@CAPPilot posted:Only the two prototype T1s were long nose with skirting. This is the version MTH made thousands of.
The 50 production engines did not have shirting. When built, half had portholes over the pilots, half did not have the portholes. After a couple of years, I think all portholes were removed and all production engines soon looked like Lionel’s scale T1 from 2000.
Of the four variants of the T1, the version that has not been made in O is the prototype engine (long nose) without skirting.
I personally would like Lionel to do a VL version of their 2000 engine. Maybe also do two different fronts for one with portholes and one without.
Ron, I really like what you are saying here. I would buy at least two versions of this engine, that is whichever is not the clown colored ones that didn't ever exist. I really like the look of these T1's, I actually got a card a number of years ago along with other cards. I think they were from something like a Railroad Encyclopedia or such. I forget where I tucked them. I do know that the Big Boy was one of the other cards, along with the GG1 and a Diesel. I don't remember what the other was, just remember that there was five of them.
