My review of Lionel's latest 3-Rail O-Scale Nickel Plate Road #765 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Locomotive. More videos on my youtube channel or at www.ericstrains.com
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@WarningSirensOfUpstateNY4 жыл бұрын
27:34 That whistle is so beautiful!
@Ericstrains4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's great.
@Noah_Ciquera3 жыл бұрын
I know, it sounds crisp =D
@brandonburneyt2931 Жыл бұрын
765 whistle in the 90s
@aidanpascucci56886 ай бұрын
@Ericstrains Yeah that whistle on the Nickel Plate Road 765 sounds awesome.
@TrainLover-wt9ix4 ай бұрын
That’s what I’m saying!
@DrVaults5 жыл бұрын
That engine lives just down the road from me lol
@OldIronVideo3 жыл бұрын
@@reversecloak550 this is 765 not 759
@Toaster8443 жыл бұрын
Noice
@firelynx11082 жыл бұрын
luckyyyyyy
@MatthewTheRBXMan2 жыл бұрын
woah!
@jurassicfan92925 жыл бұрын
" "Eric, I don't like crew talk sounds!" Welp, too bad. I'm gonna make you listen to them anyway." LOL what?! XD
@robertnielsen24614 жыл бұрын
Jurassic Fan If you buy one just turn them off,problem solved.
@TM24_MBP4 жыл бұрын
I Like them!
@HurricaneJahya2 жыл бұрын
When I first saw this engine I couldn't get over how immaculate the whistle was, 5 years later I still can't.
@retrokingranch Жыл бұрын
Me too it's just so good. Same with the legacy NYC hudson whistle. Probably my favorite 2 Lionel whistles ever.
@terrysigler90434 жыл бұрын
This is another one of my favorite wheel arrangements. I particularly love pere marquette 1225, because its the real polar express.
@kyletrummel694 жыл бұрын
Eric: "To install the mars light, you gotta remove this part to get the door off." Me: "That ain't so bad." Eric: "Lionel didn't supply a wire and bulb for the headlight in the other boiler front, so we have to borrow those from the first boiler front." Me: "Well that is rather annoying." Eric: "Now to avoid damage to the wires and the bulb we have to remove the plug and--" Me: "THAT'S IT! I can't take it anymore!"
@Noah_Ciquera3 жыл бұрын
irk
@erincahill44143 жыл бұрын
me: OHHHHHHH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
@Rocketman15835 жыл бұрын
29:00 no one cares we love crew talk sounds. Great video,Eric!
@retrokingranch4 жыл бұрын
Not everyone.
@Northern12254 жыл бұрын
I love the whole train
@kdcwilliams18393 жыл бұрын
I agree
@jackdeyoung25768 жыл бұрын
I remember the Lionel Nickel Plate Special set when I was a kid. I remember walking through Toys R Us and seeing it on the shelf during Christmas time and I always wanted one, but we were just to poor. This scaled one trumps that set from when I was kid. Great review.....Thanks!
@elijahstewart79377 жыл бұрын
Jack DeYoung I had that set
@elijahstewart79377 жыл бұрын
Jack DeYoung if you were talking about the plastic you model set
@elijahstewart79377 жыл бұрын
Jack DeYoung also I had the polar express set too
@Bass_man19976 жыл бұрын
Jack DeYoung oh that's sad I know how you feel though
@hbsteve77248 жыл бұрын
Beautiful engine; totally impressed w/ the Lionel version. Thanks for another great video.
@ihavenoideawhattonamemesot40234 жыл бұрын
I love NKP 765 it's my favourite train and the whistle steam sound it's the best steam whistle of oll time.And your video are amazing good job keep going.
@HotboxHolton7 жыл бұрын
Nice review. I do plan on buying this model. I've been on 765 last year on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad and it is coming back this year so I'm going to be there again. By the way, when I was there, the engine had the mars light and was numbered 767. I think it was to show people what the engine looked like before.
@Jeebuus7 жыл бұрын
Benny Holton I think the 767 thing was a reference to when the engine was disguised as #767 (which a certain city wanted, however the engine was in poor condition so 765 was substituted with different numbers).
@domstrains39845 жыл бұрын
Acctually #767 was a different Locomotive NKP owned.
@Vintage19769 жыл бұрын
The main pieces you removed for the headlight- Mars light change were; 1) Smokebox door and 2) cross compound air pump. Excellent review as always Eric.
@allegheny489 жыл бұрын
Great review Eric! As a kid growing up in the 1950's I got to see 765 and her sisters running in and out of Conneaut, Ohio until they were retired in 1958. The MARS oscillating light was added to the Berks, as well as other NKP engines, after WWII as a safety measure. I believe it operated in a horizontal figure 8 pattern. Not having the MARS light would be an "as built" configuration for the engine. Would it be possible to replace the lower boiler front hinge screw with a flared head pin dropping in from the top or is the clearance between the upper and lower hinges too small? I have to agree with your BFIMO. Rich Melvin has been associated with 765 for years and having his voice in the crew talk is very fitting. Check out the video "Running That New River Train" to see Rich pulling throttle on 765 in the New River Gorge. Thanks again, Eric.
@aaronspringborn347 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the original whistle and bell. This review video is underrated. Great job Eric.
@BalticFilms1449 жыл бұрын
Nice review Eric! I rode 765 last summer from Detroit to Fort Wayne.
@thereadingg39457 жыл бұрын
Lucky you!
@chrisiyo_20174 жыл бұрын
As I know, the Nickel Plate Road Nr.765 was built a few years after it's older brother, the Pere Marquette 1225, which is also based on the Polar Express.
@edwardlabonte63414 жыл бұрын
Just noticed the Pennsylvania mail/rpo/baggage car is reversed from true operational direction. I used to play with the mail bag hook on this car pulled by the Copper Country Limited/Milwaukee Road. Not bitching or complaining, your videos are truly great and love all that you do. It was just a Segway to say something about the CCL. Ed
@SteamKing21609 жыл бұрын
Some other history: The 765 was also purchased by F. Nelson Blount but he died while piloting his own airplane in 1968. The 765 came to his area right on time and did excursions in many places from Roanoke, Virginia to Omaha Nebraska.
@missj38092 жыл бұрын
Amazing layout you have. So impressive. I love it.
@MrBorderman019 жыл бұрын
Eric as usual great video and many thanks for the tip of swapping the front cover with the mars light. I also ordered this engine and as soon as i am back from vacation i will follow your instructions.
@trainmantim999 жыл бұрын
Another great review video Eric. Rich Melvin did the crew talk on Lionel's first rendition of 765 in 2010.
@Steven_Williams9 жыл бұрын
Awesome Engine Eric! Love the crew talk sounds also the boiler plate fix. Great tip!
@logancoker52052 жыл бұрын
I love this channel. Great video thanks. The 2-8-4 Berkshire is my favorite steam train wheel arrangement.
@BearCreekWoodworking9 жыл бұрын
Great Review Eric! I enjoyed this review from start to finish!
@Chessie19859 жыл бұрын
Beautiful engine and cool hearing Rich's voice and great review Eric.
@ertegunrex19 жыл бұрын
this engine is my favorite engine so thanks for getting it Eric!
@reversecloak5503 жыл бұрын
Same man i might be getting this for christmas this year
@thefemboyfamilyvlogs88375 жыл бұрын
I got to go see this engine on the Cyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad here in Ohio on September 21, 2018 n it was the best day of my life n it was THE very first steam locomotive I've ever seen in my entire life
@Rebecca_The_Dragon8 жыл бұрын
man they really nailed it with this engine, especially with Richard Melvin doing the talk sounds, and that whistle...oh that whistle...sounds SO amazing
@vijayalakshmipandian61696 жыл бұрын
Wow!! The Whistle and the bell Sounds so sweet
@Alco16-251F2 жыл бұрын
I Love this engine very Much! I wish Lioned made my favorite engine, The NKP 759, the 765's sister locomotive! I love the 765 very much, and I got to see it at Steamtown's railfest in 2015
@BenjaminGib9 жыл бұрын
So good eric! I haven't seen your videos in a while and just wanted to tell you how awesome that completed bridge looks in the background!!
@riverlinerailphotoproductions5 жыл бұрын
Hey Eric I know it’s late in the years to be commenting on this video but I enjoy watching your videos and all your engines and all your rolling stock are very nice and that the Norfolk Southern car you had behind 765 is exactly what the Fort Wayne Railroad did when they ran their excursions bc most of the cars they used were in-fact from Norfolk Southern
@Ericstrains5 жыл бұрын
USARailfanProductions thanks!
@henryszubielski86012 жыл бұрын
Great locomotive and nice tutorial! Thanks.
@jltrain-zgamingrailfan202x36 жыл бұрын
I really like the quiling 3 part echo of 765's Nathan 6 Chime from 80s, 90s. That's my favorite part of the video.
@mamanbear16679 жыл бұрын
Eric, great video. I can't believe that you figured out to safely put on the Mars light. Lionel could have a done a little bit better job of thinking that through. Beautiful engine and detail. Thanks.
@BenjaminGib9 жыл бұрын
Eric, your layout is looking stellar! STELLAR!
@optimusprime47856 жыл бұрын
Dude, you should try the Lionel Legacy Pere Marquette 1225 or The Polar Express 10th anniversary. (Legacy)
@railfanjackson45315 жыл бұрын
He’s got them. He made videos for each of them not that long ago. His review of the Polar Express locomotive: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gojcpIargseFY8k His review of the matching passenger cars: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKHXmmmBa5WIfc0 His review of 1225: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZCnaISfatZ7aK8
@mjc61849 жыл бұрын
Eric, fantastic and professional review as always. I appreciate you taking the time to walk-through the MARS light conversion, will certainly use as a guide to make the swap on my 765. I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas. How are you enjoying your Big Boy?
@PetersTrainz9 жыл бұрын
My favorite feature is the Rich Melvin crew talk, too, I noticed it's on the Pere Marquette 1225 & both Polar Express Berkshires. Will upload a video of mine soon. :)
@byates599 жыл бұрын
AWESOME review as always Eric!!!!!!!!!!! Lionel did a fantastic job with this engine!.... Your mars light installation demonstration was great, I was thinking that the boiler would have to come off the access that bottom screw. Anyways, thanks for the awesome review bro and happy holidays!
@thatredfokker6 жыл бұрын
“And, last of all, let’s check out the always-controversial crew talk sounds. ‘Eric, I don’t like crew talk sounds!’ Welp, too bad. I’m gonna make you listen to them anyway.” Love it.
@davidbritton18024 жыл бұрын
AWSOME.
@larryjohnson85493 жыл бұрын
My dad, my grandpa, and I rode and this train and I have pictures of it on my train layout. I also got to talk to rich Melvin
@SaturnMist099 жыл бұрын
Another awesome review!!!! Great job Eric and hope you and your family had a Very Merry Christmas!!!!!!!
@WarbonnetProductions9 жыл бұрын
I really wish I had the engine! Great review!
@venomousfrog1025 жыл бұрын
Really nice review and I really enjoyed the how to section of the video with the head light and the blooper at the end lol
@neargaming20579 жыл бұрын
Hey Eric, in the 2015 MTH O gauge volume 1 catalog, there is a 5-pack of NKP cars. Those might suit well.
@Ericstrains9 жыл бұрын
Yeah, i ordered those but they haven't been made yet.
@neargaming20579 жыл бұрын
Okay, but when you get the cars, please post a video featuring 765 and the cars.
@danielwalton90128 жыл бұрын
+ericstrains what about a lookover and review of lionel trains item number 83193 southern pacific 4-8-4 GS-4 #4449 with current southern pacific lines tender lettering ?
@rileye.hearnikzov60298 жыл бұрын
+ericstrains ITS THE POLAR EXPRESS
@rileye.hearnikzov60298 жыл бұрын
+ericstrains It's ok eric. I like the crew talk sounds
@TrainLover-wt9ix4 ай бұрын
Almost every steam excursion be having mixtures of many types of coaches from different railroads 😅
@KwabenaL.6 жыл бұрын
That whistle is amazing!!
@blakesmith43719 жыл бұрын
That is a very beautiful locomotive I have seen that in person and its consist or passenger cars
@debbietravis36389 жыл бұрын
You did Very good Eric'strains Your video of the lionel NKP 765 2-8-4 Berkshire is Realy Great with the video how to install an alternive boiler front good job
@davidstrainsandlego4 жыл бұрын
My favorite locomotive
@g87797 жыл бұрын
I actually just discovered youtube videos of the 765 using different whistles; including the 611's
@robertnielsen24612 жыл бұрын
The method of wheel classification is the Whyte method and differs from that used in Europe, where the wheel count is one side only.
@algorithm11936 жыл бұрын
The whistle is amazing, of course taking into granted it's a model, and you get little vibrations and the speaker doesn't sound 100% real because it's a speaker. But damn, that freaking whistle...
@liamstrains64203 жыл бұрын
when you where talking about the mars light and how the locomotive used to have one, I looked over to the recommended side of the video, and I got a video with the thumbnail of the locomotive with the headlight
@nathanielcruz66753 жыл бұрын
Here's the trivia of #765. Before #765 was restored in the mid-1970s, she was on display in a park in Fort Wayne, IN. She was renumbered to #767, Fort Wayne wanted #767 on display because it was the locomotive to celebrate the opening/completion of the Fort Wayne track elevation. #767 had been scrapped already, so NKP renumbered #765 to #767 and the locomotive was given to the town. In the 1980s, the locomotive appeared in the movies Four Friends and Matewan, and became an annual attraction in the New River Gorge operating the New River Trains from 1985 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 1993. In 2006, the FWRHS was given a "Locomotive Restoration Award" by the Tourist Railway Association, Inc and the "Outstanding Restoration Award" from the Architecture and Community Heritage Foundation of Fort Wayne. In 2014, NKP #765 was re-lettered and renumbered as "Lionel Lines" #726. In 2016, Nickel Plate Road #765 ran a couple of excursions, and for the Steam in the Cuyahoga Valley excursion, it was briefly renumbered to #767. Since 2017, NKP #765 visits Joliet, IL each year for the "Joliet Rocket" a passenger excursion that runs from Joliet to LaSalle St. Station.
@arthurhouston39 жыл бұрын
So you should order a replacement light bulb assembly for the start will save a lot of trouble.
@KungLao7657 жыл бұрын
loved the whistle chime
@richwolyniec27244 жыл бұрын
I would love to see your collection You do a great job with your reviews
@NW-de5qg9 жыл бұрын
You're videos are the best!
@tmscheum6 ай бұрын
I have personal history with NKP 765. Grew up in Fort Wayne where 765 was displayed for many years as 767. I attended Wayne High School (class of ‘75) and one of my teachers, Walter Sassmanshausen was instrumental in the formation of the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society which took on the restoration of 765. I have early VHS video from 1990 of my wife, 5 year old son, and my late Uncle on an excursion on 765 from Fort Wayne to Peru, Indiana. My Grandfather, Clement Meyer, was a brakeman at the yard in Fort Wayne until the late 50’s and I’m trying to find out if he worked for Nickel Plate ( and possibly 765) or more likely for the Pennsy. At any rate I currently live in NE Tennessee and an planning my first layout and I think I’m going to model part of the Fort Wayne yard using Nickel Plate and Pennsylvania equipment as well as from a local line, the Tweetsie (ET&NWC). Good video!
@Ericstrains6 ай бұрын
Wow cool
@andrewdaniel99442 жыл бұрын
THIS IS THE BEST AND I REPEAT THE! BEST! TRAIN IN THE MIDWEST!
@Stepdownfalloutandkirby4 жыл бұрын
I love crew talk sounds
@WarningSirensOfUpstateNY4 жыл бұрын
I like how funny you are! 🤣
@machia07054 жыл бұрын
Great stuff but exorbitantly expensive. Most affordable way back into this hobby is to buy an old locomotive and load up with Menards rolling stock. Lionel made a beautiful engine here though! Maybe someday🚂
@Railroadguy64 Жыл бұрын
If I could I would get that engine if I could, it's a great engine (mostly the whistle, it's so good)
@danielhekemian4918 жыл бұрын
beautiful cars
@trainroomgary9 жыл бұрын
Hi Eric • I always enjoy the history part of your videos, yes I am a baseball fan and I do have some stats, but nothing on the Berkshire. Great details on this Lionel. Boiler Front Demo. How to install mars light. Excellent Demo. I agree, have fun with your model railroad. • Cheers from the Detroit & Mackinac Railway
@trainlover99439 жыл бұрын
Sunset models? This is a Lionel engine
@trainroomgary9 жыл бұрын
***** Thanks Matt • My chaos.
@joenefski44066 жыл бұрын
I really like the whistle on this engine
@oologahnorthernrailroad88739 жыл бұрын
Hey Eric that is a beautiful engine I have the 765 and he is in the other Berkshires
@TobyPasman9 жыл бұрын
Have you thought of getting Lionel's O-Scale Polar Express?
@ChrisBbacon-jz4ne7 жыл бұрын
Toby Pasman I have the lionchief
@ChrisBbacon-jz4ne6 жыл бұрын
Ik
@jacquelineibarrondo7106 жыл бұрын
I have the original non lion chief version
@zepp25825 жыл бұрын
Jacqueline Ibarrondo same
@Ecarroll75755 жыл бұрын
That’s a nice model
@tacomahunter5 жыл бұрын
A NKP Berkshire went past my house in upstate New York a few years ago on a excursion ride
@sgriffett5418 жыл бұрын
yay crew talk!! so cool
@polarjet18334 жыл бұрын
Ok I need to get this because I live in Ohio which is where 765 is and I’ve also rode on 765 and she is an absolute beauty
@kalexander11898 жыл бұрын
That whistle sounds so good I mite pick one up
@maxrailroad9 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful engine! Great review Eric! In the next run session video, run it in lash up with some NS heritage! Why does the cab light turn off when the engine moves?
@Jimboliah39859 жыл бұрын
28:59 Nice one... B3
@guyholloway86779 жыл бұрын
Awesome Review Eric
@RDS514033 жыл бұрын
I wish it was like the one back in 2009 when it didn’t have the whitewalls or the white trim on it and the firebox and front part of the boiler were all black
@pamelarusso65759 жыл бұрын
Awesome engine Eric!
@wolfox7128 жыл бұрын
gotta love that 6 chime
@MPT_Productions7 жыл бұрын
Wolfox yep those Nathan 6 Chime are great
@Mr300bowler8 жыл бұрын
the crew talk it is so cool on NKP 765
@amtrakandcsxrailfanning3515 ай бұрын
Yea nice I saw some videos of the real version of this steamer with its mars light back on with the head light I guess the crew dictated to put the Mars light back on for a certain reason
@danielhekemian4918 жыл бұрын
even though they do go wit the engine there beautiful cars keep the vids going
@jomama059 жыл бұрын
The crew talk with Rich sounds way better. He should do the whole line up for Lionel.
@paducahandlouisvillerailro16943 жыл бұрын
I’m getting the new Lionel’s rendition of the Lionel legacy NKP ho train set
@_chan.burn.21_7 жыл бұрын
They should release this engine painted in the Polar Express paint scheme & have it come with 4 or 5 polar express coaches, it's be the perfect enthusiast's Christmas gift!
@___axg96___637 жыл бұрын
I think they do
@MACKEYP9 жыл бұрын
could you please do a review of the peer Marquette berkshire or the 10 anniversary polar express berkshire.
@jackboerner19018 жыл бұрын
I like crew talk sounds.
@DistanceNsVeterans4 жыл бұрын
I like the locomotive better with the mars light on it and plus on the toy train the Mars light blinks while on the real locomotive. The Mars light rotates for those who did not know this
@christinasagnella36018 жыл бұрын
My dad loves the nickelplate road
@Jimboliah39859 жыл бұрын
Quite a long one... Given the instructions for swapping the smokebox doors. At the end of the day, you'll have a screw loose from that surgery... :P BTW Those pieces from the pilot, those are the air pumps to pump up the air for the brakes on the real thing.
@rail-ryder71356 жыл бұрын
You should buy a replacement headlight, and connect it to the alternate smoke box front to make it easier every time you change it. It was a pretty bad mistake by Lionel the fact that the headlight on the alternate smoke box front doesn't have a wire.
@keystrokecomputer-DM Жыл бұрын
The Berkshire N-1 class 2-8-4 is actually the Polar Express
@tonierbuckle0202 Жыл бұрын
Funny it recommends this video on 765's 79th birthday
@Ericstrains Жыл бұрын
The algorithm knows all
@elibepyt67388 жыл бұрын
+ericstrains please do a Lionel video of Norfolk and western 2156 after you buy it
@Railfan-cn1oh7 жыл бұрын
You should get the polar express 1225 heavyweight train set it has lots of detail inside and out.
@christinasagnella36018 жыл бұрын
I wished for the same Berkshire for Christmas but I got the beginner engine #779