotive was a proposed Triplex steam locomotive by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and The Denver and Rio Grande Western's Triplex Locomotive was proposed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works after they had built the very first three triplex locomotives for the Erie Railroad in 1914 and they were planning to build this locomotive for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. but unfortunately The reasons to why Denver and Rio Grande Western's Triplex Locomotive wasn't built was because of the issues with the Erie Railroad's P-1s and the Virginian Railway's XA when they couldn't go as fast as their top speed was about 10-15 mph, with the Virginian Railway's XA reaching 3-5 mph or even as high as 10 mph.

[@TheTrainboard]

Wow, some really good info telling quite a story of the people and their thinking back then . Gives us a new way of looking behind the models. Thanks so much.

[@maozilla9149]

your welcome@@TheTrainboard

[@cnwtrains]

I pre-ordered the standard black Polar Express with pretty much all the passenger cars plus the 20th anniversary plus the two boxcars also as well I pre-ordered the NW2 Chicago Northwestern Switcher and the Chicago Northwestern speeder plus also pre-ordered Billy's house and bought hero boys house

[@TheTrainboard]

Very nice! That's a lot of Polar Express stuff, should make for a great Christmas train. Gary loves Chicago Northwestern. That switcher is going to be really nice.

[@devil0717]

Did you try to recreate the pointing wojack meme for your thumbnail photo?😂 Great catalog review by the way.

[@TheTrainboard]

No, that screenshot was taken from the video, but I see the resemblance. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rail-ryder7135]

Look forward to my review of the catalog?

[@TheTrainboard]

Definitely. Other viewpoints and reactions are fun to watch.

[@johnturcsik2906]

I preordered the legacy polar express set and four add on cars that go with it

[@TheTrainboard]

Nice. The polar express has been on my must have list for a while. Not happy about the passenger car prices, seem lionel excessive. Check out charles ro preorder pricing. it seems far better than most. Still requires a big, crazy amount of money.

[@johnturcsik2906]

@@TheTrainboard well check with TrainWorld I preordered everything from them and I’m going buy e gift cards every month so when it’s ready to be shipped it’ll just take it of the store credit. Also I agree that they should’ve kept it original. But this one is unique for the 20th anniversary. What they should’ve done is have two different types of sets or have an option to pick which locomotive you want as part of the set.

[@johnturcsik2906]

@@TheTrainboard I will go through Trainworld, which usually has them slightly a little bit cheaper at the beginning of the year, but when it gets closer to the expected delivery date to the store, it usually goes up $100

[@Dakman]

The Lionel Conrail GP9 #7020 without the can opener logo is correct. Conrail was pushing alot of paint jobs through. The Conrail GP9B is a former Pennsylvania unit. So yes Conrail did have it. Onoy 2 Railroads had GP9B units originally. UP and Pennsylvania. Conrail got the Pennsylvania GP9B during the take over of PC.I did cover that in my 2024 Lionel Conrail catalog video.

[@TheTrainboard]

Thanks so much for setting us straight. We loved your conrail catalog review, laughing out loud, so fun, so knowledgeable. Great pics in your video. So creative and well done. Thanks so much , Shawn

[@NickelPlateDave]

The nkp 755 is in conneaut Ohio the 759 is in steam town

[@TheTrainboard]

Wish we could see a run session of the 755 so bad. Gary

[@michaeltischer7195]

I wound not get this engine bc i have a ho scale polar express already,

[@TheTrainboard]

@michaeltischer7195 does your ho engine have sound. I recommend one of my favorites ho channels, mouldy raspberry, to you. His channel is amazing. Thanks for commenting. Gary

[@michaelhallas6450]

I hope also that the legacy set has all the sounds and voices like the old ones . The legacy has much more sounds then the lion chief . Called Lionel store and they know absolutely know nothing about the new set . Will see maybe someone would find out more about it . I am paying the premium , so I want the best .

[@TheTrainboard]

The polar express has been on my must have list for years, but I'm not happy with the lionel passenger car prices. Check out charles ro preorder polar prices, cars $179. Best preorder pricing we've found so far. Gary

[@michaelhallas6450]

Thank you

[@MrStevesTrains]

Engines are too expensive. I’m still working off my 2023 Big Boy. I will buy some rolling stock like Great Northern sound car, Hot Box Reefer and the A&P Reefer. -Great Banter Guys 👍🏻

[@TheTrainboard]

Check out charles ro preorder pricing. Love that a&p, I'll learn to put sound in stuff even if it takes months. Gary

[@wolf_among_sheep7875]

Great review you two, almost unsubscribe to your channel because Ryan, you said Polar Express is by far the best Christmas Train Set to ever be built but your Dad is right, The North Pole Central is much more superior and much better graphics and details, he didn’t actually say that but I did and he would agree 😂…. I have the E8’s North Pole Central and all the cars and it’s phenomenal in person, idk the Polar Express just doesn’t do it for me! Great Video nonetheless you two ✌️ P.S. I was able to purchase a Philadelphia & Reading #10 brand new for $125 shipped and taxes from Mercari.

[@TheTrainboard]

Do you mean the North Pole Central that has Yuletide spelled wrong? 😉 I just like steam better, but the E8's are super nice. Thanks for sticking around! - Ryan

[@wolf_among_sheep7875]

@@TheTrainboard 🤣🤣🤣 Yuletide to be funny, I’ll give you that one 👏✌️.

[@spacetruckerrob]

Conral gp9 7020 dd not have the can opener logo n real lfe. And did have ex Penssy gp9 b cabless units!

[@TheTrainboard]

Thanks, that explains the model . Your support is very much appreciated.

[@devasuresh2000]

You aer cool

[@TheTrainboard]

Thanks for commenting. It was a fun review for us

[@jZ0357]

The only issue I have with the newer catalogs is there’s so many items that are pre-order only or built as many as orders as they get why can’t they do it like they used to do it they focus too much on the high-end products not the budget friendly items where it used to be in the early 2000

[@TheTrainboard]

I agree to an extent. I'm glad to see the return of the LionMaster Hudson. We need more options in that price range. - Ryan

[@FloridaStateWX]

Lionel needs to lower the price for Polar Express fans and collectors. $250 per car/$1,000 for 4 cars? Plus, since the loco is $250, a full consist is easily $1,250. Better save up, folks. Inflation sucks and we have to improvise.

[@TheTrainboard]

Yes, were not happy about lionels pricing. Charles ro pricing is slightly lower than the other sites with very low shipping charges and no sales tax for out of states purchases. Gary

[@conductorjohnmthtrains2239]

Hey lionel , keep raising prices and losing customers. There are many other manufacturers out there with comparable products at HALF the price😮