Legacy RS3

Count me in.Anyone make a true scale RS3,please

MR-150 posted:

Count me in.Anyone make a true scale RS3,please

What’s wrong with the Atlas and K-line versions?

I’m in. And I have two in mind that I saw at Reactor B (Manhattans Project) in Hanford Washington. 

I've been calling for this for years.

It seems that the RS3 has been relegated to the LC+ line. Remember that this engine was originally offered as a starter set type engine back in the late 1980s. Original offering was in Santa Fe blue freight and Soo Line black livery. Also a UP was made in yellow that year, I Believe. It has always been a second tier product for some reason. 

I was hoping the new catalog might give us one but it appears not. When I came back to the hobby in the 90's I bought the Coastal Freight Service Station Set with the D&H RS3. Still have it and still love the paint scheme. Maybe next year!

@Jeff T posted:

I was hoping the new catalog might give us one but it appears not. When I came back to the hobby in the 90's I bought the Coastal Freight Service Station Set with the D&H RS3. Still have it and still love the paint scheme. Maybe next year!

Right...there are some RS3 Lion Chief 2.0s in there but no Legacy.

Agree on that Service Station Set.  It is easily one of the best looking sets I have. The colors are amazing when it's put together and running. I may have to get it out this weekend.

I agree, a RS-3 in Legacy would be great. Lehigh and Hudson River, Jersey Central, Lehigh Valley, NYC and Penn Central. Endless roadnames. I wish for that, as they are used in both passenger and freight. I also wish for a Legacy RS-1, but beggers cant be choosers!

@John Hon posted:

I’m in. And I have two in mind that I saw at Reactor B (Manhattans Project) in Hanford Washington.

FYI, those are RS-1's and not RS-3's.  Weaver used to make a nice RS-3, but I'm not sure who got the tooling for that model when Weaver closed.  Lionel got the U.S. tooling and Atlas got the China tooling.  The RS-3 boxes I have say "Assembled in the USA" so that might mean that the body molding was done elsewhere. 

You can always go for the MTH RS3.

@romiller49 posted:

I think it’s time for Lionel to make a scale legacy equipped RS3 engine. What say you?

I would prefer 3rdrail come out with one, with fixed pilots

Interstate RR for me please. This is the Aristocraft G version.

Keep in mind that this is an old post that someone resurrected. I no longer care😂

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

You can always go for the MTH RS3.

The mth rs3 is too flat on the ends. Out of all the 3 rail rs3 made, weaver models was the best! If Lionel hot the RS3 and GP38 tooling, they need to retool and release these excellent scale pieces.

@prrhorseshoecurve posted:

The mth rs3 is too flat on the ends. Out of all the 3 rail rs3 made, weaver models was the best! If Lionel hot the RS3 and GP38 tooling, they need to retool and release these excellent scale pieces.

I could be wrong, but I seem to recall the MTH Railking scale RS3's tooling originally came from Weaver, along with the SD40-2 and Alco C-630 tooling.  Is that not correct?

I have the Milwaukee Road RS-3 or is it a RS-1 made by Atlas and it's a beauty. Don

@prrhorseshoecurve posted:

The mth rs3 is too flat on the ends. Out of all the 3 rail rs3 made, weaver models was the best! If Lionel hot the RS3 and GP38 tooling, they need to retool and release these excellent scale pieces.

From the pictures on this site, the real thing looks fairly close to the shape of the MTH. https://www.american-rails.com/160017.html

Also, the Weaver RS3 is a royal PITA to work on, have you had one apart?  Thanks, but I'll pass on the Weaver, the MTH is close enough for me, better electronics and much easier to live with.