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Was out of the hobby when Lionel and Mike had their lawsuits and settlement. I gather that the legal troubles were partially responsible for Lionel's shut down of their HO plans but did MTH take over the tooling for the Challengers & Bigboys? Are the MTH HO locomotives revamped Lionel models?
Read somewhere that the MTH Alco PA's were originally Broadway Limited units as were the F units. Did MTH design any of their own engines?
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The MTH Challenger and Veranda Turbine are ex-Lionel Tooling. The MTH Big Boy, Alco PA-1and GG1 are ex-Broadway Limited Tooling.
Stuart
c.sam posted:... I gather that the legal troubles were partially responsible for Lionel's shut down of their HO plans ...
The termination of the HO program was not related.
c.sam posted:... but did MTH take over the tooling for the Challengers & Bigboys? Are the MTH HO locomotives revamped Lionel models?
The only two Lionel HO models produced were the Challengers and two runs of the "Veranda" Turbine.
I understand that tooling for both of these locomotives was transferred to MTH as a partial settlement towards the legal judgment.
TRW
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