Lionel Docksiders

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Buckeye Riveter


Would love to see a photo if you have one. A custom-painted docksider... the possibilities are endless.

Not up to "photo speed" yet, and RGS does not have a website. It has a tuscan cab roof and a gold PRR keystone on the boiler. The prototype photo I've seen had "Pennsylvania" spelled-out rather than the keystone. The front part of the boiler is silver, up to the bell. They also were selling PRR ore cars like "hotcakes". Joe

[Buckeye Riveter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by joe0315

I have the custom-painted PRR from RGS. In my opinion, the greatest looking one I've seen (assuming you are a PRR fan). They were being sold by RGS at train shows in the NE for $75., most recently $79. RGS does custom and limited-run paint jobs, and they do excellent work. Joe

Would love to see a photo if you have one. A custom-painted docksider... the possibilities are endless.

[Anonymous]

I have the custom-painted PRR from RGS. In my opinion, the greatest looking one I've seen (assuming you are a PRR fan). They were being sold by RGS at train shows in the NE for $75., most recently $79. RGS does custom and limited-run paint jobs, and they do excellent work. Joe

[dougdagrump]

Ohhhh Noooo! Don't say a Purple Docksider, we don't want another lawsuit. [:o)]

[Anonymous]

We have Christmas and Halloween covered in the Lionel catalog....

Now how about something for July 4th or Memorial Day?

How about a pink and purple Docksider for Easter?!

[Anonymous]

Halloween docksider is scheduled for release soon too. It should look nice (and pull better) than the Halloween General from last year. The current docksider set has a Portland,Spokan and Seattle docksider and three operating (plastic) log dump cars. They even offered an add on set with this one. Cool.

[Anonymous]

Yes, the models themselves are identical, although the paint schemes are a bit different. I have the North Pole version, the Bethlehem Steel version, and the Copper Range version. Also available at the present time are a NYC version, and perhaps one or two others that I'm overlooking. A C&O version, US Steel version, and one other (I forget what road) are to be released this year, but I don't believe they're available yet.

Over time, and assuming Lionel stays afloat, I assume you'll see these neat little switchers appear in a rainbow of liveries, so if there's a particular road you want, you just need to be a bit patient.

[dougdagrump]

I have one other 0-6-0, the Christmas model, and was wondering about the other road names currently on the market. The most economical appears to be the one out of the Copper Range set. Is this model the same as the others ? The Christmas model is a great little engine.