Is the lionel lionchief CNJ camelback scale?

RaritanRiverRailroadFan4 posted:

Just wanted to know if this engine is scale or not.

Item number?

Yes, Joe it is scale sized.

Thanks Chris. For Hot Water. SKU: 6-82414

This will match well with MTH's new CNJ coaches. Assuming they are era appropriate..

The Camelback Lionel made was tooled in 1999/2000 and they just carried it over into the LC+ line

But, the Lionel catalog states ... "Scale Type: Traditional"

Traditional does not necessarily mean semi-scale?

Matt

I measured my earlier LC+ Camelback and it does have scale dimensions.  I am sure the newer one is also scale.

How can they make the Camelback any smaller?

falconservice posted:

How can they make the Camelback any smaller?

HO gauge.

Looks right to me.

They have terrific sound and operation, too..... Here's a video of one at my place....

Video Link

Yes.

I am not trying to hijack your thread but I would like to know if all contemporary camelbacks are scale.  I almost bid on a recent MTH/Railking camelback on ebay.  Do all of these 3-rail locomotives come off the same production line utilizing the same molds?  I am wanting to keep with the smaller NON-scale equipment so it is compatible with my postwar Lionel.  (I have a thread on "Size Matters" regarding the different sizes of equipment available and thought my question would be appropriate here. )

The RK CamelBack is a scale size, it just doesn't have the detailing that the more expensive models have.

Thanks.  Last question, is the Williams also scale?

Have a Lionel CNJ 4-6-0 camelback in conventional mode and it is so poorly geared that it will not go around a O31 loop of track without adjusting the throttle - would probably do better on a wide radius curve - does has good detail. Looks like the LionChief+ version solves these problems. At one time the model was to be offered in Legacy mode in a future catalogue but it never was produced - not enough preorders?

Once more do any of you know if the Williams camelback was scale?

When they make this with blue tooth I am gonna buy one. 

Not familiar with the Williams Camelback. However, if it was the brass model, it obviously was scale.