Hey folks, was at a train shop recently and finally saw some of the new K-Lionel by Lionel cars. Without pulling them out of the box, I was immediately stuck by the look of the new trucks. They seem to resemble the kind used by RMT. The wheels were literally unblackened silver, and the trucks themselves looked “lightweight” as compared to the previous two styles of trucks used by K-Line on the Classic cars, and then the Train-19 cars. Even the replacement K-Line Husky truck sets were more substantial than the way these appeared in the box.
So am really curious as to what you folks think of these cars as compared to the previous K-Line ones … any of them who have these new ones. I do like some of the new cars, but from what I saw in the box, I’d prefer the prior Train-19 trucks or even the Lionel plastic ones used currently on their basic rolling stock.