Lionel's O Scale Camelback Steam Locomotive

[@paulwalkowiak1182]

This is one of your better revenues being that we got to see more of your layout then just the main area.

[@ernestsabatino826]

Just saw the fire box flame, detail, detail!!!!

[@TrainmasterGT]

I received one of these for Christmas and I have no complaints- it has the best smoke capacity out of any locomotive in my collection, sounds great, and has really bright headlights/lamps. I love it!

[@stuartbaker3326]

Thanks for giving a little back story about camelback engines. My granddad always loved those, I have a few HO ones, but never really knew much about them.

[@coopertroopa44]

I was so glad when Lionel finally updated the camelback with Legacy. I have the originally TMCC one and was wanting a legacy one for a while. I ended up buying this one and the Blue Comet one. They're awesome little engines. Love the whistle smoke.

[@Ericstrains]

Great!

[@casstelles]

I like the smoke from the whistle. It's a nice added touch to the locomotive.

[@davidjenkins1484]

What a great locomotive! I have one on order and I'm glad.

[@GreenbeanProductions]

Thank you for sharing a camel back that I love so much and that I say it’s a state steamer in my state (aka NJ)

[@randytaylor1258]

Love the bluegrass, Eric. Nice accompaniment to this Franken-loco.

[@michaeljavert4635]

For the first time ever, I spent over $400.00 at the grocery store for stuff that usually lasts two weeks. They are a lot smaller and have a lot less in the package. People like me that only get about a grand a month to live on, that is a LOT of money. I wish people would have a concept of this, because when people say "It's not a lot of money" the people that sell things hear the message that people will pay whatever they want to charge and think "That's not a lot of money."

[@reddit_moments9386]

Beautiful locomotive, always love the models of late 19th century steam engines. Another amazing review as always, thanks Eric!

[@Bigboy4018]

After watching this, I had to pause it to do some more research into this locomotive. VERY interesting.

[@kristalkat7939]

It's got PM 1225, NKP 765, N&W 1218 and RDG T1 whistles

[@davedaddy101]

I really enjoy your channel Eric. I’ve been following you for years. Thank you for putting out such interesting content.

[@tagsdm]

774, the cleanest engine ever to go to the torch. _ Don Wood . Oct. '71 Trains if you want a good cry. Very nice review though.

[@swg_chris2742]

Awsome, just got my long island #18 for Christmas, it’s my first legacy steam engine. I’m in love with it

[@Ericstrains]

Very nice!

[@Trainboy3982]

Fun fact about the camelback's there's actually 3 still existing one of them that i know Is reading 1187 aka strasburg #4 witch Is currenly undergoing a cosmetic restoration at the age of steam roundhouse in Sugarcreek Ohio

[@gregreardon7954]

Strasburg also has one of two prr k4 left. I dont think they ever get it going though its a shame.

[@NoThroughRoad50]

The camelback is my favourite American steam loco

[@davidjenkins1484]

Great and informative review. Must have been very successful for Lionel because they re-cataloged them again in 2023.

[@BearCreekWoodworking]

I enjoy seeing the Weaver Box Cars!

[@wrangler70jkujeep74]

I agree great engine for price and it's great have different types locomotives from each era and rolling stock no matter how layout is designed modern or old era this great on any layout especially tight curves love this Eric .

[@DynamicDuo795]

As always great video! I just picked up this engine recently this week before Christmas. I do also have the MTH Premier version as well. I live only 5 minutes away from where these engine's once ran. The CNJ was the most famous and largest user of Camelback steam engine's. Almost every single major railroad that operated here in New Jersey had owned or experimented with a Camelback engine at one point in time. These engine's were successful but proved to be too dangerous to operate and so the ICC had banned production of any new Camelback type engine's by the 1920's as a result. The Erie Railroad owned the largest Camelback's ever built and the only articulated examples. To give you an example of just how unpopular and unpleasant these engine's were to operate, a CNJ fireman who was firing one of these was so frustrated with the lack of proper communication between him and his engineer and the fact that he was freezing on the tender deck as the train was doing full track speed in the dead of winter, he jumped off the engine and into a large snow bank beside the tracks. The engineer noticed that the train was starting to loose momentum and his steam pressure began to drop dramatically. When the train finally did come to a stop he realized that his fireman had disappeared on him. The fireman quit his job that very day. True story I was told by a long retired CNJ engineer many years ago.

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks

[@aaronbrinkerhoff3787]

Cool story!

[@Elios0000]

CNJ and B&O loved these things. 2 reasons they burned cheap coal and they could build steam like nothing else and had insane acceleration from a stop great for inter city use

[@FC2TurboMSS]

I have an older William's Reading Camelback locomotive and Reading passenger train my grandfather gave me. He was a PRR fireman and then Engineer for quite a few years. Wish I could run the Locomotive, but sadly the rubber "shoes"??? have rotted away and I'm unable to find a replacement so far. Cool engine, train and memory though. And yes, Pap said if you threw a rod, you were wiping the whole side of the boiler off.

[@angeloavanti2538]

got the blue comet to pull my blue comet set.

[@vp.7002]

I got a William brass camelback for Christmas last year in the same roadname

[@YellowNoseProductions]

Nice review! This engine looked awesome at the Open House.

[@markgoetz8616]

Love the rolling stock!

[@roberttaylor6600]

Thanks Eric marry Christmas and a blessed New year 🎉

[@henryszubielski8601]

Nice pick Eric! Thanks for the review.

[@aidensypolt]

I am planning to get 6 of these Camelbacks for the extra branch lines for my giant railroad

[@garyjust.johnson1436]

Hi Eric! Great video, nice locomotive. BFIMO is my favorite part of your reviews. Happy 2022.

[@williamkolina3988]

Nice engine.I love the rolling stock

[@angeloavanti2538]

got one. love it.

[@vincentvanpaepeghem4844]

Great video Eric! I will say the Camelback is a strain looking locomotive, but it's a great sounding locomotive! Thanks for sharing! Have a great and awesome day!

[@Elios0000]

they were made to run cheap low cost lignite coal that burned slow so needed a MASSIVE firebox. they also could build steam fast Jersy loved them for commuter service because they could accelerate faster the any thing else and where cheap to run. fun fact they where new engines where banned in 1920 but already built ones ran in to to the 50's

[@garrettcastlebury5260]

I love trains

[@hpinut]

Love this review, can't wait to get mine

[@angelhelp6819]

Hi Eric I like all your videos they are very excellent have a nice Christmas Eric

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks, you too!

[@garrettcastlebury5260]

I love you Eric train

[@garrettcastlebury5260]

Very cool train

[@Luke.Marchman]

Finally found you and I’m back from 2 years ago

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

Awesome locomotive! I has great detail!!

[@wordcarr8750]

For added realism on Lionel's O gauge steam locomotives, I've wondered if it would be possible to have a larger capacity smoke generator that would, for a brief time, expel smoke at the cylinders when the loco would start moving. In other words, having a realistic imitation of the clearing of cylinder water whenever a steam locomotive would begin moving. At the same time a small stream of smoke could be emitted constantly (beside that from the smoke stack) from a location on top of the engine near the cab as an imitation of steam pressure constantly being released (in low quantity) from the boiler.

[@vernonbarry]

They already do that, it's called cylinder cock steam effect- just a select few engines have it.

[@mr.shadestrains6033]

Awsum train 🚂👍

[@davepiper4537]

My first Legacy steamer is the Blue Comet one. Just picked it up last week and haven't tried it yet. I liked the Horseshoe Curve Beer car. Where can I get one? I have a couple of those beer cans.

[@Chessie1985]

Nice review of the camelback Eric!!!!

[@Thomasthestreamliner]

I actually know the full class of this camelback. It's a new jersey central 4-6-0 T-38 camelback. They ran in the new jersey central for a while until the were retired of course in the 1950s. Sadly none of them have survived and were all scrapped

[@DynamicDuo795]

One CNJ Camelback does survive to this very day. CNJ #592 at the B&O Railroad Museum. However it's not a T38/T40 class 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler. It's a P26/A28 class 4-4-2 Atlantic type. One of the fastest steam locomotives in the entire world back in the 1890's. The CNJ #774 was almost close to being saved by a group in 1954. The CNJ agreed to sell the engine to them for scrap value only if the group was able to save up the money to be able to buy it from them. Unfortunately that group failed to raise the necessary funds to buy and save it although they did come close. So sadly the CNJ had it scrapped as a result. Such a shame.

[@KeepingThingsOldschoo]

Very cool engine! I want one of these bad. Very nice video.

[@Ericstrains]

Thank you very much!

[@johnpeters8929]

Eric I’ve watched your channel for a long time and it’s progression. I’m starting to build my own and need your professional opinion on battery/ dead rail. I just don’t know what to do. Your passion for model trains is fun to watch.

[@vicdeandrea8112]

Eric my name is Victor I love your channel I am a Lionel train fan from way back. Wondering if you decided what new stuff you're buying out of this year's catalog. I watched the podcast it was awesome. And do you have any say helping Lionel design any trains and also does Neil Young still on part of Lionel and does he have any say in what trains get made and how they get made?

[@matthewjachtorowycz2455]

Yesssssssssssss

[@felixthetrainfan4819]

Looks great Eric! The body of the locomotive looks little weird but nice model👍!

[@johnpandolfino8663]

I got the Blue Comet version for $579.00 from Nicholas Smith train's in PA......great store....check them out for some great trains and price's....

[@kiscofallsrailroad]

I received one of these as well. I ordered a custom run from Mr. Muffin's Trains in the PRR paint scheme. Question for you Eric, do you notice the coupling between the engine and the tender riding up? I noticed as the engine pulls the tender the coupling slides out a bit breaking the infrared connection between the engine and the tender cutting off the sounds. You or anyone else having this issue?

[@saxonaudio]

Some of these whistles sound familiar.

[@Evanm42]

OK I might be sleep deprived but the C looks like a G.

[@parrishpatterson6780]

Strange design, but interesting back story.

[@NonNoobber]

Paint it green, slap a WhatsApp logo sticker on the tender and now it's the WhatsApp train

[@Mehem7000_Official]

'bout time you got a camelback.

[@James-Railyard]

Will the Southern Pacific A6 get its review soon or as part of this year’s bonanza?

[@Fridge56Vet]

Given the danger to the crew it's perhaps fitting that Lionel did one in the "End of the Line" Halloween livery. Any idea on pulling power?

[@zphotography7305]

Does it work with lionchief control app because it’s not working for me

[@Mamabrooke22]

Two questions:1) How much smoke liquid is required for this engine and where do you put it in? Also, Can you run all of the sounds running conventional power?

[@garys0scale525]

When I change the bell and turn it on and off I get some feedback in the sound. Have you noticed or tried it?

[@NoThroughRoad50]

Yeeeeeeessssssssssssssz a camelback

[@dozer0565]

I have been wondering how you measure the pulling power

[@hpinut]

Eric I have a stupid question, what is the part in the box?

[@joebernard4528]

But usually you give us the facts about the engine you have an a model but she did that half of the story that I’ll tell you about the New Jersey 774 badly I want to scrap but somebody in New Jersey we don’t know how to wrestle whistle and number placement

[@thomasweekley9209]

Wasn’t the real 774 used on quite a few fan trips back in the day? And wasn’t it the one that was supposed to be preserved?

[@DynamicDuo795]

Yes, the CNJ #774 was the very last operational steam locomotive still in service on the CNJ. It hauled many fan trips and excursions throughout the CNJ system back in 1954. This engine was suppose to be saved for preservation. A group had struck a deal with the railroad in which they would sell the engine to the group for scrap value so long as the group was able to raise the money to buy it from them. Unfortunately the group came close but fell short of the necessary funds to buy the engine and so the CNJ had it scrapped. That was definitely a shame.

[@davidmiller1977]

Great video and overview on the Camelback, by the way where did you find those retaining walls from?

[@miguelangelgarrido7233]

Hola buenas tardes excelente modelo muy bueno abrazo grande

[@alexanderdeburdegala4609]

I am sure you talked about this in a prior video but, how do you test pulling power?

[@Ericstrains]

It’s a trade secret 🤫

[@edscoble]

Can you make your content inclusive and accessible by formatting the auto captioning into closed captioning? it is sadly very hard to watch relying only on the auto captioning (Im Profoundly Deaf)

[@nathanielcruz6675]

Hey, Eric this camelback has 5 whistles, is that a feature that Lionel had for a while?

[@Ericstrains]

The 5 whistle options is something Lionel brought out maybe 3 years ago? It's a fairly recent thing.

[@nathanielcruz6675]

@@Ericstrainsoh, and I have no idea that camelbacks are dangerous to operate.

[@Broncort1]

$650 vs the last $1200 MTH Camelback….

[@DynamicDuo795]

I have the MTH Premier version. It was listed as $999.95 in the MTH 2016 volume 2 book. The MTH version is of course more lavishly detailed and is the most accurate model of a CNJ Camelback ever offered in O gauge. I paid about $950 for mine and I love it.

[@Broncort1]

@@DynamicDuo795 Now I have to find the receipt…lol. I had a major issue with my MTH Camelback….it wouldn’t go through ANY of my switches. I found out the air tank at the bottom of the engine was binding the wheels and making it derail…so I cut it off. Now it’s good and looks even better lashed up with my Triplex!

[@ttteshorts8860]

Hey Eric, very cool locomotive I do have a question about it though. I have a new “Strasburg camelback” and mine won’t make sounds, and I think it’s due to me only having 18 Volts powering it on my layout, do you know how many volts it takes to run the engine and the sound? (Just curious.)

[@Thomasthestreamliner]

Also the 5 whistles sounded like 1. The Pennsylvania 0-6-0 switcher whatever it was 2. The polar express 3. One of those Lionel 4-8-4 northerns you have 4. The N&W y6b or Allegheny 5. One of the Berkshires or something like that I can't remember which engine it was

[@TrainmasterGT]

#4 is a Hooter Whistle, which is what the N&W used on all of their Y class locomotives.

[@gs3504]

Picked one up, ran it 20 minutes and the whistle steam stopped... 5 minutes later the sounds crapped out. Argh... This darn hobby...