Pere Marquette Berkshire

[@asdfdsa45]

Great video. BTW, you were not complaining, you were simply informing us. I have two models of UP's 9000 series 4-12-2 locos, one Lionel, the other MTH. In physical detailing, MTH wipes the floor with Lionel, even down to a working 3rd cylinder, separately applied piping on the boiler, anti-derail chains on the tender trucks, opening window panes and operating roof hatches. The only feature Lionel has over my PS2 9010 is whistle steam. Both are beautiful models but the MTH model (as a model and not electronics) is superior. I have to say I was surprised to hear of your "tech" issues with your MTH Berkshire, so sorry to hear about this. I've never had any issues with my MTH locomotives. My problems have been with older TMCC tech where the electronics simply fail. I really like Legacy and I really like PS3 but other than Lionel's superior sound, PS3 offers more features such as independent volume controlling, chuff rate selection and so much more. Legacy does not. If your bell is too loud, on PS3 - not a problem, with Legacy, you can only turn down the general volume which means everything has to be made quieter. Perhaps we could take both MTH and Lionel models and convert them all to Blunami and run them in DCC. It can be done, check out Sid's Trains here on youtube. Anyways, thank again for your video.

[@leoberiding]

thanks for the nice note. I was also surprised to have had problems with thr Berkshire. Before covid I would have told you MTH is darn near perfect. in my experience MTH electronics have been far more reliable than Lionel. But I have mostly diesels.

[@johnknippenberg-LandmarkYards]

Gorgeous Berkshire. Whistle steam too, a nice added feature.

[@eqrc7587]

It’s like you said, you take the good with the bad. Iv bought rc planes knowing they junk just because it was a F-5 in the scale I wanted. And my ships are cheaper ones but it’s what I wanted. Thanks for sharing. Man the smoking whistle sold it for me😃👍🏻✌🏻🖖🏻

[@caseyvillemodelrailroad3877]

Great vidio, nice loco.Thanks for the morning coffee...

[@TehBellcarl]

Lionel produced a legacy version of 1223 as well. The MTH and Lionel versions base their Berk models on the NKP style. More Sand lines and annoyingly for the MTH version the incorrect pilot and whistle. Very handsome model even with its flaws. Great layout as well!

[@danielwalton9012]

Hmm! Pere Marquette 1224! 2 the rescue!

[@northernutahlivesteam]

fun