My Lionel 350E Hiawatha Set - Upgrade with TMCC & Railsounds!

[@TwistedMacGyversTrains]

Beautiful work, Nick! Major improvement!

[@NixCrossing]

Thanks so much!

[@RonnyTheEngineer]

Fantastic job 👍

[@NixCrossing]

Thanks so much!

[@RonnyTheEngineer]

@@NixCrossing you are very welcome.

[@johnandrus3901]

That is a cool set, Nick! The Hiawatha's were just so awesome. It is the one set that I would love to have, so I could replicate the trains that my dad rode on. It is strange, though, that Lionel chose to use the observation car from the UP M10000, which had the rounded rear end, with no windows. The Hiawatha had an slightly sloped rear, that had windows with louvers above and a small platform, below them. Either way, it is a great set. Hopefully, you had a wonderful Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

[@bobeckhardt3663]

AWESOME VIDEO I love your upgrades

[@NixCrossing]

Thank you so much! 🚂💨

[@dbtech7914]

Really cool looking train set. Love the upgrade and the LEDs.

[@DelHudson1]

Awesome upgrades. You made this set 200% better by working your magic.

[@NixCrossing]

Thanks so much! 🚂💨

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

okay Nick, I had to wipe the drool off of my keyboard after watching this!! 🤣 The Hiawatha's are my very best favorite series of engines (being from Milwaukee) and ya done good! Awesome job!

[@RABSTRAINS]

Awesome. You are so good at fixing and reworking your engines! 👍🙏❤️🔥💪🇺🇸 Its actually very sad that Lionel was so cheap on the lights for the passenger cars. Your upgraded versions look awesome. 👍👍

[@NixCrossing]

Thanks so much! I believe MTH came out with the same set but they added roller pickups and more lights

[@rushgross911]

Excellent work Nick, the upgrades made this classic even better. Love the party lights. Your skills are awesome!!!

[@NixCrossing]

Thanks for watching and thank you very much! 🚂💨

[@dantiel4179]

Great job Nick a real piece of history with working lights 😃🚂🎄👍

[@NixCrossing]

Thanks so much! 🚂💨

[@dathanpoole73]

Looks awesome! She's a looker. I remember when you got it, I'm glad you were able to work through all the bugs. Well done brother.

[@NixCrossing]

Thanks so much for watching! That was a great show as well.

[@williamsantangelo]

Nice job Nick! Happy New Year

[@colleenhamilton2417]

Awesome video, great rebuild

[@NixCrossing]

Thanks so much!

[@williamb-trains]

Nick, great upgrade job. Looks and runs fantastic. Merry Christmas!

[@NixCrossing]

Thank you so much! Merry Christmas! 🚂💨

[@Keystone-Bill]

Fantastic Nick!

[@NixCrossing]

Thanks very much!

[@williamkolina3988]

Very nice If you're ever in the need of parts Try S&W parts supply The owner Bill is great to deal with

[@NixCrossing]

Thanks so much! I’ll definitely have to check them out. I have a bunch of projects that need prewar parts.

[@DRCRailroard]

Very nice, Nick. The SP Daylights used the Leslie A-200 Air horns because of the dense fog encountered in the San Francisco Bay Area. For some reason, the whistle couldn't be heard as easily in dense fog or rain. So it's actually a fog horn. I'm not sure how fog could impact sound quality though. In Kansas, we call tornadoes or water spouts that form on the Pacific Ocean Typhoons. Typhones is a new one I haven't heard of before, but then again, you guys back east have your own vocabulary. The ERR boards can be purchased directly from 3rd Rail. They have all the ERR boards now. If you go to their site they have all the different Railsounds boards available to listen to on Sound Cloud. Just click on review sounds from the menu

[@NixCrossing]

Thanks for the comment that’s also very interesting! Thanks for watching! 🚂💨

[@DRCRailroard]

Dang it, Nick. I thought I was attempting to set you up and elicit a more in-depth response to my Tyfon comment. I was hoping that you knew the reason Leslie referred to them as Tyfon.

[@coverdalemineoscalemodelrr7074]

Great looking set nice work

[@NixCrossing]

Thanks 👍🚂💨

[@radarditti560]

Nice Job Nick the set looks great. Does it have a pullmar motor or a can motor?

[@NixCrossing]

Thanks so much! It’s an AC motor just like the prewar would have had. I wish it had a DC motor

[@tyhigh1223]

Dumb question, but couldn't you make the whole shell the antenna?

[@NixCrossing]

That’s a great question, because the shell is grounded to the frame then to the wheels / track - it would blow out the ERR boards. The strange thing is if the antenna is anywhere near the shell , the signal disappears.

[@tyhigh1223]

@NixCrossing ahh I didn't think about that. Makes sense, thanks for replying.