Lionel US Army Veranda Turbine!!

[@RBPTrains]

This was a fun engine to run! Pardon my slight cold for this video. Also, the “Air Horn” feature is an Air Raid Siren. Thank you to all who have been correcting me on the name of this epic feature!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Chris, at 37 I'd guess you're not old enough to remember REAL sirens, the ones on police cars and fire engines are all electronic now. But at 68 I sure remember 'em!

[@railfanningrailproductions]

I got to say Fricking Cool

[@stalinfurry9990]

It looks like a P 40 with a shark nose mouth

[@Bigmacbackwordsismicbig]

your voice sounded a little dry this video.

[@user-sl5el4pr7n]

Do they still sell them

[@exarkun42]

That air raid siren never gets old! I'm getting a Turbine for my HO fleet soon. I have seen a GTEL in person. Even on static display it is epic. Congrats on this epic engine!

[@RBPTrains]

Very cool that you have seen one in person!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

I met a former Union Pacific employee years ago. He told me if you want to know what a GTEL sounded like stand at the end of a runway when a jet airliner's taking off. Just like that!

[@whitmorestrains]

Great job covering this engine in a completely different light than anyone else. That is one heck of an engine for sure!

[@PghTrainFanatic]

I’m glad you got one also Chris! I love mine!!! They are awesome engines…The teeth and air siren reactions lol

[@adiddle7267]

As someone who is Retired US Army I love this engine. That Air Raid Siren is fabulous. When I hear it I want to go duck and cover from a possible attack. The engine is so huge but my layout is mostly 031 with one turn of 064. Not sure if it would work. Good luck with it and keep playing the siren.

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you for your service A Diddle!

[@therosejewelrailroad489]

Nice review. Model Railroaders tend to be history buffs. World War 2 is a fascinating part of American History. My father was a World War 2 veteran so studying the war brought it to the next level for me. Your turbine definitely takes you back in time. Love the teeth on the nose and pin up on the side. (Favorite feature for me is probably the pin up.)

[@TomzTrainzandAccessories]

That “Air Raid Siren” is badass cool!! Gotta love it! Lionel was thinking out if the box when they put that sound effect in it. Having something different makes it that much more interesting instead of the same ole same ole. Even the smoke feature when the turbine sound kicks in makes this locomotive different from all others. The smoke boost is amazing to see. Glad to see you purchased this locomotive. Seeing both of your shark mouth design locomotives running together was impressive. You should purchase some die cast P40 Flying Tiger airplanes, and hang them from your ceiling in different locations over your layout. That would look pretty cool while you run your teethy trains! Great review!!

[@RBPTrains]

Great suggestion on the planes! Thanks for watching!

[@cheapbastardmodeltrains7210]

Beastly! it might just be able to out pull my Marx 666. Awesome video🤘🚂🤘

[@tomrogers5516]

Thanks for the fun run of the Gas Turbine engine, Chris. The dynamic paint scheme would have been something to see on the rails going across country in the day. A fantasy tip of the hat to the Flying Tigers of WWII! Thanks for this unique review of a special model!

[@blackbirdgaming8147]

I wish we could have predicted just how popular the Turbines ended up being. My boss ordered three of these army turbines and they disappeared within a week or so. We also had 6 regular UP Big Letter, one UP Small Letter, and one UP Flag. All gone. People are going bananas for these things, and I think rightfully so.

[@RBPTrains]

It is a great engine and the smoke and sounds really give it extra character. I was also surprised at how quick they went. Thanks for watching!

[@Dfendr96]

Chris, I have served in the U.S. Army for 21 years and in that time I have actually been on a working transition train once and it was a truly wonderful experience 😀. Thank you for bringing back those memories for me.

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you for your service Jason!

[@ChrisHiblerPinball]

Thank you for your service Jason.

[@zachwheeler9846]

The paint job is sick, I love the airborne too.

[@bear470]

Ok, this engine is just awesome. The paint scheme just fits it so well

[@LMR78]

Epic! Just amazing flying tiger paint!

[@Heroduothecomedian]

Love that the air horn is the incoming air strike siren, so cool lol

[@RBPTrains]

It is wild! I also realize that I continuously referred to the siren as a horn throughout this video. Thank you for watching!

[@timothymclaughlin6860]

New to your channel . Yep I just took delivery of my 1941 a couple of months ago . Absolutely love both the air raid siren 🚨 and the turbine sounds and smoke . Love both of your shark teeth trains ! Way cool military load and cars . Have fun! 🙂

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Great update enjoyed it very much. Thanks for sharing.

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Thanks very much for replying to my comment. It's nice to see other people's work to get idea to improve my layout. Take Care & Stay Safe.

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

I love the air horn on the locomotive!!! Another very neat product from Lionel!

[@trainsandstuff119]

Hey RBP trains you should make a video on just the Hudson‘s

[@jonahpeter9880]

Agreed

[@AustinTheRailfan]

Just so you know he already did! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5TViZuaoM-bbdE

[@RBPTrains]

Ah yes, a Hudson video would be great!

[@trainsandstuff119]

@@AustinTheRailfan I meant the other Hudson’s along with the Dreyfus

[@AustinTheRailfan]

@@trainsandstuff119 oh

[@OgaugeTrainsplusslotCars]

Looks like 🦈 shark Trains.👍♐

[@henryszubielski8601]

Very cool! Great trains! Great layout! Great layout room! Thanks for sharing Chris.

[@ogaugesantafeandbnsf1157]

Very cool video and a cool looking train. Awesome job my friend as always !

[@arrowoodoutdooradventure9153]

That air horn is amazing

[@thetwogardens6048]

I couldnt even fathom what all this would cost ? But its certainly a show stopper ! Very Nice !

[@elonmusk-yk1kj]

I loved this video your videos are the best to watch when I am bored I love the veranda turbine of the union pacific and the U.S army variations

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks for watching!

[@ozarkmidlandsouthernrailway]

Fun video! Enjoyed the review/running and the videography. Great job! Bill B.

[@jameslanders4819]

Hi Bill B. This is jim from st joe. Saw your layout featured on RBP.. It is looking good!

[@ozarkmidlandsouthernrailway]

@@jameslanders4819 Hey Jim, man, it is great to hear from you! It seems like it has been so long since we last met.I really appreciate your reaching out here so perhaps we can reconnect. The new railroad is coming along nicely and I am having a blast with it. I do hope you are getting along well. Are you on the Matt & Matt O Scale Trains discord server? I can be found there. So good to hear from you, Jim! Bill B.

[@jameslanders4819]

Love those trains with teeth chris. You explained the features very well.. yo are nuts with that air horn buddy!

[@MartyE]

I'd be careful letting those trucks dangle. The shop I got mine from, the first one we opened the dicast plate was cracked in 2. This is really a great engine though. Lionel did a nice job on these. Here's hoping the Class A is equally awesome.

[@johnsterling7420]

Chris very awesome locomotives. I like the air horn and the smoke.😊😞👌🇺🇸

[@swiv99]

i'm a big ww2 buff, and thats the coolest engine i seen in a while....omg it's the veranda turbine!! x10!🤣

[@jlebaron1]

Love the flat cars with tanks! The air raid siren & smoke is totally cool but I fear they would be revolutionary in my kitchen ceiling layout! My wife would find them both quite revolting!

[@RBPTrains]

LOL - can't blame her for that one!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Try JT's MegaSteam coffee-scented smoke fluid for the kitchen layout. I swear, it smells JUST like coffee! My favorite "flavor!"

[@jlebaron1]

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 yeah I'm partial to cinnamon roll myself, I might try coffee for my basement layout

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@jlebaron1 You know, I tried Cinnamon Roll myself, I liked it, but the missus said it smelled like a burning bakery! Oh well...

[@themini-marcelinemodelrail7917]

“I’m going to wake up people in my neighborhood with this siren!” Pretty sure we could hear you all the way out in Iowa. 😜👍 Love the engine… and the AIR HORN!

[@RBPTrains]

Bahahaha! Still don’t know how this did not wake up my kids. I had that sound going so many times while making this video!

[@allegheny48]

That is a pretty neat locomotive. You might consider looking into getting some 1/48th scale Curtis P40 Warhawk aircraft with that specific nose art (the Flying Tigers) and create some flatcar loads with them. You would have to remove the wings and place them alongside the fuselage to both make them fit and also look prototypical. Would not they look good behind that locomotive? Having grown up in the 1950's during the Cold War era I well remember air raid drills during my grade school years. Kudos on a great layout and please keep the informative videos coming.

[@RBPTrains]

That is a great idea! I will look into making some of those flatcar loads down the line. Thanks for watching!

[@josephholtrop5535]

@@RBPTrains you can get them on eBay.

[@stuartsammodels6750]

I love trains with teeth, anyway, I just wanna say you were the reason I decided to start my o gauge layout

[@RBPTrains]

So glad to hear that you are working on a layout of your own! Enjoy the process. Building the layout was the most fun part for me!

[@stuartsammodels6750]

@@RBPTrains It has been pretty fun and I can’t wait to expand it further

[@pyrodragon7476]

Oh I want that turbine. It’s so cool and it looks amazing

[@jimmelchin1531]

Great video Chris....they always are ! Been searching for a Sherman flatcar for ever.....yours look awesome. Keep'em Rolling

[@josephholtrop5535]

How do you not find them. My local shop has 7 of them.

[@jimmelchin1531]

@@josephholtrop5535 What shop would that be Joseph ?

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks Jim! I know some of the online shops have them in stock and I saw some at Stockyard Express when I was there. Check those sites and I am confident you will find some of these great sets. Take care!

[@jimmyjoejeeter2366]

Chris, I bet a smoke alarm would go off if there was one in the room! Love all of your videos. Can you ever do a Texco Special from 1955? That is really my favorite train engine!

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks Jimmy! Are you referring to the Lionel Post War Texas Special F3? If yes, I am glad to run that one!

[@jimmyjoejeeter2366]

@@RBPTrains Yes, that is the one! I was born in 1955 so it is special train for me! I love the bright red color on the train.

[@Fridge56Vet]

That looks like a fun engine. 👍

[@FordEnthusiast413]

Hey Chris another great video! Both of those trains with teeth are awesome!!!That air raid siren is my favorite feature as well. I will have to see if Ken Jr @ Trainworld has any left to purchase!

[@RBPTrains]

Still got 'em! Totally worth it!

[@dantiel4179]

Wow that engine is a real beast with the massive smoke super base and air raid siren looks great pulling all your army cars 👍

[@carlmiles8655]

LOVE THAT AIRHORN AND SMOKE PUT OUT AWESOME NESS CHRIS NICE LOOKING TRAINS ;-)

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks for watching Carl!

[@jerzeydolphins]

i just dig how you enjoy these Trains, Katy Man

[@RBPTrains]

Hahaha! They are my escape from the "real" world :)

[@Nicetrains]

Very nice engine. Nice layout as well.

[@ChrisHiblerPinball]

Someone may have made this comment, but the teeth come from the American Volunteer Group in 1941-42, who flew the P-40 "Flying Tigers". Their P-40s were adorned with beautiful nose art, including the famous tiger teeth. The men that flew these planes truly represented the greatest generation. And, the P-40 Warhawk, along with the F4U Corsair (think Black Sheep Squadron) and the P-51 Mustang, are my favorite WW2 aircraft.

[@RBPTrains]

Excellent background! I had read this about the engine but was too afraid to attempt to explain it in the video as I would have likely said something wrong along with referring to the siren as a horn, LOL. I am already paying for this mistake...

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

An aviation writer 50 years ago said "Why did they ever come up with the P-51 Mustang when they had something cool like the P-40?" Well, there WERE reasons... And the "Black Sheep," VMF-214 were the best! Semper Fi!

[@ChrisHiblerPinball]

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 I should have included the P-51 Mustang in my list. Great, great airplane!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@ChrisHiblerPinball That it was, so much so I'd say if the jet engine was never invented they and the F4U would probably still be in use today.

[@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853]

In the immortal words of David Lee Roth… “Everbody has woooone, I want one too-ooh, oh yeah….”😅

[@wisconsincentralrrfan298]

AWESOME Train!!!!

[@tysonnarwal835]

Cool engine in my opinion it is the equivalent to a British class 45 great video

[@Coreyt1976]

That train is awesome. Great video Chris.

[@kevinwalsh7155]

Amazing, love the aggressive looks smoke and of course the horn. This is outstanding. Thanks for the show. Watch out for those teeth.

[@RBPTrains]

The smoke on this engine is an incredible feature. I only wish my camera would have better captured the turbine sound as well. Thanks for watching Kevin!

[@cgr2965]

Katy Carl here, Another great show! Massive locomotive and I love the Army paint scheme. Would look good pulling my military train. I still do not see a Texas Special in your inventory. The Katy has to have one. Keep up the great videos and Happy Trails.

[@RBPTrains]

I should run the Texas Special again, great suggestion! It has been some time since I ran that one in a video! I have the Post War F3 version of the Texas Special and it is one of my go-to vintage engines when I am having fun. Thanks for watching!

[@angeloavanti2538]

that thing is off the chain for lionel. fun stuff!

[@rogerstrate5727]

Great video and awesome trains. I love the Veranda Turbine and the Alco locomotives they are a lot of fun to watch.

[@rippertrain]

I sure would of liked to hear both go off together

[@isaiahshultz4296]

The air raid siren is my favorite feature

[@carlmiles8655]

Good evening Chris great video that engine looks hungry better feed it some more smoke fluid before it bites you STAY SAFE ;-)

[@rippertrain]

Awesome!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

I don't know Chris, I've seen a lot of things but I've never seen locomotives that needed orthodontia! You know, that Turbine puts out so much smoke it made me think if you can get the Raid company to produce smoke fluid you can use the Turbine as a yard fogger come summertime!

[@RBPTrains]

Hahahaha- true!

[@stephenhudson6543]

I like the the bogies you don't see many engines like that anymore

[@MattyCtrains]

This is the coolest military engine in oscale so much character and creativity, my only thing I wish they did was if they added a drill Sargent for crew talk🤣👍 awesome video as always my friend!

[@RBPTrains]

That would have been a fun element! Thanks MattyC!

[@johnaugello1722]

Awesome 👌 ty!

[@cambc9730]

This channel is a nice change of pace. Love the content!

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you camBC!

[@davidkoehler136]

never been a fan of wispy white smoke , but that is cool

[@MarkTheLostTraveler]

I Just saw one of those at. Tim's tiny trains in Ashland VA just two days ago. #1941 for 1699.00 i should have bought it.

[@wildbeast8695]

Hi chris. Please notice me! Me 1and my dad watch your videos. I love watching you and your trains. you do an Amazing job.

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you for your support Wildbeast! These videos are a lot of fun to make!

[@dajara521]

The sharkmouth scheme looks pretty good on the sharks, gotta say it makes the turbine look a bit like a whale. Still pretty cool and the air raid siren is hilarious.

[@Maxwelliouss]

3:08 My word he has aged well!

[@davidfortney2970]

You really like that siren eh!. Nice engine Chris, good luck with it. It truly is a monster.

[@train-addict4656]

Nice , the Air Horn #1(:

[@daivdwalker2374]

Love it

[@danielhemple8649]

Way cool 🚂

[@countrabricksbuildcraze8916]

It look s good as I not into wars. I like to say. No more war s ..but yes it popular in even Lego fan s but Lego don't make army stuff so just custom I got 8 of the Lego train s in my Lego City luve traints Sint I was little boy mum got me a steam train I put eye dropper of smock drops init ..was so cool back in mid 80 s it was a black steam train an had frunt light I loved driving it in the dark .I never for get it 🤌🤌😊👍 love how U got Lego modules s in your. Land scaping. 👍

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks for watching Shane! The Lego buildings are my favorite scene on the layout. Take care!

[@charlesmcclure5994]

Well first of all Chris congratulations on being on the cover of classic toy train magazine definitely better than being on the cover of the rolling Stone that is a great looking veranda I myself like the smoke feature 👍👍

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you Charles!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

"Rolling Stone" is SO overrated...

[@ARMYVETT]

I FINALLY HAVE ONE OF THESE. #65 🙂

[@rateyesmertz3785]

7:34 into thhe video "What train has a horn on it ??" They all do now. Steam engines had whistles, Dieles had horns

[@RBPTrains]

Haha, I realized after uploading that I referred to the Air Siren as an Air Horn throughout the video. My bad! You are correct, all modern locomotives use air horns.

[@rateyesmertz3785]

@@RBPTrains all cabooses had/have whistles

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Some late-production steam engines like the Southern Pacific GS-4's, the New York Central's Niagaras, and the Lackawanna's Poconos had air horns in addition to whistles. It was found that in conditions such as fog an air horn, which is mono-directional, gave better warnings than a conventional whistle which is omni-directional.

[@mr.shadestrains6033]

Awesome video 🚂😎👍👍👍👍👍

[@happiestcamel5064]

Nice video as always

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you for watching!

[@Avrenac]

Great video, very cool train! 😬👍

[@joepinto509]

Hope they put better drive gears in that compared to there ho counter part that has drive gears issues.

[@wyatttrainworld]

That’s cool

[@wm.edmondson2072]

Hi RBP Trains quick question for you. Where do you get those Flatcars with the Sherman tank on it.

[@RBPTrains]

Great question! Many of the online stores have these in stock and I saw some at Stockyard Express in Oberlin, Ohio. They have a Web store as well.

[@wm.edmondson2072]

@@RBPTrains Great! Thanks for the information :)

[@seanstraindepot]

OMG, I love that extra Air Siren they put on the Army one. Glad you got that one! I love all those Military cars you are pulling behind it. Did you just get those too?

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks Sean! The Military Cars have been around in my collection for a while. Been enjoying your Standard Gauge Blog recently!

[@Leatherface123.]

In the gen 3 GTEL the turbine drives both units, it gives it more power

[@eriklind5174]

big beauty

[@trainzmania2022ricardo]

Something that lionel should do is a O Gauge model of Casey Jones' engine, the ICRR 382.

[@elonmusk-yk1kj]

do the southern pacific dash 9 next

[@RBPTrains]

I will have to find that one. I do not have a SP Dash 9 in my collection.

[@molliemagill1069]

Cool

[@deantruskolaski4797]

This is me and my dad and we saw you in the train store

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks for watching and great to meet you all!

[@3lifigs]

My Favorite feature was the smoke

[@F40M07]

1:31 The layout is getting raided with tons of air attacks!!!!!

[@jacobrobinson6603]

Turbine engines are very interesting

[@jamesdenny4734]

Air horn, you mean air raid! 😮

[@gavenclifton1664]

hey rbp i have been waching for a whlie and um i think your a grate tain youtuber it whuld meen a lot to me and my frinds if you could reply you are my idol thx

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you for the support Gaven! Glad you enjoy the videos!

[@reubenrocks2608]

rawr :3

[@curtisnewmanjr]

So, RBP Trains, I've got to wondering where ya got the Passenger army train for the Lionel Legacy Sharknose Diesel set.

[@renegadebrewingsupplies9585]

Do the southern pacific dash 9 newer paint job

[@josephholtrop5535]

Paint peeling off my tender on this veranda turbine already.

[@RBPTrains]

Yikes! I will keep an eye out for that

[@MrJack-uk2hp]

When you said “what train has a air siren?” Their is a locomotive that had a air siren, the Union Pacific equipped some air sirens on some DDA50X’s.

[@RBPTrains]

Awesome! I learn something new every time I upload. :)

[@F40M07]

Noice

[@CrownOfButch]

What's with the tanks? I've never seen a loco pull a military tank before.

[@jordaneriksson5417]

VERSION 3.0 OF AIR FORCE 1 IS A GGGOOOOOOOO!!!!!!