Reply to "My Dad's Last Loco, 1944, Southern #4526"

Ted SOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

The 18018 Mikado is definitely the closest model to the loco in the photo. Lionel made better-running versions of that loco with a Pittman motor and Odyssey speed control, RailSounds 4, etc., right up to the release of the Legacy system circa 2007. I don't have my catalogs handy, but were any of the Odyssey versions painted for the Southern Railway? (and since the Mikados were freight locos, they would have been black, not Crescent Limited apple green!)

If you don't want to tackle a custom paint job and money isn't an object, you could probably buy both and swap shells. Sell the leftovers on the Forum or a popular auction site. One snag will be the TMCC antenna (because the handrails probably aren't insulated on the 1992 model.) My $.02.

7/11/191:07 PM

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