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@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:
I thought all of that was due to the lawsuit? Plus no tooling to boot, so no Dreyfuss (also Class A and Pennsy T1), unless I got my timelines mixed up?

I don't want to get too off topic but yes you are correct. Lionel has not made a Dreyfuss Hudson, scale Class A, and scale T1 since all those molds were used as examples of illegal appropriation of trade secrets. That is why in the 2010s Lionel could make the lionmaster Class A and lionmaster T1 since the molds were made post-lawsuit.

In response to Skip and Thomas, if I remember correctly, the ESE Hudson molds and tooling were not used in the lawsuit so they could use them without fear of litigation. I suspect that Lionel wont make a new 20th Century limited since the cost of new molds outweighs the predicted profit or they might get handed another lawsuit if they use the older mold.

Bryce

4/14/219:20 AM

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