What is this Lionel loco?

It's a Reading T1 from 1989. It was a product of the partnership between Lionel and Mike Wolf. Top of the line of its day.

Ron many thanks for the fast reply,does it have any sound, scale length?

James

Original Railsounds sound system, roughly 27 inches long.

It is O scale, 1:48. Pullmor motor; same platform, I would think, as the Lionel L-3 NYC Mohawk of the same era (whichI have). Rudimentary sound - chuffing which sounds like

white noise, and the chuff rate is poor. Fairly good digital whistle and bell. Smoke OK.

Well made and is a good Pullmor runner, but a can motor and Command would turn it

into a premier piece.

My opinions are based on my Mohawk, but, again, I do believe that it is the same plat-

form. The Reading loco is a good model, as is the L-3. Not worth a high price, but certainly

worth a moderate one. 

The tender is a beast! Heavy too.

One thing to note is that it doesn't pull like today's power. An AC motor with no traction tires is not a great combo. If you're looking to acquire one, have Timko put a can motor and tires on for you and it will pull like a champ. 

Richard Kughn, CEO of Lionel, was one of 4 owners of the real 2100. He teamed up with Mike Wolf to design and manufacture an "O" Gauge model (6-18006) in 1989. She runs on O-42 curves but looks better on wider curves. She has no traction tires or Magne-Traction, so she doesn't pull as well as locomotives so equipped. She has a Pullmor motor that can be replaced, but in my opinion she runs pretty good. Her Reading headlight had been replaced with one with a visor, and the designers used that.

Forumites have posted that No. 6-18006 came out about the same time as a reissue of Lionel's Pennsy B-6 0-6-0 switcher, when Lionel was dipping its corporate toe in an emerging market for "O" Gauge 3-rail "scale" locomotives. No. 2100 was Lionel's third "scale" steamer, after the prewar NYC Hudson (700E) and Pennsy B-6. She was Lionel's largest locomotive at that time and built from all-new tooling.

Features were printed on both box lids. I'll scan one and post it. The smoke unit is a standard Lionel "puffer." Runs on O42 or wider track is printed in blue on a small rectangular orange strip at the bottom.

Here is my 2100 custom painted and detailed as 2124 by Reading Steam Guru.

Come to think of it, an instruction manual is available at www.lionel.com

The upper right corner of the styrofoam insert that holds the locomotive has a pocket for a whistle/bell button. At that time, transformers did not have a bell button.

Thanks guys for the info,have bought it as a pig in a poke so to speak,unseen and un boxed, not run so they said from fathers collection.

Bought with a MTH P2 NYC Hudson for what I feel was a good price here in the UK.

Phil many thanks for the picture of the box end very helpful and tried the Lionel link but no luck so have emailed them.

Can`t wait untill next week when they should arrive.

James

I went to www.lionel.com and found it. But there are a lot of twists and turns. I'll list the steps in order, as follows:

         At www.lionel.com, click on Customer Services

         Then click on Resources

         Follow the arrow and click on Owner's Manuals

         Scroll down a bit and enter the product number on the left (6-18006)

         On the RIGHT on the SAME page, click on Instruction Manual in a blue box

         Click on "Search"

         Scroll all the way down to the bottom and click on Reading T-1

         The Owner's Manual should come on screen. Print it.

Lionel offered No. 2100 in her original paint scheme for freight service.