@Strummer posted:So...to my mind, this is kind of an odd choice, is it not? Seems like a lot of effort,$$, etc on Lionel's part to tool up and offer a model of "an unsuccessful freight locomotive"...🤔
Maybe some day they will put together a nice, "short line" type of steam engine, like a low-drivered 2-8-0 or something...
Mark in Oregon
Lionel moves in mysterious ways... Look at how many Pennsy Turbines Lionel sold over the decades, an unsuccessful locomotive that was scrapped after six years.
Rusty