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Nigel, Thanks for the correction and bringing more information to the topic. Some of the mistakes was created by me in trying to reduce about 3 pages of information into a couple of paragraphs. I found a picture of the GS-4 on the web and it sure did have a Bachmann look to it, glad you detailed the Bachmann history. The model does have good proportions and body casting accuracy for the Daylight. I also saw a picture of the Lionel FA diesel alongside a F7, which must have been the Athearn engine. It seems interesting that Lionel was offering at the same time locomotives from two different sources. I suspect that a Lionel Service Station would also service the HO line and would have to have parts and skills to work on Rivarossi, Bachmann, and Athearn, which all use much different assembly methods from one another. The little Hustler diesel of Lionel looks like an Athearn shell but on another manufacturers power chassis. Athearn, to my knowledge, only made the Hustler with rubber band drive, which would have been unsuitable for Lionel, but however it was done it sure does have the Athearn look to it. Collecting LIonel HO would be an interesting venture. When I had my Lionel 2343 Santa Fe F-3's as a kid I didn't give much thought to the Lionel HO models compared to some of the other HO manufacturers, but there was a lot more to the LIonel HO line then I ever realized.
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