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The most modeled 3 rail engine?
Posted by Boyd on Thursday, December 23, 2010 1:05 AM

What real engine steam or diesel has had the most number of 3 rail O scale models made of it from different companies? I'm not talking about quantities of production runs. My guess would the the N&W J shrouded version: Lionel 027 version, Lionel scale version, MTH, Williams, Others?

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Posted by Seayakbill on Thursday, December 23, 2010 5:31 AM

The Lionel F-3 type diesels have been in production in some form or another for over 50 years. Just about every year some O gauge electric train manufacture has offered it since the early fifties.

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Posted by willpick on Thursday, December 23, 2010 9:25 AM

For diesels, it's got to be the F3. For steam, the Hudson in all it's various subtypes-- I'd say the J would be #2--

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Posted by sir james I on Thursday, December 23, 2010 9:34 AM

Agree F3s,,,lots of GPs as well. Steam would be Hudson types.

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Posted by rtraincollector on Thursday, December 23, 2010 11:39 AM

I agree with F-3 as K-line, Lionel, Williams, MTH, Rail-king(basicly a different division of mth) Weaver, Atlas O, Marx and bet there are more out there even. That have done it. For steam I think all of the above have also done a 4-4-2 atlantic ( I think thats what there called)  so that would be my guess.

And would say GP-9's second in diesels

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Posted by Seayakbill on Thursday, December 23, 2010 3:14 PM

Don't forget one of the first to offer the F-3's, AMT, early fifties.

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Posted by Train-O on Thursday, December 23, 2010 6:50 PM

I don't remember the date, but "Classic Toy Trains" Magazine did an article of the F-3 diesel, as being the most produced.

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