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The 3rd Rail S2 is brass vs Lionel's die-cast.  3rd Rail's S2 and Lionel's first scale S2 (6-18???) are conventional, Lionel's 2nd release (6-38???) was TMCC, and the last release was Legacy.  Lionel's first release did not have traction tires so was not a great puller.

3rd Rail's S2 was really Williams Trains unsold stock at their bankruptcy.  Sunset bought Williams' S2s and sold them as the first engine under the 3rd Rail brand.  Not as good a quality as all of 3rd Rail's later products.

I would go with Lionel's TMCC or Legacy versions.

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