Sean, we did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. You did a great video. The mth European engines are not in our budget, so like you, this engine is a nice alternative. Gary
Interesting factoid, for the films the whistle on the Olton Hall is overdubbed with a chime whistle from an LNER A4 pacific (which is used on the model too). A Great Western Hall has two "peanut" style whistles, one high pitched that is used as usual, and and another of a lower pitch that is used to signal the guard (conductor) back in the coaches of a passenger train on or the brake van on a goods train. Also, British engines do NOT have bells, except in cases where they have visited the USA and been presented with them to conform to US law.
The GWR King George V locomotive has a bell. She is preserved at the NRM... As a child a long time ago I recall her ringing the bell as she arrived at Paddington...
We did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker, and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. Gary
We did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. Gary
Sean, this is an off topic question but I'm looking at your logging train at the 14:03 point and i was wondering where you came up with them. I'm planning an Upper Michigan logging scene and somethhing like that would fit right in. Thanks in advance.
Lionel has made several Hall Class locomotives besides the Hogwarts Express. The Shakespeare Express was a conventional transformer controlled set featuring the Kinslet Hall locomotive in Great Western livery. The Albert Hall set was a Lionchief set in Great Western colors. There was also a Victorian Christmas Lionchief set with a red engine and red and green cars. There were two seperate sale conventional North Pole Central Hall Class Santa's Flyer locomotive, one red and one green. There was a conventional Hallows Eve Express locomotive in black with orange trim. I think there's a Lionchief set in the 2020 catalog.
Yup, in 2020 Lionel cataloged the "Witherslack Hall" set which was LionChief equipped and came in British Railways instead of a Great Western livery. However it was cancelled due to not enough pre-orders. I have the Shakespeare Express but the Albert Hall has eluded me.
Only the Lionel Legacy and Lion Chief Plus and Plus 2.0 engines that have speed control can start a crawl. These Lionchief sets (which are starter sets) cannot do super slow crawl. They kind of take off.
Yeah they put the bell sound on all the Ready to Run sets whether the engine would have had it or not. HAHA, it is more for kids. But the scale models would be more accurate.
Sean, I just bought the Hogwarts Express loco from Lionel. I am having some issues with the Pilot truck rubbing on the forward most drive wheel when going around 036 curves. Have you experienced this if you have any 036 curves?
No I have not, but I don't have any curves that tight. I looked at mine and it looks like it would have enough room even on tight curves. Can you return it to your dealer?
@@seanstraindepot I called Lionel today and they offered to ship in to Charlotte to look at it. I don't see where any adjustments can be made. The wheel flanges flat out scrub each other in the turn. It's really odd. We'll see what Lionel says.
Also, the forward wheel on the pilot truck (on the inside of the turn) is beginning to rub a groove on the inside of the cylinder casting. Something is definitely wrong.
We did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker, and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. Gary
Hello my friend, Good evening, I am interested in buying a complete set of trains, but I would not only want the classic circumference but also have the option to change from one line to another, I would also like to have level changes, etc. I am Cuban, my mother's family were railway workers, in specific my grandfather was in Chicago in the 1940s, he was superintendent of the Ciro Redondo House in Villa Clara, Cuba; his eldest son is a great mechanical engineer who currently works in the Canadian railway industry. Please, would you help me to buy a good set of trains for my son? I would deeply appreciate it. Best regards! 🙏
To clear up a few things, 1 there is no need for a caboose as there is a brake coach (combination car) 2 this isn't anything like the flyingscotsman 3 this is a real engine yes but it isn't used as the engine it is in real life (Olton hall) and JK Rowling created the Hogwarts Express especially for Harry Potter and it has nothing to do with Thomas and Friends.
Further to clarify, the combination coach should be at one end of the rake, not in the middle, with the Guard's/luggage compartment outwards. The whole model is actually quite accurate, except for the coaches being shortened (fewer windows) to take the tight curves.
Do you know how long the train will run before the batteries need to be changed? I'd like it to run all day! And if there's track extensions to make it go from a 6' * 4' oval to a 10' * 5' oval :-)
This is an electric train set, there are no batteries. I think you are thinking of a different set, the Ready To Play Set. That is totally different set. More just like a cheap toy set.
@@seanstraindepot Thank you :-) I'm new to the miniature train world, and got confused on the battery for sound vs the overall set being powered with a normal plug. It's almost impossible from basic google searches to know there even is a different version from the ready-to-play set *eek*
The RTR (Ready to Run) sets comes with everything. Track, transformer, electric train and are more realistic looking, with smoke, sound, remote. The Ready to Play sets are just battery operated plastic engines, with plastic track and meant for very small children more as toys.
My train has an issue with the app not letting my train stream my voice to the train have you had that issue because I’m thinking of sending it in to Lionel and see if they can fix it or just give me a new engine
Hi Sean, Overall a nice video, but you keep saying "England". The Hogwarts Express is based on a specific train in Scotland called "The Jacobite". You can say 'Britain' or 'UK' if you'd like to refer to these locomotives being used across the whole United Kingdom, but not England... especially when the example in question is a Scottish train. ;)
We did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker, and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. Gary
We did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker, and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. Gary
Flying Scotsman (no definite article in British locomotive names unless "The" is actually on the nameplate as in Regimental names) is a 3-cylinder 4-6-2 of the London North Eastern Railway, whereas the Hall class used in the Harry Potter movies is a Great Western 2-cylinder 4-6-0. Totally different.
For what could have been a nice set it is spoiled by under length coaches and dare I say a gap you could have driven a train through between the engine and tender. Also why put a bell on it. British engines never had bells on them.
It was around 420.00 for the Main set and the 2 add-on cars. Prices can vary depending on where you buy it. But that was a few years ago, so of course everything has gone up.
The Hall class was a precursor to the Stanier 'Black Five' along with the Thompson B1 and BR Standard 5MT 4-6-0 were the first true mixed traffic engines.
@@vengefuljester2090 The Hall was itself a mixed-traffic development of the express passenger Saint class, with slightly smaller driving wheels and more modern fittings.
We did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker, and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. Gary
Sean, we did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. You did a great video. The mth European engines are not in our budget, so like you, this engine is a nice alternative. Gary
Thank you Sean for another spectacular video!
Sean, I think lionel needs to send you engines etc to review because you do the best review on CZcams sir!!
Thank you for these very informative videos, help make the buying experience much easier.
Interesting factoid, for the films the whistle on the Olton Hall is overdubbed with a chime whistle from an LNER A4 pacific (which is used on the model too).
A Great Western Hall has two "peanut" style whistles, one high pitched that is used as usual, and and another of a lower pitch that is used to signal the guard (conductor) back in the coaches of a passenger train on or the brake van on a goods train.
Also, British engines do NOT have bells, except in cases where they have visited the USA and been presented with them to conform to US law.
Yeah they aren't accurate models in the Lionchief line, more just for the play value.
The GWR King George V locomotive has a bell. She is preserved at the NRM... As a child a long time ago I recall her ringing the bell as she arrived at Paddington...
Not only the A4 chime was in the movie, the Brittana whistle was used in different parts
@@tomyrail7468its true 👍
Cool set and a nice review!
Thanks for sharing.
Really nice train layout, and great product review.
Nice video and a thumbs up. Also Happy Holidays to you and all your subscribers.
LED lights don’t cost much now so no excuse for Lionel not using them.
MTH used to have a fair selection of European rollingstock in O gauge .
My mother's father was a English train driver in the 1930's. So he would be at home driving a train very much like the Hogwarts express.
Merry Christmas the potters 🎄
Great service...thank you sir!
Merry Christmas
The whistle sounds more like a European train whistle than the 1st sets. This old prewar & postwar guy likes it.
OMG I used to have this lol.
Idk where it is now :(
did you buy all of them? wow that is awesome. those are in my christmas wishlist
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We did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker, and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. Gary
Good news: you can buy the dementors car and one more, which is car 99720, online.
We did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. Gary
Hallows eve express, Hogwarts Express, Shakespeare express and now the Christmas train.
Sean, this is an off topic question but I'm looking at your logging train at the 14:03 point and i was wondering where you came up with them. I'm planning an Upper Michigan logging scene and somethhing like that would fit right in. Thanks in advance.
Those are Lionel Logging Disconnect Cars. Do a search on Lionel's website. The engine is the Lionel Legacy Heisler's they released a year or two ago.
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Lionel has made several Hall Class locomotives besides the Hogwarts Express. The Shakespeare Express was a conventional transformer controlled set featuring the Kinslet Hall locomotive in Great Western livery. The Albert Hall set was a Lionchief set in Great Western colors. There was also a Victorian Christmas Lionchief set with a red engine and red and green cars. There were two seperate sale conventional North Pole Central Hall Class Santa's Flyer locomotive, one red and one green. There was a conventional Hallows Eve Express locomotive in black with orange trim. I think there's a Lionchief set in the 2020 catalog.
Yup, in 2020 Lionel cataloged the "Witherslack Hall" set which was LionChief equipped and came in British Railways instead of a Great Western livery. However it was cancelled due to not enough pre-orders. I have the Shakespeare Express but the Albert Hall has eluded me.
Hi awesome train ..
Quick question : is it possible for the train to start moving forward realisticly slow or does it burst forward ? Thank you
Only the Lionel Legacy and Lion Chief Plus and Plus 2.0 engines that have speed control can start a crawl. These Lionchief sets (which are starter sets) cannot do super slow crawl. They kind of take off.
Cool set up. Are you a retailer as well. Looking for some g scale structures.
Great video and a cracking layout. My only criticism is the bell. Our british engines dont use them. Otherwise the engines great
Yeah they put the bell sound on all the Ready to Run sets whether the engine would have had it or not. HAHA, it is more for kids. But the scale models would be more accurate.
As we say in America, “With all the bells and whistles.”
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Did they skip car 99722 because the dementor car is 723
i want the lionchief version and regular version
I Gunna get this and a continual one to make into henrey
Sean, I just bought the Hogwarts Express loco from Lionel. I am having some issues with the Pilot truck rubbing on the forward most drive wheel when going around 036 curves. Have you experienced this if you have any 036 curves?
No I have not, but I don't have any curves that tight. I looked at mine and it looks like it would have enough room even on tight curves. Can you return it to your dealer?
@@seanstraindepot I called Lionel today and they offered to ship in to Charlotte to look at it. I don't see where any adjustments can be made. The wheel flanges flat out scrub each other in the turn. It's really odd. We'll see what Lionel says.
Also, the forward wheel on the pilot truck (on the inside of the turn) is beginning to rub a groove on the inside of the cylinder casting. Something is definitely wrong.
@@bubbaskywalker3129 perhaps the factory drilled the hole for the pilot truck too far back. I’d exchange it if possible.
@@seanstraindepot Definitely going to look into it. Thanks! Always enjoy the variety on your channel. Good taste in cars too! 👍🏻
Very nice.
We did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker, and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. Gary
Can you make a video about all of your passengers car and all of the other ones and see what will happen
What's the MSRP?
I have the poler Express Lionel train and it has a metal tender
Hi! Where can we buy this kit?🤩😍
Hello my friend,
Good evening,
I am interested in buying a complete set of trains, but I would not only want the classic circumference but also have the option to change from one line to another, I would also like to have level changes, etc. I am Cuban, my mother's family were railway workers, in specific my grandfather was in Chicago in the 1940s, he was superintendent of the Ciro Redondo House in Villa Clara, Cuba; his eldest son is a great mechanical engineer who currently works in the Canadian railway industry. Please, would you help me to buy a good set of trains for my son? I would deeply appreciate it.
Best regards! 🙏
I really wish they would sell a couple British trains ngl
😍😍😍
To clear up a few things, 1 there is no need for a caboose as there is a brake coach (combination car) 2 this isn't anything like the flyingscotsman 3 this is a real engine yes but it isn't used as the engine it is in real life (Olton hall) and JK Rowling created the Hogwarts Express especially for Harry Potter and it has nothing to do with Thomas and Friends.
Further to clarify, the combination coach should be at one end of the rake, not in the middle, with the Guard's/luggage compartment outwards. The whole model is actually quite accurate, except for the coaches being shortened (fewer windows) to take the tight curves.
What would be a good caboose car for this set? I don't think Lionel makes one specific to Harry Potter.
They don't really have cabooses as it is a passenger train.
The equivalent of a caboose is the compasate or brake coach
Hey Sean you missed a styrofoam block, under the chassis on the forward wheels.
It wouldn't run with that block in, it was removed before I ran it.
Do you know how long the train will run before the batteries need to be changed? I'd like it to run all day! And if there's track extensions to make it go from a 6' * 4' oval to a 10' * 5' oval :-)
Thank you so much for this great review btw!
This is an electric train set, there are no batteries. I think you are thinking of a different set, the Ready To Play Set. That is totally different set. More just like a cheap toy set.
@@seanstraindepot Thank you :-)
I'm new to the miniature train world, and got confused on the battery for sound vs the overall set being powered with a normal plug. It's almost impossible from basic google searches to know there even is a different version from the ready-to-play set *eek*
The RTR (Ready to Run) sets comes with everything. Track, transformer, electric train and are more realistic looking, with smoke, sound, remote. The Ready to Play sets are just battery operated plastic engines, with plastic track and meant for very small children more as toys.
There 5 announcing when it moves
Fantastic review, what price retail are they
According to the Lionel website, it’s $419.99
My train has an issue with the app not letting my train stream my voice to the train have you had that issue because I’m thinking of sending it in to Lionel and see if they can fix it or just give me a new engine
I think that depends on the year of the engine, not all are able to do it depending on when it was made. The voice control came later.
Hi Sean, Overall a nice video, but you keep saying "England". The Hogwarts Express is based on a specific train in Scotland called "The Jacobite". You can say 'Britain' or 'UK' if you'd like to refer to these locomotives being used across the whole United Kingdom, but not England... especially when the example in question is a Scottish train. ;)
Great info, thanks for correcting me!
The composite coach or break coach as it’s known as most of the time is the wrong way around
Is it supposed to be near the front of the engine?
can you get the ho gauge with all the bells and whistles
Usually no. There are some sets but there super expensive and you need a certain controller for them.
All so i have lego hogwarts express
Hello! Can This go around a christmas tree or is it too big?
yes it can
It is a shame they did not use the correct whistle sound for the engine.
That whistle sound was specific only for the movie the real train does not sound like that
I love trains
Very cool review. Thank you for sharing. Is there a bell on it?
There is a bell sound
We did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker, and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. Gary
How many drops do you put in the smoke unit?
The instructions should tell you but these have small reservoirs so I would say 8 max should be plenty.
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We did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker, and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. Gary
@@TheTrainboard now that’s awesome!! 👏
What's that watch thing on your wrist?
camera control
Its like the harrypotter train😂
What train store did you buy it at?
Nicholas Smith Trains, Broomall, PA
This my favourite train cause I like Harry Potter
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I have Lionel Hogwarts Express Set from 2007 I got other Model scales for 600.00 dollars with the rest Ho scale train stuff.
Is the hog warts express a version of the flying Scotsman? Also have you seen the Lego hogwarts express? Or the LEGO emerald night (flying Scotsman)
Fluffnose 339, nope, it’s a variation of the Great Western “Hall”.
Flying Scotsman (no definite article in British locomotive names unless "The" is actually on the nameplate as in Regimental names) is a 3-cylinder 4-6-2 of the London North Eastern Railway, whereas the Hall class used in the Harry Potter movies is a Great Western 2-cylinder 4-6-0. Totally different.
What scale is it? G scale?
O scale
For what could have been a nice set it is spoiled by under length coaches and dare I say a gap you could have driven a train through between the engine and tender. Also why put a bell on it. British engines never had bells on them.
how much did it cost you?
It was around 420.00 for the Main set and the 2 add-on cars. Prices can vary depending on where you buy it. But that was a few years ago, so of course everything has gone up.
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It kinda looks like henry
That's not henry is black 5 locomotive that's engine is a hall class steam locomotive
The Hall class was a precursor to the Stanier 'Black Five' along with the Thompson B1 and BR Standard 5MT 4-6-0 were the first true mixed traffic engines.
@@vengefuljester2090 The Hall was itself a mixed-traffic development of the express passenger Saint class, with slightly smaller driving wheels and more modern fittings.
Lumos
Klass lokomotiv.
Cheaply made that’s ashame. Made in China I’m guessing. Beautiful layout though wow
I wouldn’t be to hard on the looks being that Lionel isn’t good at replicating UK steam or Diesel engines
This one looks good, actually.
Hogwarts express she wanna my favorite movie trains in the world
You didn’t run it!
We did our unboxing and run video of the revised harry potter lionel set. We have no problems that were often noted on the older potter set. Our set was a good puff smoker, and the new dementors sound cars are real fun. Gary
@@TheTrainboard I meant after you unboxed.