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rdunniii posted:

Simon Winter posted:

rdunniii posted:

FAM produced all the Lionel Smithsonian passenger cars in 1/48.

On that subject, I see some called/listed as FAM and some as Lionel Smithsonian. From what I read, FAM produced the Smithsonian stuff in both 2 and 3 rail, and then additional 2R cars were imported under FAM. Anyone care to expand on/correct this???

Thanks,

Simon

 

All Lionel Smithsonian passenger cars are 2-rail.  The Hudsons were done in both 2 and 3-rail (by FAM).  After FAM delivered the cars to Lionel they marketed additional cars under the FAM name.  Additionally, they took the 20th Century cars and repurposed them as Broadway limited cars.  Worked for the sleepers but not for the observation or the lounge cars.  A bit of a disaster ensued over those.  And the Broadway diner and RPO were never done in 1/48 (only 1/32) by FAM.

THANKS MUCH!

Simon