Train Talk

The following question was asked: "Just how is the new Amtrak HHP-8 different than the one issued with the excellent starter set (6-31779)?"

Last year, we received so much positive feedback on our Amtrak HHP-8 Ready-to-Run Passenger Set (6-31779; pages 60-61 of the Lionel 2009 Signature Edition catalog). But one request kept coming to us for an HHP-8 with RailSounds. Well, here it is on pages 38-39 of the 2010 Signature Edition catalog!

Basically this locomotive gives you more -- more realistic sounds with RailSounds, more power with dual motors, and more operator control with ElectroCouplers.

We also want to note that this locomotive is 15 1/2" in length and has a minimum curve of O-36.