The picture showing the Lionel 2245 v. the "scale" Texas Special is a bit misleading. The Lionel 2245 was an F-3 and the "scale" was an E-7. The 2000 HP E-7's were much bigger than the 1500HP F-3s inasmuch as the E7 had two prime movers, whereas the F-3 had one. Lionel's F-3 was in fact pretty close to scale.
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