Anyone have pictures comparing the scale RS11s put out by MTH (Premier) / Lionel / Atlas O (Masterline)?
NYC preferred, but anything will do... Please share. I'm going to have to mix / match them...
Thanks,
Mario
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Weaver RSD12
How can I unpower a Weaver?
Take out the can motors and dead end the wires to the motors from the electronics with electrical tape and/or wire nuts.
Will the Lionel dummy trucks fit?
No. The trucks from each model are keyed differently into the steel frame than the Weaver models.
Better yet... Will the Weaver shell fit easily on a Lionel frame w/ TMCC?
Thanks,
Mario
I don't know at this time. I will have to get back to you.
photos of Lionel's Rs11 earlier TMCC version. [powered and dummy]
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The Lionel RS-11 is a nicely detailed, heavy and powerful locomotive with cool LED lighting. Here is a Pennsylvania version I found on eBay.
The thread title ask for RS-11's and then the first post ask about GP35's???
Here's MTH's Rail King PS2 RS-11. This is the first release back before it became a Premiere model. I paid $245 for this engine brand new - best deal I ever had for a scale engine with command and sound.
I have the Lionel Legacy PRR RS-11 and I can say that it is the perfect loco. It is heavy, detailed and the sounds are nice and loud. No complaints at all. It is a very heavy loco as well and can pull a ton.
The Weaver RSD-12 is supposedly not a 100% replica of the real thing. The trucks are correct, but isn't the RSD-12 body slightly longer than the RS-11?Originally Posted by Mike CT:
Weaver RSD12
Atlas O has in the Trainman line the RSD-7/15. It looks similar to the RS-11.
Andrew
An Atlas Trainman Penn Central RSD 7/15 is in my video above for comparison with the Lionel RS-11. Both are great models. I picked up the Penn Central RSD 7/15 from Nick (PC 9850) on the Buy/Sell Forum. The RSD7/15 is significantly longer than the RS-11. If you put an RS-11, an RSD 7/15 and a U50C side by side, I would guess the RS-11 would be about half to 60% the length of a U50C while the RSD 7/15 would be 75-80% the length of a U50C. As mentioned by myself and others above, the Lionel RS-11 is a very solid and heavy locomotive and even the antenna on the Pennsylvania version appears very durable for what one might suspect to be a fragile part. The Lionel version of these steel dragons is a nice model and the heavy presentation gives it much pulling strength! Does anyone know how they became known as steel dragons?
Below is my take on an electric train encounter of mythological proportions! 
Originally Posted by Mike CT:
The Weaver RSD-12 is supposedly not a 100% replica of the real thing. The trucks are correct, but isn't the RSD-12 body slightly longer than the RS-11?
Yes but by only a mere 2 feet. Dimentions as per PRR Diesel locomotive Pictorial vol#1 ALCo RS Series by John D. Hahn Jr.
RS11: 56' 11- 1/2 inches
RSD 12 : 58' 1-1/2 inches
Does anyone know how they became known as steel dragons?
I don't have a definative answer but a good guess is the huge plumes of smoke when there was "turbo lag" as the engine notched up and down the power spectrum. In later years probably fire also came out of the stack as they may not have been well maintained.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSoTVplyUYU
Nice video of the Winchester and Western RS-11! I really like the Lionel version and am looking at picking up another Pennsylvania, N&W, and Penn Central models. I thought I read somewhere that the styling of this locomotive was influenced somewhat by the T-1 duplex.
