but falls somewhere between as "PSC gauge." I discovered that in a Precision Scale catalogue. I know of other Westside locos built in the 1970s that had the same gauge issue. Many became 'shelf queens' or stayed hidden away in their boxes rather than being used on model railway layouts...
Inevitably someone would try to run a DCS engine with TMCC or turn full power to conventional locos. I even wrote detailed instructions for each... but after one or two engines had to go in for repairs this had to change. We now have the ZW handles and tmcc controllers with power...
I jumped in deep and bought 8 locos this round, spread between SFYB, SP and UP. The major issues I see are the lifting lugs on the SF's and the vent windows on all roads. The vent window is a pretty strange set-up and since it sits flush with the car body and is about 3/32...
only single locos. It must be the New Haven Line of Metro North judging from the orange stripe on the cars. The Hudson Line usually has blue. However, they do mingle. The second loco is painted for Metro North.
I had the K-Line KCC semi-scale GG1 that I was very keen to run. When I took it out of the box, and put it on the track to actually run it, it just looked so stubby. It didn't have the graceful lines of the real thing! So, off to eBay it went. ...
you who understand these things, it probably is the most common and least valuable 1940s train, but it represents my first pre-war (or actually, during war) Lionel piece. I have a few locos and rolling stock that are post war (including my boyhood trains) but never anything this early...