Pat, I did look at the Lionel L3a. Even owned one at one time. The chassis has the correct looking wheels and driver size. The boiler is a ways off as far as details. The USRA boiler is closer. The Rutland was a pretty uncluttered clean looking loco. It featured a straight running board which neither have. The USRA shell on a Mohawk chassis would look good but still not close to correct. I have a MTH L3a. I may just throw the shell on it to see how it looks if it will fit. I’m just going for probably the least evasive way to do it for now and get some of it close to correct. Down the road if it looks good on the MTH chassis I may seek out a Lionel version and re motor it. I think I’m going to have to settle for close enough. I don’t want to go to crazy on the engine seeing that the tender is still not going to be correct. They used the standard small NYC tender. The closest I’ve seen is the MTH one that came on some Pacifics. Even that needs some work.
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