Lionel 2007 Train Catalog Volume 1
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Chesapeake & Ohio Empire Builder Ready-To-Run Train Set (LOCO #2696)

Looking to get started with the very best? The newest Lionel Empire Builder set features everything you need to get started in top-of-the-line Lionel O Gauge model railroading. With the LEGACY Command Set, a powerful ZW transformer, a huge O-72 FasTrack layout, and two switches, you have all the makings of a sophisticated layout.

Note: This is a two-box set:
6-30066 = BOX #1
6-30067 = BOX #2
SET INCLUDES:
  • Berkshire locomotive, offset hopper, double-door boxcar with end doors, 8,000 gallon tank car, double sheathed wood boxcar, wood-sided caboose, ZW transformer, LEGACY Command Set, two O-72 switches, 22 O-72 curve FasTrack track sections, nine straight FasTrack track sections, one terminal track
LOCOMOTIVE FEATURES:
  • LEGACY Control System equipped
  • Odyssey II Speed Control with ON/OFF switch
  • LEGACY RailSounds sound system featuring:
    -CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements, each with different scenarios depending on whether the locomotive is in motion or stopped
    -Five official railroad speeds with CrewTalk dialog
    -DynaChuff synchronized chuffing that shifts through 15 levels of intensity as the locomotive gains speed
    -LEGACY "Real-Time Quilling Whistle" control with instant response for realistic signature "quilling" and correctly timed warning signals
    -Single hit or continuous bell sounds
    -Realistic operator-controlled effects, including the water injector
    -Independently adjustable volume control-use the Remote Controller to lower the level of background effects such as the whistle at full volume
  • Dual FatBoy speakers for the ultimate in sound reproduction
  • High-torque Pittman® motor with momentum flywheel
  • Wireless Tether connection between locomotive and tender
  • Directional lighting including operating headlight, back-up light on rear of tender, and front classification lights
  • Die-cast metal locomotive body, frame, pilot, and trucks
  • Scale front coupler with interchangeable O gauge coupler
  • Traction tires
  • Synchronized fan-driven smoke unit
  • Separately applied metal details including whistle cord
  • Accurate separately applied builder's plate
  • Illuminated cab interior
  • Variable ashpan glow
  • Flickering firebox in cab
  • Opening cab roof hatch
  • Cab window glass
  • Engineer and fireman figures
  • Die-cast metal tender body and trucks
  • Realistic, separately applied coal load
  • Individual opening tender water hatches reveal easy-to-access RailSounds controls
  • ElectroCoupler on rear of tender
ROLLING STOCK FEATURES:
  • Hidden uncoupling tabs
  • Die-cast metal sprung trucks (caboose has die-cast trucks) and operating couplers
  • Offset hopper has die-cast metal body, opening hatches, and removable coal load
  • Boxcars have opening side doors
  • Double-door boxcar has opening end doors
  • Die-cast metal caboose has interior illumination

Gauge: Standard O
Minimum Curve: O-54
Dimensions: Layout dimensions: Approx. 124” x 84”
(6-30066) $2,699.99


Huge O-72 layout with two Remote Switches


LEGACY Command Base


LEGACY Remote Controller


ZW and PowerHouse Power Supply Set