My personal problem with Lionel........................

[phillyreading]

Don't feel alone with your problem about Lionel Trains. I have had serious trouble with
Lionel switches # 6-23011, Lionel will not acknowledge a problem with the switch so I went over to GarGraves track. Also I bought a new Lionel GP-7 about five years ago and it would barely pull four Lionel quad hopppers # 6436 Lehigh Valley hoppers UNLOADED!! Since then I sold the locomotive on Ebay, and am trying to sell the Lionel switches.
I would recomend K-Line or Williams as good quality products, sure they come from China also but what can you do?
Lee.