The new Lionel catalog has for me some really good items, like finally an Amtrak diesel and individual sound boxcars. A standout is the new issue of the Daylight GS-4 and Freedom Train. But here is the rest of the story. As a train crazy kid growing up on the SP in Southern Arizona, I spent my weekends at the train station. By that time, the streamliners were already diesel powered, but the secondary passenger trains were still steam powered, almost always by destreamlined GS-4's. Occasionally we would see a real Daylight still in prewar streamlining, but regular visitors were #4444 and sometimes #4443. So, what does Lionel do but offer as additional GS-4 numbers, #4443 and #4444! My engines. Sadly, I never saw them in their glory when in full Daylight regalia, but what a temptation - but do I need another GS-4 to add to my one plus two GS-2's? Oh the temptation.
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