bigdodgetrain posted:with this bridge being show in the 2002 catalog it just proves that even if Lionel said they made 1/48 cars they did not measure something correct.
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I'm pretty sure they never claimed the bridge was supposed to be scale or necessarily have clearance for all scale equipment.
True, they could have designed it to have a bit more clearance, but this was approached from an o gauge toy accessory standpoint (like most accessories Lionel has made).
Supposedly this accessory is pretty close (intentionally) to the design of the original post-war piece that never was produced beyond a prototype. Obviously, most of these larger rolling stock pieces did not exist back then.
Point is, I'm not so sure it's that "they did not measure something correct", more that they weren't trying to re-design the PW prototype to make it big enough to clear all modern rolling stock.
There certainly were not dual level MTH auto carriers at that point. I don't think anyone is pretending the traditional sized Evans Auto Loader car that does fit is a scale piece - it's the post war traditional design.
-Dave
