Chuck K posted:Lionel has now confirmed that the catalogue was incorrect, and there are no scale wheels available. So I spent $500 on an engine that does not provide the functionality promised in the catalogue. Their response was "In regards to the catalogs, it is noted that any details may change during manufacturing or production."
Ahhh. The good old "disclaimer" get out of jail free card.
Two words: That sucks.
Unfortunately, there probably isn't enough interest in the U33/36C's from the hard-core scale side to encourage Lionel to make the correct scale wheelsets for the U-Boats available.
But, in a roundabout way it also confirms my suspicion that once the SD70/ES44 scale wheels in stock are exhausted, they won't be rerun.
Along those lines, I recall Ryan indicating the retooled trucks for the cylindrical hoppers will need different scale wheelsets than from the previous offerings. I wonder if those will fall by the wayside, too. Fortunately, it's not too difficult to mount MTH/SHS or AM trucks on the hopper.
Rusty
