BUT ITS STILL TOO HIGH! by about 1/16"+. Look at the wheels on the 2 different units. That is a big part of the extra height, the whole unit is a tad too high. The side frames sit farther off the rail on the Legacy unit, but the body is still a tad too high off the truck itself.
Now I'm getting anal I know, but I think I'm going to cut down the body mounting posts. There's only 8 of them! lol
Was just re-reading this entire thread to give myself a better understanding of the whole thing (age related 'lack of retention') and noticed your comment about the wheels themselves being too big. You're correct as I discovered by looking at both units from below. The Legacy wheels are noticeably larger overall!
Come on Lionel - wouldn't you think for reasons of economy they would have used the same wheels et. al. for an E7 as they did for the beautiful E6s?
Were these units manufactured by different sub-contractors perhaps?
Also like your comment about the gap being expected on 0-27 type trains, NOT a Legacy scale locomotive!
