Lionel 20th Century Limited Smithsonian 21" 3-Rail cars?

Here they are, MWAX516, as part of a train, headed by a scale Lionel Dreyfuss, which includes several cars by MTH.

(I like mixed-consists.)

FrankM

Thanks for the reply. So the 3-rail 21" smithsonian cars do exist! Do you happen to know the SKU numbers of the cars? How much does each smithsonian passenger car weigh? 

FRANK - Where in NJ are you based? I am in NYC. Would love to come see that awesome looking layout sometime! -Mike

I had the Dreyfus with the roller base, I passed on the cars because they were $500 each and there were 13 cars. That was 20 years ago, even today that's a lot for toy trains. :-)

The Lionel brochure (see http://www.kohs.com/FAM_Passenger_Car_Reference.html) mentions Prototypic wheel tread profile which I assume is incompatible with 3-rail.

Regards

Fred

Those trucks alone make me want those cars! Wow.

I see that GGD has listed that some of the new releases will have BB trucks?

Yes.

The cars I have seen go in auction for over 1,200.00 a piece. They are rare as hens teeth and go for high dollars!

Thanks for the replies everyone. Im still a little bit confused as I believe the photos above are 2-rail cars. Did they for certain make this in 3-rail and if so what are the SKU numbers? Any info is greatly appreciated! 

Never made , the 2 rail Smithsonian are very heavy ,matter of fact I seen a 13 car set and the Dreyfus would not even pull them .buy a set of GoldenGate if you can find them .