{"product_id":"lionel-2431030-erie-vision-triplex-5015-steam-locomotive-o-scale-like-new","title":"Lionel 2431030 Erie VISION Triplex #5015 steam locomotive O SCALE Like New","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduct Title: \u003c\/b\u003eLionel 2431030 Erie VISION Triplex #5015 steam locomotive O SCALE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eManufacturer: \u003c\/b\u003eLionel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScale: \u003c\/b\u003eO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font - weight: 400; \" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font - weight: 400; \"\u003e Item Condition: C-8, Box Condition P-8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOperational Status: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font - weight: 400; \" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font - weight: 400; \"\u003eThis item has been tested, and the item is fully operational.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTCA Condition\/Grading Standards: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font - weight: 400; \" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font - weight: 400; \"\u003eC-8: Like New—Complete All Original: no rust, no missing parts; may show effects of being on display and\/or age; may have been run.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTCA Box Grading Standards: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font - weight: 400; \" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font - weight: 400; \"\u003eP-8: Like New: Complete and all original. Evidence of light use and aging, additional notations since leaving publisher or manufacturer. Contents of box may be missing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eListing Notes: tested and works well\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhotos: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font - weight: 400; \" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font - weight: 400; \"\u003eActual item pictured. Any stock image is included for reference only.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- used-item-notice --\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"border: 1px solid #c9c9c9; border-radius: 6px; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 16px 0; background: #f7f7f7;\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlease Read: Pre-Owned Item Notice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis item is pre-owned. We make every effort to describe each used item accurately and completely, but we may occasionally miss something. Please review the photos and description carefully before purchasing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe item pictured is the item you will receive.\u003c\/b\u003e Our photos show the exact item for sale, not a representative example. Any manufacturer stock image is included for reference only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMany of our used items come to us from collections. Occasionally an item may have been stored in the wrong box (for example, an RPO car in a combine car's box), or small detail parts and accessories may be missing that we did not know were originally included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eManufacturer information may not reflect the actual product.\u003c\/b\u003e The manufacturer details below are taken from the manufacturer's published information, which is not always accurate. For example, some passenger cars were advertised - and even boxed - as including passenger figures but shipped without them, and the manufacturer's website was never corrected. Paint schemes and liveries may also differ from the manufacturer's website and stock photos. Where the photos and the manufacturer information disagree, the photos show what you will receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSee something wrong with this listing?\u003c\/b\u003e Let us know what looks incorrect and we will review it and correct the listing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:customerservice@bradystrains.com?subject=Listing%20Quality%20Issue%20-%202431030%20Lionel%202431030%20Erie%20VISION%20Triplex%20%235015%20steam%20locomotive%20O%20SCALE\u0026amp;body=Item%3A%20Lionel%202431030%20Erie%20VISION%20Triplex%20%235015%20steam%20locomotive%20O%20SCALE%0D%0ASKU%3A%202431030%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat%20looks%20wrong%20with%20this%20listing%3A%0D%0A\" style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 8px 16px; border-radius: 4px; background: #333333; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eReport a Listing Issue\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eManufacturer Information:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEries Triplex locomotives - machines so big they inspire, intrigue, and move the mind as much as they could move freight. Built in an era when the compound Mallet design was just coming onto the scene, the Triplex took the concept a step further in attempt to use not only the locomotives weight but also that of the tender for traction. On paper at least, the locomotives could put 89% of their loaded weight to use and pull a train 5 miles long. They were so powerful that you couldnt put enough weight behind them to truly test it without breaking couplers and by some accounts remain the most powerful locomotives ever built. The first Triplex entered service in 1914 as number 2603 and named after a prominent and recently retired engineer on the Erie, Matt H. Shay. The locomotive was as much of a marketing statement for the Erie as it was motive power. The locomotive performed well enough that two more were delivered in 1916 with only a few minor modifications from the original. The three were assigned as helper engines on the Susquehanna Division - best known as the line over Starrucca Viaduct. The Triplex was a compound Mallet, with high pressure steam going to the center pair of pistons first. The left piston exhausted steam to the front pair of pistons and the right to the rear which powered the wheels under the tender. The locomotives were also unique in that both the high- and low-pressure pistons were the same size, using different valve sizes to accommodate the changes in pressure. Predictably, the problem with these large beasts was not power, but appetite. The boiler would struggle to keep up pressure against the consumption of six cylinders - even if it was only directly feeding two. And although there were elements in the design to compensate for variable traction under the tender as fuel was consumed, as it ran light wheel slipping could be an issue. The locomotives stayed in service until as late as 1933. Only the Virginian made another attempt at a Triplex with a single locomotive. It was rebuilt as a smaller 2-8-8-2 soon after, however. While not a major success, they were certainly not a failure as far as experimental steam designs are concerned. More accurately, they were truly too big for their time. It would have been interesting to see the concept revisited a few decades later when technology had improved and train weights increased, but alas it never came to be. To bring this locomotive back to the O Scale market as anything less than a VISION LINE model would be a crime! We have packed every inch of this massive machine with amazing features including the all-new wheel slip simulation. If your labor rate gets too high or the fuel is running low, watch out! Those rear wheels might just start to slip. Not just a sound effect this time, the tender drive wheels have independent motor control and will actually slip under the right conditions. And when the wheels slip, of course the sounds and smoke will follow along. Other notable features include whistle steam effects, a swinging bell, road-number specific crew talk and 4-digit addressing. Weve also made several tooling changes to model both the \"production\" models of 5015 and 5016 and the prototype Matt H. Shay.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Few locomotives will make a bigger impression than the Triplex.\u003cbr\u003e PREMIUM FEATURES: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNEW Wheel Slip! - Tender wheels slip on user command\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4-Digit Addressing when using the Base3\/Cab3 control system\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMulti-speaker stereophonic sounds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSmokebox and tender steam\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhistle Steam\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSwinging Bell\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLEGACY® RailSounds including Separate boiler and tender chuffs and road number specific crew talk\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRear ElectroCoupler\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOptional non-scale front dummy coupler and conversion to scale working couplers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRoad number specific detailing\u003c\/li\u003e ADDITIONAL LEGACY FEATURES: \u003cli\u003eLEGACY® Control System equipped – able to run in LEGACY® Control mode, in TrainMaster Command Control mode, or in Conventional mode with a standard transformer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBluetooth® Control - Operate with Universal Remote or LionChief® App\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLionel Voice Control (LVC) - run your locomotive by speaking commands into your phone via LionChief® App\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOdyssey® II Speed Control\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIR Transmitter that works with LCS SensorTrack™\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePowerful maintenance-free motors with momentum flywheel\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDirectional lighting including operating headlight and back-up light on rear of tender, where applicable\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBi-color illuminated classification lights on the front of locomotive where applicable. Using a Legacy controller, change the color of the classification lights between white or green\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraction tires\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInterior illumination in cab\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDie-cast metal locomotive body, pilot, and trucks\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDie-cast metal tender body and trucks\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHigh level of separately applied metal details\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSeparately applied builders plate\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSynchronized fan-driven smoke units\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdjustable smoke output\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAuthentically detailed cab interior\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCab \"glass\" windows\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew engineer and fireman figures\u003c\/li\u003e LEGACY® RailSounds® sound system featuring: \u003cli\u003eCrewTalk™ dialog with different scenarios depending on whether the locomotive is in motion or stopped\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTrainSounds that mimic operating dialog when the locomotive is in motion or stopped\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSix official railroad speeds with CrewTalk dialog\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDynaChuff™ synchronized with 32 levels of intensity as the locomotive gains speed\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLEGACY® \"Real-Time Quilling Whistle\" control with instant response for realistic signature \"quilling\" and correctly timed warning signals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5 Different whistles to choose from for a more customized experience.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSingle hit or continuous mechanical bell sounds - 5 levels of bell pitching for customized sounds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSequence Control: plays the sound effects of an entire trip, including warning sounds and announcements, based on the movement and speed of the locomotive\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCurrent speed and fuel dialog, coal or oil loading sound effects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Minimum Radius: O72\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dimensions: Length: 27 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gauge: O Gauge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Year Shipped: 2024\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Road Name: Erie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Engine: Steam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Power: Electric\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Road Number: 5015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lionel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67232403816689,"sku":"2431030","price":2400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0331\/2330\/3564\/files\/430b1141d151dd8d56cca67d0376b078.jpg?v=1792098585","url":"https:\/\/bradystrains.com\/products\/lionel-2431030-erie-vision-triplex-5015-steam-locomotive-o-scale-like-new","provider":"Brady's Train Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}