Has the radiator top of these engines changed? It looks like the rad is higher and to a point.
On page 40-41 in the new 2024 Lionel catalog, are the ones I am looking at. I wish there was a picture of the top of the engines so I could tell, maybe just my imagination... what does everyone else think? Thanks
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I've mentioned this before, but the CSX ES44AHs have newly-tooled GE Radial Steerable Trucks in the rendering. Hopefully that's the case on the actual models. I didn't notice anything new about the radiators.
@Dylan the Train Man posted:I've mentioned this before, but the CSX ES44AHs have newly-tooled GE Radial Steerable Trucks in the rendering. Hopefully that's the case on the actual models. I didn't notice anything new about the radiators.
You might want to explicitly confirm those radial trucks with Lionel, if they are an important feature for you.
9 years ago, I noticed that Lionel's catalog renderings had front windshield (rectangular vs teardrop for Canadian National), trucks (Hi-Ad vs Radial), headlights (above the windshield or beside front door), number boards & front doors (engineer side or conductor side, with and without tiny windows, in the doors) in locations that we incorrect for most road names except for later Norfolk Southern Evolution models, like the ES44AC with the Norfolk Southern heritage schemes. Lionel might have confirmed that they were NOT going to have road specific details, which seemed odd since MTH had those specific details, at a lower MSRP.
Since Lionel's Evolution models were heavily based on the Norfolk Southern, heritage versions, theirs is more correct for late Evolution models, with what to me appears to be an additional mesh/ screen on top of the rear radiators, compared to MTH.
These are just my opinion,
Nave
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