Originally Posted by mtnhi7:
Hey Lionel -- how about making a scale Legacy Southern Pacific 2-8-0 or 2-8-2? With Pyle National headlight, SP marker lights and number boards in the correct positions, Vanderbilt oil tender (or even a rectangular oil tender), and a proper whistle - like from SP2472.
As much as I would also like a CORRECT SP 2-8-2, there isn't much chance of either Lionel nor MTH ever making one of these, because it is an exclusive locomotive to ONLY the SP. Thus, Lionel or MTH could not use the model to offer any other railroad names.