Want to say thanks to all of you that have offered input.
Sounds as if the LionChief line of products is exactly like postwar: Some smaller, some near scale.
My friend is a rivet counter by nature, so it's going to be interesting to see if he can accept a more "free flowing" approach to 3-rail, or if he ends up going with scale dimension equipment... or opts out all together. On the one hand he talks like he's looking forward to the relaxed approach that can be found in 3-rail, but on the other he bemoans the way Lionel does things, i.e., the way Lionel isn't overly meticulous with scale fidelity in some of their offerings.
Zeke:
Thanks for those pictures. They help me to "see" the size of the LionChief 2-8-2 (and it is a very nice looking engine), but I'm not too sure he understand the differences you get into when dealing with 3 rail and dealing with "traditional sized", or "near scale", or "scale sized".
Andre
