Subway Car Measurements

marshelangeloOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Hey Forum Members:

I hope everyone had a great time at York last week. I'm contemplating adding on another subway set onto my layout while I'm in the planning stage and my question pertains to the dimensions of Lionel Subway Cars. I have both the QJ (Red) and E (Silver & Blue) sets, they presently are way under my train table and would require a herculean attempt at this present time to get them out to gather info on the dimensions. I'm probably going to have go purchase an MTH subway set because Lionel doesn't appear to be planning any sets soon. I have the dimensions of MTH subway cars (13 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 3 3/8") but I can't recall the measurements of Lionel's cars. Does anyone by chance have this info ? It would be appreciated. I don't want to purchase any cars that would be smaller in size to the two sets that I have. Thanks

MARSHELANGELO

10/24/184:09 PM

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bluelinec4OGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBERMEMORIAL SUPPORTER

This is from the Lionel website 60 inches for the 4 car set 15 each car

Features

LEGACY Control System equipped—able to run in LEGACY Control mode, in Command Control mode, or in Conventional mode with standard transformer
LEGACY RailSounds sound system featuring:
- CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements
- Sounds and effects digitally recorded from actual subway
- Legacy "Real-Time Quilling Horn" control with instant response for realistic signature "quilling"
Odyssey II Speed Control with On/Off switch
Passenger car doors open by remote control
Authentically detailed interiors
Directional lighting including prototypical marker lights
Lighted destination and route boards on front and sides
Dual powerful maintenance-free motors with momentum flywheels
Die-cast metal trucks

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Rail Line: NYC Transit
Gauge: O Gauge
Scale Type: Scale
Brand: Lionel
Min Curve: O36
Dimensions: Set Length: 60"
Most Recent Catalog: 2009 Lionel Volume II

10/26/188:37 AM

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marshelangeloOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Thanks BLUELINEC4, I had come upon the same info about the 4 car set being 60", and did the math per car. Now I just got to fully recover from York and decide which set to purchase. I guess that close approximations between the 3 sets of trains won't appear greatly different, so I just gotta get a set. Thanks for the reply, I just happen to be skimming thru the forum and decided to see if anyone had replied to my posts and saw your response, Thanks again, I appreciate it. MARSHELANGELO

10/30/183:49 PM

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