K-Line Shay (conventional?)

colorado hirailerOGR Forum Member

I saw one of these in an auction, and it was a two-truck (what I want..not a three-truck) but wonder if it is conventional..I think so..as that is what I will buy..? I prefer Heislers, but the only one in 3 rail is three-truck and not

conventional.... Anybody have and is running these? How do you like it..

any problems? I vaguely remember when these were offered but passed them up as they were not Heislers. Since there is not much hope for a small two-truck Heisler, I need to take another look at these...

But with K-Line gone, what about service if you need it?

Anybody know what happened to Maury Klein after the K-Line melt-down? Used to see him at York...

3/30/122:57 PM

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BradAOGR Forum Member

I would suggest its either conv or TMCC; Lionel dealers are likely to service it. Personally, I have a 3 truck birch, the heisler and have ordered the legacy Weyerhaueser. I would wait and get a Legacy model as it will run slower and closer to the originals... Coming in a month---

3/30/123:11 PM

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Southwest HiawathaOGR Forum Member

Lionel will also be selling Shays with conventional operation. They appear to be made on the same tooling as the K-Line.

Brasseur Trains is the go-to place for K-Line service. The Shay is a pain to work on because so much stuff is crammed into a small space.

3/30/128:52 PM

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loco-danOGR Forum Member

I have the K-Line 2-truck TMCC shay. It is my favorite engine and my slowest smoothest running engine. They push 4 diecast cars up a 7% grade and don't blink. My Heisler is no match for it, 2 diecast cars and it's speed varys whether up vs down. The new Lionel 2-truck shays are based on the K-Line tooling. They also run very good but I haven't been able to abuse one.

Dan

3/30/1210:34 PM

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