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First off all, sorry for my English, I'm French. I have just bought the locomotive lionel Santa fe lionchief 0-8-0, and immediately I have noticed that the Loco is not very heavy, only 1,100 kg! I don't understand why, because all parts are in diecast, or lionel is using aluminum now?

For comparaison, the 4-6-0 Williams which has the Same length  has a weight of 1,500kg, so 400gr more than the lionel.

Has anybody an idea of the problem on the lionel locomotive? How can we explain this?

Thank you very much.

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The Lionchief USRA 0-8-0 is an "entry-level" model, and much of it is plastic, but not all. Lionel does make a "premium" 0-8-0 that is all zinc, including the tender. It is heavier. Larger motor; more features; probably thicker die-cast sub-assemblies. The two locos represent the same prototype, but the tooling is not shared. The premium model is better-detailed, but the Lionchief is not bad on that score.

The Williams loco is all die-cast. Its tender is plastic.

(Your English is just fine, by the way. Better than some natives that I know.)

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