Hi All:
Got a long time train friend in his late 70s that recently became a widower. It's been a few months now since is wife has passed, and he feels his life needs a change. He is going to experiment returning to 3-rail for the first time since he was a lad. He feels (and I agree) that doing so will give him some goals and tasks to accomplish as well as personal satisfaction and entertainment. He's interested in this product:
https://www.lionel.com/product...-mikado-4978-2332060
He already has a modest track plan/layout concept in mind that he saw in another toy train publication and/or via Google searching, and it looks very attainable to me.
I don't know enough about contemporary offerings to help him with any answers, so I thought I would turn to y'all to see if you can help school me.
What I'm wondering is if the linked engine will be closer in size to a 736 Berkshire or a scale USRA Light 2-8-2?
Anyway, I would very much appreciate some input. It's been a LONG time since he's been exposed to 3-rail and a LOT has changed since he was lad in the 1950s.
Andre
