I posted some comments in a prior thread about the Lionel 6-18149 Veranda that is was originally going to use a stackable motor design. I finally got a chance to look through my stash of Lionel Catalogs from past years, and finally found the "Lionel Heritage 1998" catalog that contains the first appearance of the Veranda and that it was going to have the new design "Odyssey" DC brushless motor, and that the motors could be stacked for more power. I have scanned a few pages of this catalog. In the write up on pages 1 and 2 talks about the new motor and how proud Lionel was not to use some off-the-shelf DC can motor. Page 3 talks about the new "Odyssey" motor, and if you look at the rendering of the motor, you can see how the bottom of the Odyssey motor looks like it could nest into the top of another Odyssey motor. On the right hand side of Page 6, in the black border, it states the Veranda was to have the new Pullmor Odyssey Open Frame Brushless Motor with 4 Motors in two powerstacks.
