Opinion Request on Lionel 6-18307 Train Master loco

A brief point of information and education if I may...

A "Trainmaster" is a middle management company officer on a railroad.

A "Train Master" is a 2,400 HP diesel locomotive built by Fairbanks Morse in the 50s.

I edited and changed your title, which used the wrong "Trainmaster."

OGR Webmaster posted:

A brief point of information and education if I may...

A "Trainmaster" is a middle management company officer on a railroad.

A "Train Master" is a 2,400 HP diesel locomotive built by Fairbanks Morse in the 50s.

I edited and changed your title, which used the wrong "Trainmaster."

I've seen you make this correction before...but you always omit one!

LIONEL used "TRAINMASTER" and "TRAINmaster" (logo version) as part of their PW Transformer branding. And other products, I think into the LTI-era.

I tend to think this is the source of the confusion regarding this term.

Worth noting, in period catalogs, LIONEL never refers to the Fairbanks-Morse Diesels "Train Masters"  or "Trainmasters" or even "TRAINmasters" - They are simply called "Fairbanks-Morse Diesels" (be sure to include that hyphen!)

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OGR Webmaster posted:

A brief point of information and education if I may...

A "Trainmaster" is a middle management company officer on a railroad.

A "Train Master" is a 2,400 HP diesel locomotive built by Fairbanks Morse in the 50s.

I edited and changed your title, which used the wrong "Trainmaster."

I've seen you make this correction before...but you always omit one!

LIONEL used "TRAINMASTER" and TRAINmaster (logo version) as part of their PW Transformer branding. And other products, I think into the LTI-era.

I tend to think this is the source of the confusion regarding this term.

Worth noting, in period catalogs, LIONEL never refers to the Fairbanks-Morse Diesels "Train Masters"  or "Trainmasters" or even "TRAINmasters" - They are simply called "Fairbanks-Morse Diesels" (be sure to include that hyphen!)

Probably because Lionel, back in those days, really had no clue about real railroads, and the proper terminology. Remember that, I seem to remember tha,t it was Lionel that differentiated a GP7 model had no dynamic brake housing, while the GP9 models did have the dynamic brake housing. How wrong was THAT?

Thanks for all of the history and lessons on the Fairbanks Morse diesels known as Train Masters.  And yes, I did look it up on 

American rails.com, so you are correct. 

Now can we get back to the question at hand ?   I am looking at Lionel's #6-18307 release.  I'm guessing they may have been produced sometime in the last fifteen or so years, maybe even further back.  I'm also figuring they have two can motors along with an operating horn that is most likely electronic.  

Ideally a post war version would be the loco of choice, but I don't believe a Pennsy or Reading version was produced in those days.  

So would anyone care to comment on the newer version ?

The 6-18307 PRR Train Master was produced in 1994. Dual Pullmor motors and Magne-Traction. Electronic reverse unit and electronic horn. Other than these last two items, it's built exactly as the postwar ones were. 

TRW

Thanks, TRW.