PRRMP54 posted:VistaDomeScott posted:Lionel made an HHP-8, a much less popular or successful locomotive.
I bought that set, the HHP-8 lasted just about an hour and a half. A friend who worked for Amtrak said that Lionel got that right; the real ones were not too reliable. Note that it was quite a few years after I bought it that I started to run it.
The first HHP-8 by Lionel was horrible. I returned mine after much ado. Mike Reagan sold me a second version with TMCC and upgraded motors while I was at a Canfield Lionel openhouse. That loco has been great. I wish I had a MARC Rail version