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new Flyonel Geeps

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Posted by rrlineman on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 6:22 PM

Yes that is them, the UP, NKP , The xmas engine. ETC.

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Posted by rrlineman on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 6:20 PM

No, look at the latest catalog. They show, and I saw it, a ATSF GP7 with the Baldwin switcher trucks.

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Posted by Penny Trains on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 6:18 PM

I assume they're talking about the GP-7's as pictured on pages 10-11 in the 2017 American Flyer catalog: http://www.lionel.com/catalogs/

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Posted by Firelock76 on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 5:39 PM

I'm not carrying the water for Lionel by any means, but I purchased one of their Lionchief Plus GP-20's several months ago and I like it just fine.  Looks good and runs good.

To each his own I guess, or is it some other Geeps beside GP-20's you're talking about?

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Posted by Michael6268 on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 8:54 AM

They butcher most of their Geeps.  Current Lionchief plus geeps are horrible!  End railings right in the middle of the steps...

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new Flyonel Geeps
Posted by rrlineman on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 6:56 AM

Saw the new AF geeps at York this past week. Lionel has Butcherd the frames again !! For some strange reason they have sawed off the end steps to add the Baldwin trucks. And now the pilot is a cheap plastic add-on like Lionels Geeps. Looks like hell.! Anyone else agree with this ??

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