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OK The real pics

Let this be a final warning to those of you with screwdrivers


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There goes Jim's warranty


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(Oh wait he is the warranty repair guy, never mind)


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Originally posted by DM&E_Bobby:
The real DD35's never had ditchlights, did they? Not sure where Lionel got that from - maybe a catalog mistake.


The DD35's didn't have ditch lights when they were built, they may have been added later.

It's not unusual for the catalog descritpiton to mentinon or omit something that's not on/on the model. In the case of the American Flyer Challengers, one feature even "verified on the box" is incorrect: there are no engineer and fireman figures and Lionel has no intention of making them for that particular locomotive. I already asked...

Rusty
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Originally posted by SB..:
Can we get some better pics please? Those are pretty awful. Frown So far all we've got is 1.5 pictures of the nose (blurry counts as one half).

From the pics posted, the trucks look pretty bad.


So far we have heard from a handful who already got theirs and NO PICTURES. Chris hasn't even received his and managed these pictures. I wouldn't complain at least someone actually posted some. For the other folks that got their and posted nothing...SHAME ON YOU!
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Can we get some better pics please? Those are pretty awful. So far all we've got is 1.5 pictures of the nose (blurry counts as one half).

From the pics posted, the trucks look pretty bad.


SB - These were just a few quick Cell Phone pics. I'll try to send them to you first for your approval before ever providing pics in the future.

I'll let you wait for all those others who have taken glorious pics that are toooo good to share.

Game over.
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Originally posted by Matthew:
No front marker lights I see Frown just yellow holes...that's cheezzy.

Although I would like to see more detailed photos, it appears that Lionel may have "combined time frames" concerning the front class lights. The DD35A units where indeed delivered with that odd hand rail on the Engineer's side, ANDclass lights installed in those front nose blanked over positions. Beginning in about the early 1970s, or so, the U.S. railroades began eliminating class lights AND flag brackets. Rather than weld over the places where the class lights where, the railroads just removed the electric light assembly and installed a circular "blanking disc" in the molded weather stipping which held the class lights. Class lights quickly GONE. The Lionel DD35A model appears to have nicely duplicated the "blanked out class lights"!

The DD35A units where also delivered with the air horn mounted on the top of the long hood, between the number 1 and 2 front engine cooling fans.
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I think it's great information. I don't see anyone bashing it - pointing out the variations or "evolution" of the thing shouldn't be a crime.


I agree, and think that it helps to know what the model's design might have been intended to reflect. So good on you Hot Water and don't be deterred.

Of course I am already wondering about modifying mine (when they arrive) with some later era features . . .

How's it run??
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Originally posted by Hot Water:
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ITS A TOY!!!!

There you go fellas, the definitive answer to ALL your questions.

Sorry if I have tried to enlighten some folks about the prototype!


No worries Hot Water. Sharing information on what the model features (or Toy if one chooses to call it as such) versus the prototype is informational. People can either chose to read such info or they can just pass over it. Based ZWPOWER13's ALL CAPS and four exclamation marks on saying it's a toy, sounds like he's the one that needs to calm down.

Pointing out prototypical information, history, and details as compared to the model being represented doesn't hurt anyone, or at least it shouldn't. For some of us, discussing and comparing such information is part of how we enjoy the hobby. It's not everyone's bag, but that doesn't mean it's a wrong way to enjoy it.
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