Lionel Berks - Made in Korea or elsewheere?

Hello guys and gals........

I believe just about all steamers and diesels are now made in china where few short years ago the good die-cast steamers were made in Korea. That information should be printed outside of the box in the corner of it.

the woman who loves the S.F.#5021

Tiffany

Sam

I have the NKP Berkshire from the same run as your original Erie. Do you think the detail is better on the newer C&O version? Does the C&O have a real coal load?

I really like mine but if the detail is better along with upgraded sound and electronics on the newer version I may have to search for one!

Gerry

Anything "legacy" is made in china. Having said that, your new berk is made from the same tooling as your previous berk so the level of detail should be the same.Just guessing from my equipment I think Lionel switched from korea to china around 05-06.

Lionel indicates the country of manufacture on the bottom of the tender either with a label or stamped.

I have the NKP 779 Berkshire with TMCC from the 03' run, and on the bottom of the locomotive behind the rear trailing truck, it says Made in Korea. 

From a detail perspective, though I do not own the most recent run of Berks, I personally think that the older Berks have more detail.  I have done a side by side comparison at my local Lionel dealer.

You may be correct James - here's a shot of our Erie and it's really nice!

I still haven't seen one of the new K-Line derived Berkshires but understand they are superb.

At quick glance the newer C&O appeared similar.

Sam, a couple of shots of a new Berk from the K-Line tooling.  This is the Lima Demonstrator model.

Doug

Golly Doug - That's a lot of piping!

Handsome beats however...