Anyway, I was struck by how similar in overall size the Mogul is to the new Williams 4-6-0, which I placed with it for a photo(sorry its a tiny bit out of focus). These are significantly different price locos -- the Mogul costs about two and a half times what the ten-wheeler cost, so I am not really comparing them. But the Williams is probably the better bargain, in my opinion.
I am not exactly disappointed with the Mogul -- oh heck, yes I am, much as I hate to say anything bad about any maunfacturer. I just does not quite match up to the conventional Atlantic (6-11317) from that same catalog that I received it earlier this year, which was the same price, the same conventonal-only running gear, but really did delight and surprise me with its quality. The Mogul does not have quite the details and features of the Atlantic (e.g., no window glass) and the sound is far lower in quality - perhaps the tiny tender and a small speaker is to blame. Anyway the sound is not any better than say from the 0-8-0 from an RTR set I have.
But worst, it runs much less smoothly at low speeds than the Atlantic or any other recent model Lionel steamer I have - I have a couple of postwar Liionels that run this poorly, but nothing recent. In fact it really does not want to run at a low speeds at all - it stumbles a bit and hestitates at speeds the Atlantic will run nicely, but it is new and maybe I need to run it in. The Williams (also new and not run in), puts it to shame in the regard to slow speed smoothness though - but then it puts the Atlantic to shame to. Really good.
Anyway, I did get what I wanted, which was a small, rather detailed and nice looking LITTLE steam loco that will fit nicely on either of my two loops that have 36" curves, and with everything - smoke, bell, whistle, lights, working as the manual says they should. I really can't and won't complain. I hope it wears in and eventually runs slower and smoother, though.