who bought the Lionel PRR T1 2 rail last year?

Years ago when Todd W. worked for Lionel he asked another fellow and me to test the 2 rail version and give our opinion of it. As I recall the engine ran well. I don't recall anything about the sound. Lionel built either 25 or 50 (memory says 25) of them in 2 rail.

One thing we did point out was that Lionel used the tender from the PRR S2 on the T1. They are not the same.

Interesting. Thank you.

I had a new MTH PS1 3 rail version for a short time. I sold it off as I felt I had too much work. It was beautiful though.

If my timing was better it would have went to Joe F for a 2 rail conversion and back for a later PS3 upgrade.

I have a Lionel 2 rail T1, bought off the bay somewhere around 2002 new in the box.

It ran well on a test track years ago. It is a heavy engine. It has not run on a full layout yet.

@aoslapas posted:

I have a 2 rail T1, bought off the bay somewhere around 2002 new in the box

. It ran well on a test track years ago. It is a heavy engine. It has not run on a full layout yet.

Cool. Is it the Lionel? I wonder how many of these sold?

I didn't know Lionel had any 2 rail back then. I learned about them later on.

The Lionel version is unshrouded and runs very well.  A fellow member owns the Lionel T1 and runs it at NYSME.  I own the MTH version, I covered it to PS2 (at the time PS3 was not out) but did not run at all.  It was binding on the broad 2 rail curves.  I looked at the Lionel version and found how they differ.  The wheel base is very long but on the Lionel version they allowed for side play of the main drivers.  The MTH unit had very little side to side play and would bind and derail.  I fixed it by grinding down the bosses on the inside of each wheel center until it had enough side play to move and conform to the curves.  It now runs beautifully.  Let me see if I can find an archive of my woes somewhere on this forum.  

Nope anything older than 2009 is long gone.