these reviews are making me fall in love with American Railroading. this is coming from someone who has a passion for British Railways.

It looks fast just sitting there. Gotta love these old art deco styled trains. Very nice unit for sure.

The real Mark Twain Zephyr was recently bought by the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad. Best of all, their goal is to restore it to full operating condition

@lucasquintanilla1673

Жыл бұрын

As a person who lives in Hannibal, who has known of Mark twain’s stories for all of my life, I really hope that they succeed. Not to mention, I think that the C Q, and B diesel streamliners were some of the best passenger locomotives ever. Most people when they think of the romance of railroading think of steam locomotives, and for a good reason, but if there was ever a diesel that was just as romantic and fascinating as any steam engine. It was this one.

@gretchenchadwick8343

Жыл бұрын

My special needs son is very glad to hear that he hopes Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad finishes restoring the Zephyr real soon he really likes classic streamlined trains would love to see on operate again.

The articulated couplings you had covered in your review are really neat. The mechanism is virtually exactly the same as the original prewar lionel model. This feature was also seen in the prewar City of Portland, City of Denver, the Hiawatha, and also the red streamlined cars that were supposed to go with the 700e hudson like in one of your previous reviews. Great work, Eric!

Great video as always! My BFIMO was seeing this thing in person at The Museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago with my kids today.

Pioneer Zephyr. It's at the Museum of Science and Industry.

@TobyPasman

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen the Pioneer Zephyr

Great looking set. Lionel did a nice job. Sounds and lighting is awesome. Excellent review, Eric.

Its the best display train for O Scale because the complete train set is 3 cars. The Pioneer Zephry was 3 cars because it was trying to set a record from Denver to Chicago in 1934.

I've read one of Mark Twain's books. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

I like the sequence with the lights off. Fun to see how the car interiors display. Good job Eric.

Eric, great review. Very informative as always. You are an asset to this hobby.

What a beautiful model! Lionel did a great job! It's a shame they didn't do the other car. I love that lighting! It looked great in the night shots! I'd love to see this thing going fast. It was meant to stretch its legs! Great review Eric!

Hi Eric, thanks for the video, another great review. It means a lot to those of us that can only see these trains on your videos...Frank

Man Eric, I loved the shots in the dark. I honestly think that is the best angle of footage I've seen you shoot to date. Don't get me wrong the whole layout looks great, but that was exceptional.

Exquisite train Eric!! Thanks for showing the connections! I've wondered how they hooked up in between.. Great effects all around too!

Hello Eric • Great history lesson about the four models of "Zephyr Engine Sets". The cab is a classic design and just looks fast standing still. Well done photography in the tunnel, like how the people stand out in the coaches. As always an excellent review. Cheers from Michigan.

I own the con-cor HO Scale Pionner Zephyr, she is beautiful

This is a Very Cool set! I'm glad you reviewed it Eric!

It sounds like he says "before we start this f***er up" when he really said "before we start the Zephyr up" at 15:00 XDD

@mattskey1

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought too lmao

Awesome train, it reminds me of flash Gordon styling from the old black & white film's for some reason. great to see this model from your ultimate huge o guage collection. ...jim

@Ericstrains

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Awesome set!

A great review as always, thank you!

Eric, nice job. I really like your videography. I also like the shots in the dark with your excellently detailed stone walls. I don't watch all your videos, but I'm becoming a fan. Brad

my 1930's Lionel Hiawatha has the same joint system just w/o the connectivity of the connected pickup rollers

you know i went to the museum of science and industry in chicago and saw the pioneer zephyr and i thought it was quite interesting of a passenger service train

The original of this is being lovingly restored in Wisconsin

Fantastic review as always! Another thing diecast helps provide from its weight is increased traction that is more evenly distributed. This also slightly increases momentum when stopping. But you are right, it just feels better and more solid in every way compared to a plastic model. Also, interesting that Lionel is using clear plastic windows on the cars, when recently, they switched over to green tinted plastic windows when using LEDs like in your Crescent or my Blue Comet. I like the clear much better.

@Ericstrains

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I just noticed I WALKED INSIDE THE TRAIN THAT THIS IS MODELED AFTER!

@maxkeenan4933

9 жыл бұрын

Same here

"Fin" should be spelled "Finn". What happened?

oh I want this in HO & as the Silver Streak!

@microbusss

6 жыл бұрын

the book with these names is called The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn

Are these still available? Absolutely love this train.

Speaking about the Zephyrs there named after the our Lombard in Galesburg & they call it Lombard Zephyrs

Fantastic review eric, really nice engine!!

Wow. They somehow managed to misspell Huck's name. It's spelled Huckleberry Finn. There are two 'n's in his last name, not one. Other than that complaint, what great looking train!

Great vid Eric keep it up

Just realized that now you can run the "original" zephyr (this set) alongside the California Zephyr cars. The beginning and the end of the Zephyrs! That would be a great shot if you did one of those running day videos again! Great review :D

Hey eric really nice video. I got a few questions what you use to clean the tracks and second one is I heard in a group that somebody use ATF automatic transmission fluid to clean the track and good connectivity can you give your opinion about that? thanks in advance Michael

The horn I like it sounds really nice

Beautiful set

That horn is serious.

Another great and informative review Eric! I agree with you about the diecast models. Thanks for sharing! P.S. I want to be like you when I grow up! Lol!

@micahnewman7891

10 жыл бұрын

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Amazingly in an era where almost everthing got scraped most of Zephyr engine units survived. One caught on fire in service another ended up in Saudi Arabia ( probably scrapped now ) but most of the ones that I know of are in museums. Also the copycat Flying Yankee is in a museum.

@kristoffermangila

10 ай бұрын

The Flying Yankee is undergoing restoration to operating condition.

@gretchenchadwick8343

9 ай бұрын

​@@kristoffermangilaMy special needs son is glad to hear that he hopes they will be finished real soon or sooner than soon because he would love to see a classic streamlined passenger train 🚆🚄🚅🛤🚈 like that one operate again.

Oh, Gawd, thanks to you do I want to save up and own a model railway!

AWESOME review Eric!!!!!! Love the new Zephyr, it looks and sounds great! I also like the way the interior looks with the LED lighting! And yeah it is diecast that really puts it over the top! Since I do not have a layout at the moment and only have O-48 curves on my loop I have resisted purchasing this engine, but now having seen your review I think I'm going to order one (at some point a new layout will go up with O-72+ curves) Anyways, thanks for the video bud!!!

@Ericstrains

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Bill!

I just discovered this train and I just love how it looks! Was / is there an N gauge version available?

beautiful train! will you be collecting the M10000 as well?

I actually have the older pioneer zephyr that came out in like 2003 or 4 I believe

Idk why Burlington route makes their streamline locomotives silver. Plain stainless sleek, steel silver.

I remember this engine from the short lived show geo tracks as one of the engines was based on it. Anyone else know that show

Holy cow dat nostalgia

Very nice!

I know that its been about a year since you had it. But you may already know this. The engine actually has two different horns. You press AUX 1 to switch through them. You didn't show in your review. So i figured you may missed that feature.

my favorite part of the train is the airhorn

Hey Eric do you know the Union Pacific M10000,if you do please do a review on it,but if you don't have the train it's okay I won't push you to buy it.

This looks like Snowpiercer if snowpiercer was made to be just a regular passenger train

That is a sweet train!

The mark twain zephyr is at union train museum

more crew talk, we like it

@goldenretriever6440

7 жыл бұрын

Stu Griffett I do

Love your videos and layout! Top notch. I have two questions for you. Firstly, is there any particular reason you chose to go with O-Scale as opposed to HO? I plan on building a layout in the not too distant future and while I always had HO sets as a child, I'm not opposed to the idea of going with another scale. Secondly, and feel free to ignore this if I'm being too nosey, but what do you do for a living?

@Ericstrains

10 жыл бұрын

I went with O-Scale for several reasons. First, it's what I grew up with so I've just always done it. Secondly, I like the fact that they are a big larger and easier to handle than HO. Third, I think they sound better and do more cool things than HO trains. That's not to say I don't like HO. HO is great too, I just prefer O myself.

Very nice! Great prime mover sounds, I also like the 4 stacks. The set looks great and I know what you mean about the weight and feel of a Diecast engine. 21:35 (Trestle) He's going to jump!

@Ericstrains

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Brad!

@damiensarmoury3014

8 жыл бұрын

+ericstrains dude how do you get that much money

this sounds so funny in slo-mo!

What happened to BFIMO?

LOl Erik I have the same one i bought yesterday o_O Wow Till i found this vidoe e.e AND IM UR BIGGEST FAN!!!!!!!! Keep on making your great layout

@CrazyFuelDrinks

10 жыл бұрын

Sorry LOL for some stuff lke caps ._.

I'm curious. With the Mark Twain Zephyr set not having a Becky Thatcher car, could you obtain a car from another set and simply re-label it to look like an accurate appearing train? Understanding that it's not an "accurate " train, only an accurate appearing train?

@AtkataffTheAlpha

Жыл бұрын

Yes but it would only be a combine or observation car. There's no straight passenger car

Between the Burlington Pioneer Zephyr and the Union Pacific M10000 streamlined passenger trains introduced in the mid 1930's, the Burlington Pioneer Zephyr, Mark Twain Zephyr are much better looking.

@hypnotised-clover

7 жыл бұрын

Christopher S. O' M10000 had nothing to do with zephyr, it was intended as a passenger where zephyr was intended as advertisement, it was only called Pioneer after its million mile journey

is the Burlington Mark Twain Zephyr operating condition?

Don't forget, one of the greatest rock bands of all time named a song after Tom Sawyer! RUSH!!!!!!!!!

Injun sounds like engine, that's clever for the engine's name!

Disney also named a Boat after the Guy

Hey, look! It's a choo-choo twain!

@GoodKingStephen

5 жыл бұрын

He said in the vid that it's a twain

Is it real that there are only 8 wheels on Zephyr locomotive in reality?

I cant belive they didnt call it the mark train and engine joe

@TheMrPeteChannel

3 жыл бұрын

The whole train set is "The Mark Twain".

When did you become an expert on electrical connections on model trains?

@Ericstrains

10 жыл бұрын

I'm really not sure how to take that. Are you honestly asking me or are you being facetious?

@mrodriguez4829

10 жыл бұрын

ericstrains Either way I think its a good attribute to have the knowledge on how the elec's work on trains. It's good to know something about the hobby you're into.

I cant believe this is in o scale

Hey, was that Burt Reynolds in the last car wearing a pink shirt or am I just crazy? I know that he and Lemmy from Motorhead love to ride the rails together. Oh well, ride on.

Eric, I always enjoy your reviews. They're presented well, they're clear, they're informative, they have plenty of detail about the model and we get to see it in action. However on the Mark Twain Zephyr, did you realize that of all things they didn't spell Finn correctly. It's got two "n's" on it. Very surprising oversight. Makes me wonder if perhaps someone other than an American was responsible for the lettering. I mean, almost every adult in this country would know that Finn has two "n's". Not meaning to make a big deal out of it, just surprised to see the glitch on an otherwise great looking train set. And I'm pretty sure I'm accurate in my observation -- if not, then I do apologize. But I think I'm correct. Of course, it may not make that much difference to people who buy it.

@Ericstrains

10 жыл бұрын

Yeah, leave it to Lionel is make a typo. :)

Right here

Doses it have leagacy?

@trainlover9943

7 жыл бұрын

Nycjacob2002 Yes.

Nice

Zephyr the Silver Engine

Eric you should checkout this video on youtube if you have not already...... CB&Q 9911A Nebraska Zephyr ON BOARD (The round trip)

Am I the only one to notice that Lionel misspelled Finn? They spelled it Fin

HaHa! I get it Injun "engine" Joe.

Wooooooooooww

I mean on those passenger cars

They should have named the locomotive Engine Joe. (-;

Idk why but the horn reminds me of a trebant. Seriously the horn on these diesels makes me think of the ussr

Beautiful train. But a tragedy that they spilled "Huckleberry Finn" incorrectly. This alone will prevent me from purchasing the set.

@markhall4585

5 жыл бұрын

And guess what???? You goofed too......where you typed "spilled" should be "spelled".......the train you wouldn't take because of an error, I would love to have.

Bring this Train onto Train Simulator!

Mark Twain sed that Merybura train station in Victoria Australia was a station with a town attached

Just like marx

@Retailman100

7 жыл бұрын

Christopher Bradley they were made in my hometown. the Marx factory is still being used by small businesses. btw, I have a 1933 Lionel Flying Yankee zephyr that my grandfather bought when he was young. Still runs fine, and thr only remaining original light bulb is the brightest in the entire train.

Isn't the 'biggest discrepancy', size?

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The most ironic thing to me about this train is, Mark Twain opposed the railroads, he did not like them, so why did they name a train after him?

@Ericstrains

10 жыл бұрын

Because he secretly DID like railroads. He was a closet trainiac.

@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band

10 жыл бұрын

Ohh... Wow, that's something I didn't know, and I am a big Mark Twain fan... And a HUGE railroad fan as well...

20:14

anyone fabricate the real double decquer of this train in Bromo valley and Semeru valley and Arjuno valley of Javania island to support ultra modern hi-tech cargo post agropolitan infrastructure distribution between all province, towns, village and airport seaport of north and south of javania island and perhaps connected with all islands nearby.

choo choo twain

Is this a real train?

@trainzillamodelrailroading9905

9 жыл бұрын

The Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 bigboy is so why isint this?

@CD-dc1oc

9 жыл бұрын

+Snowdrop rose facepalm

@trainzillamodelrailroading9905

9 жыл бұрын

It's the zypher! The POST WWII PASSENGER TRAIN! OF COURSE ITS REAL!

@CD-dc1oc

9 жыл бұрын

Dr. Jak G. Cogsworth why would lionel even make a train that wasnt real? sigh.......

@trainzillamodelrailroading9905

9 жыл бұрын

It is real! I know all about it! I really do!

Die cast rules! When you talk about die-cast and feel it, you can't go back, even if you can't afford it. Less trains, never less than a die cast model. Nice review.

Doesn’t that kind of remind me of Geo Trax