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Thanks for posting that. I certainly remember those days when Lionel was advertising its new motor and the speed control that would come with it. I also remember the uncertainty when it was apparent that the motor was not going to be made, and how would Lionel get speed control into its engines? Luckily it all worked out, although the Veranda was delayed for a couple of years as I recall. Those were some exciting times at the York meet as well, as Lionel and MTH were competing and around that time Lionel announced that TMCC would be made available to other manufacturers.
If you look at the picture of the Lionel group you'll see a much younger Bob Grubba who went on to Broadway Limited. The gentleman kneeling with the longer red hair was named Rich (can't remember his last name), and he came to York a couple of times to demonstrate the new Legacy system to attendees when it was first released. I wonder how many of the people in that picture are still with the company?
It would have been neat to see how an Odyssey motor that could be stacked would have worked, and it's fun to look at older catalogs to see what manufacturers wanted to do at a certain time. Thanks again for sharing!
