I believe this MTH Penn C Liner proto 3 issue was 2015. It’s really quite nice. I hope your expected Lionel/MTH model is as good. This pilot is better than Many MTH Models. It has pretty nice narrow gap. Perhaps only the MTH D&H “Shark” is better. It can Almost pass as a fixed plot model - and it’s a proto 2 vintage model.
Cheers !!! 🙂