Those Geeps, which Lionel produced over the course of a number of years in different road names, are known for their great sounds, which are still considered excellent today.
Lionel made gradual additions as production went on (the more recent versions added diecast fuel tanks and pilots, cab interiors with crew figures, electrocouplers, RailSounds improvements and additions [like crew talk] as those became available, etc.
These engines are about as bulletproof as you can get, and from even a short distance away it's pretty hard to tell a "scale" version Geep from these so- called traditional Geeps (which are scale sized as well, of course).
They're also fun because it's possible, and easy, to swap shells with earlier Geeps, such as MPC versions, to get additional road names, and make an easy conversion to TMCC and R/S.
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