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sinclairOGR Forum Member

MTH PS-1 isn't command, BTW. But I have several, and they still all work. Oldest is from '96, the RailKing Dreyfuss Hudson. Still runs like a champ. But I'm slowing converting to all command, so by the end of next year it'll have ERR TMCC electronics in it.

12/31/157:39 PM

Alfred E NeumanOGR Forum Member

Some comments in this thread piqued my interest in TMCC history, so I checked and determined the first Lionel "Trainmaster Command Equipped" engines appeared in the 1995 catalog. They included:

6-18042 Boston & Albany Hudson 4-6-4
6-18043 Chesapeake & Ohio Semi-scale Streamline Hudson
6-18221 Denver & Rio Grande SD-50

Also presented in the 1995 catalog were 10 locomotives designated as "Remote ready (compatible with the Lionel TrainMaster System)", which presumably means they lacked the "Liontech E-unit" factory-installed in the "Trainmaster Command Equipped" locomotives. These were:

6-18639 Reading 4-6-2
6-18040 Norfolk and Western “J”
6-18934 Reading FA-2 Alco A-A
6-18838 Seaboard RSC-3 Diesel
6-18840 U.S. Army GP-7
6-18837 Christmas RS-3 Diesel
6-18832 Pennsylvania RSD-4
6-18514 Missouri Pacific GP-7
6-18219/20 Chicago & North Western Dash 8-40C
6-18223/24 Milwaukee Road SD-40

Does that sound right?

What, me worry?

Putnam DivisionOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Amazing and refreshing to see how many of the early TMCC locos are still running!

Peter

1/1/166:21 AM

ed hOGR Forum Member

For some history on early TMCC locos, check out coilcouplers.com website:

History of TMCC Locomotives

1/1/168:32 AM

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