Good morning Arnold and John,
New York Central F-12 4-6-0 ten-wheeler #1232 is a Lionel Legacy model made in 2021 (2131070) with MSRP $749.99. The model is very nice and runs well but the catalog shows dark graphite-colored smokebox and firebox - not the light gray that it has. Lionel shows one color in its catalog and delivers another. Things like this have made me reluctant to buy or pre-order new Lionel trains. Instead, I’ve taken to buying older models from forum sponsor Trainz.
Locomotive #1232 was built by Alco Schenectady in October 1905 as F-2 #2098. It was superheated around 1917, renumbered to #819 in 1936 and to #1232 in 1948. Tractive force was 31,020 pounds with locomotive weight (engine/loaded tender) about 238,000 pounds. Ten-wheelers operated on the New York Central’s Putnam Division until September 1951 and #1232 was retired in July 1952.
Shown on my 12’-by-8’ layout.
MELGAR
