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<\/p>\nDeep dish pizza, the Cubs, and Metra – is there anything more Chicago than that? After years of hunting for a Metra F40PH to add to my collection and reminisce seeing the real thing for the few years of my childhood in Naperville, MTH offered a new PS3 Railking version in their 2019 Volume 1 catalog. Upon seeing it in the catalog, I quickly put in my pre-order to Legacy Station back in October of 2018. It arrived this week and I quickly headed over to Legacy Station to pick it up.<\/p>\n
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I’m super happy with the locomotive –\u00a0the sounds and lights are great, and the fake Chicago accent PFA announcements is pretty great!<\/p>\n
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It’s interesting to see the new Railking version next to a PS2 Premier version – the shells are sized almost identically but there’s definitely a number of add-on details on the premier version that the Railking version is lacking (as expected) – notably:<\/p>\n
– See-through radiator screens and spinning fans
\n– Windshield wipers
\n– Marker Lights
\n– Add-on steps
\n– Nose ladder hand rails<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Deep dish pizza, the Cubs, and Metra – is there anything more Chicago than that? After years of hunting for a Metra F40PH to add to my collection and reminisce seeing the real thing for the few years of my … Continue reading