Lionmaster Locomotives and American Flyer

[LittleTommy]

Now that Lionel took the K-Line Big Boy and made it into a very nice S gauge Locomotive, I have to wonder if any of the Lionmaster locos which are allegedly scaled to look okay with smaller O gauge rolling stock (what used to be called O-27 rolling stock) might be candidates to be fitted with S Gauge mechnanisms and sold as part of the American Flyer line.

I don't know all that much about the Lionmaster Locos, so I'm going to be dependant on the kindness of O gaugers for the answer to this question. 

I would really love it if the Pennsylvania T1 Duplex shown in the 2010 Signature Catalog would be suitable, but, judging by the catalog illustration, I think the Loco would be okay  but the tender would be too long.

Little Tommy  

 

[challenger3980]

Hi Little Tommy,

  I have posted this pic before, but you may not have seen it.

 

                                                      Right column from the top

                                                     Lionel Scale size JLC Big Boy

                                                    Lionel LionMaster Big Boy

                                                    MTH RailKing Big Boy

                                                    K Line Big Boy

                                                   Lionel Lion Master Challenger

                                                  Lionel Scale size Southern Pacific AC-9

 

  As you can see, the K line Big Boy is quite a bit smaller than the LionMaster Big Boy. The K Line Big Boy, is actually built to 1/64 scale which is correct for S Scale, but with 3 Rail O-Gauge running gear. The LionMaster series locomotives that I have would all look too large in S scale(IMHO). I wouldn't expect Lionel to build the LionMaster series locomotives to S scale, but that is just MY opinion, it could happen.

  K Line did also do a 2-6-6-6 Allegheny in 1/64 3 rail O-Gauge, that would be an Excellent candidate for building in S scale, that would be something to Hope for.

 

Doug

[challenger3980]

Hi Again,

 I forgot to mention that the LionMaster series is Semi-Scale, not 027 size, it falls in between Full-Scale, and 027, which as with Semi-scale is not actually built to an exacting scale dimension, but 027 is fairly close to S scale proportions.

 

Doug

[richhotrain]

challenger3980

Hi Little Tommy,

  I have posted this pic before, but you may not have seen it.

 

                                                      Right column from the top

                                                     Lionel Scale size JLC Big Boy

                                                    Lionel LionMaster Big Boy

                                                    MTH RailKing Big Boy

                                                    K Line Big Boy

                                                   Lionel Lion Master Challenger

                                                  Lionel Scale size Southern Pacific AC-9

 

  As you can see, the K line Big Boy is quite a bit smaller than the LionMaster Big Boy. The K Line Big Boy, is actually built to 1/64 scale which is correct for S Scale, but with 3 Rail O-Gauge running gear. The LionMaster series locomotives that I have would all look too large in S scale(IMHO). I wouldn't expect Lionel to build the LionMaster series locomotives to S scale, but that is just MY opinion, it could happen.

  K Line did also do a 2-6-6-6 Allegheny in 1/64 3 rail O-Gauge, that would be an Excellent candidate for building in S scale, that would be something to Hope for.

 

Doug

Wow!  Nice collection you have there, Doug.