@GG1 4877 posted:I've been eyeing a Lionel Observation or considering converting my K-Line ESE obs into a similar car to model the CBQ one that is preserved at the National Railway Museum. Thanks for the inspiration!
As for the rest of my K-Line ESE cars? Dare I say they are likely getting redone in PC. I know how dare a deface such a fine thread with a road name like that.
Great work as always Rob!
Stuff you already know: the Lionel already has great lighting and plastic windows which remove without a battle. The K-Line has incandescent lighting prone to flickering. The window openings are noticably larger and covered with a thin clear plastic strip. Lionel has the best doors and diaphragms (IMHO). K-Line’s E.G. Budd fluting looks the better, to me. Those are some of several differences.
P.S. I have never disliked Penn Central…maybe felt kinda sorry for them. I will never forget a cartoon I saw in Trains magazine decades ago. A forlorn looking kid is sitting on the floor running a PC train on a loop. The transformer has a throttle and 3 buttons: Forward-Reverse-Liquidate. Haha
