I feel alittle stupid - after years of reading every inch of Lionel catalogs I can’t believe I missed out on ordering this item. After I searched through the 2006 catalog I noticed the new 031 mikados and the NYC set in particular - I decided I’d like to have a nice scale/semi-scale locomotive. Long story short I went back through my catalogs and I came across this engine. My favorite period is anything railroad late 30’s to early 60’s. Now the problem where can I find this item?
My local hobby shop has one www.hauffhobbies.com
We have one on the Layout. It is semi-scale and we love it. It fell off the shelf at the Hobby Shop and got scratched so we got it at 50% off. It is our most expensive engine as we usually run 027.
Jim H