Originally Posted by Ted Sowirka:
Ted Hikel: To answer your question (from December!)... The Hudson and Lima berk were redesigned to have their motors in the firebox, where it belongs. 1,000,000 scale railroaders can't be wrong! Lionel made three colorful Pacifics (C&A, Crescent, and Blue Comet) which also had the motor in the firebox. The Crescent might have been based on K-Line tooling.
The Lionel Blue Comet and Chicago & Alton locos are derived from the tooling based on the USRA Heavy Pacific.
The Southern Crescent is definitely NOT based on any K-Line tooling, but was new from the ground up. It's a great piece.
Of course, we're talking about Pacifics now, and Ted hasn't done that compilation yet!
TRW
