PaperTRW, the info you give is not boring in the least. I had the pleasure of speaking with Lionel's Chuck Horan ten or so years ago at Milwaukee's Trainfest. I was very interested to find out about the relocation from Mexico to Michigan and the 1983 Hudson. I, at that time, had just purchased a Odyssey System demonstrator. He was able to tell me a little about how those came to be.
Bill, thanks for your comments! I've known Chuck since the mid-1990's -- he's a good guy, and lived through the entire MPC era as he started with MPC in the late 1960's before they acquired the train production. I was the product manager on those 18288 Odyssey Demonstrators, and remember that project well. If I recall correctly, there were eight different versions made.
