Hey Dewey,
Looking at the catalog they are saying "All New."
If that means new tooling then there is a way at INCREASED cost to accommodate more than one style Consplidation at least to some degree.
It appears Lionel is basing their 2-8-0 on a Harriman standard Consolidation. Lionel maybe ,again if new tooling, go the extra cost for modularized tooling. Where the top section of the boiler can be changed out. But I would expect a greater MSRP for these probably much smaller sales items.
But also to gain at least some of the Southern 630 looks the smoke box front would have to be drilled for the bell mounting bracket and the headlight would have to be lowered on a bracket with a brow on the light.
These changes would make it more Southern albeit not completely.
The only way to get it completely Southern is with a lot of tooling. And I doubt if there would be enough purchase interest to pay the price.
Ron
