Don't yell, but the much-maligned PW Lionel "44 Tonner" and clones is actually a fair
starting point for a GE (and others) 60 - 80 tonner, at least so far as the body shell goes.
Lionel's original tooling is not inaccurate, but it was mis-named right from the start.
Why, I don't know, as had Lionel said "60 tonner" or some such they would have been pretty close, for their market.
I have also seen this loco converted to a fair representation of a generic center-cab electric.
Getting it to sit down on the trucks can be some work, I imagine. Only the WBB version
with a modern motor would really be worth it. Sometimes these things go for $75 new -
where's the risk?
