@Artie-DL&W posted:No, they didn’t but the Lionel Phoebe Snow is powered by F3’s. Before the DL&W acquired the E8’s, the trains were pulled by F3’s. Oh, don’t I wish I could get the new Lionel E8’s in AA combination!
I acquired the last and only run of Erie Lackawanna E-8's made by MTH in cab #820 and #822. They put a multi chime horn on the engineers side and the single chime rear facing horn on the fireman's side like the DL&W acquired E-8's. Since the DL&W E-8's had the above mentioned horn configuration, I wish they would have used the mold with the Mars light and did the cab numbers between 810-819 as I really like the MTH Mars light.
Regardless, I am just happy MTH did produce an EL E-8 as I have full 2 sets and a single additional car of both runs of Weaver EL 20" passenger cars (two sets with silhouette window strips and two sets with green tint window strips of each) to make a 9 car consist of each by dropping the baggage and observation car from the 2nd set of each. I had to settle for pulling my Weaver EL cars with the Weaver Lackawanna E-8's previously. I look forward to running both sets on the club layout with the westbound Phoebe Snow PSA announcements E-8's and the eastbound Lake Cities PSA announcements MTH Alco PA's.
