Hey all,
(I hope I put this in the correct forum category)
So I am looking at building, with some accuracy, a roster of passenger cars that NS owns and/or would have used on the 21st Century Steam Program and their OCS trains. I have not seen the prototype cars in real life, and I have not seen the Lionel cars. I have seen the MTH and they look good. I have been doing research, and, while I know that there have been changes to the roster, I am looking more at the for the overall accuracy between the cars offered by Lionel and MTH. Here are my questions…
- Both MTH and Lionel have offerings differ in length. MTH cars are 70’ (or about 17”) while the Lionel are a full 21”. Which is closer to the real length?
- As far as car type , which one (Lionel or MTH) matches the real cars better?
I already have an MTH tool car for my 611 J Class, so I am not worried about that. Looking at the regular cars. And yes, I do understand there is a cost difference, but we will keep that our of this post as I am just asking about accuracy. Oh, and BTW, these would be scale cars, not O-gauge.
I hope that all makes sense.
Thank you all in advance,
Carl
