LIONEL OR MTH THE BETTER BANG FOR THE BUCK?

[jefelectric]

Well … Williams has brass engines about or near the same price as Lionel . Lionel is tried and true for over 80 years . K-Line was the best price deal … 99% Lionel at better prices . MTH had alot of problems and I’d only buy their newer engines … as the proto 1 engines were extremely buggy and cost hundreds of dollars to rewire and get dependable . You only get the digital remote engines in Lionel and K-Line / tmcc ---- MTH has their version of digital which is not standard and may fall to the wayside like BETA VCR 's . Williams is like the older Lionel … good quality — but no advanced control systems at all . As far as the kit=brass engines they love to jump the track and derail . ------ [:-^]

Hobo,
I think you mean Weaver, I don’t think Williams has ever manufactured a Brass engine…

Brent

Brent, Yes they did, but not for a few years. Not sure when they did the last one. They got burned pretty good with a lot of unsold stock as the O gauge market cooled some years back.

Oh, and Hi Dep. Haven’t seen you post in a while & yes I agree. This post has run long enough.

[Frank53]

a guy with five posts shows up and makes an anti-Mth post and the all of a sudden it’s armageddon.

Lighten up. A troll is a troll - this thread has a few of them.

[ChiefEagles]

a guy with five posts shows up and makes an anti-Mth post and the all of a sudden it’s armageddon.

Lighten up. A troll is a troll - this thread has a few of them.

[#ditto]

[Deputy]

Hi John!!! I’m still searching for the elusive Lionel green FM. Every time I spot one on E-bay it skyrockets in price. Wonder if they stashed bars of gold under that huge body??? [(-D]
That 682 purchase I mentioned fell through [:(]

Dep

[ChiefEagles]

Oh cripes. HERE WE GO AGAIN. Another bash X-company because my favorite is Y-company. C’mon guys…do we REALLY want to see this same ol’ rehash of partisan train preferences???
The thread DOESN’T NEED TO BE LOCKED. People just need to get control of their emotional responses and STOP BASHING ANY COMPANY!!! [:(!]

Dep

[#ditto]

[Bob_Keller]

Actually, Williams made quite a few brass locomotives:

NYC Hudson, 1984 and 1995
NYC Dreyfuss Hudson, 1984 and 1995
B&O 4-6-2 Pacific, 1984
Pennsy K4 4-6-2, 1986-87
Modern K4 4-6-2 1989
USRA 4-6-2 1989 (seven road names)
Southern Ps-4 4-6-2, 1989
Camelback 4-6-0, 1990
Pennsy L1 2-8-2, 1987
USRA 2-8-2 1990 (five road names)
PRR B6 0-6-0, 1987
Pennsy 4-4-2, 1989
SP GS4 4-8-4, 1989
PRR 4-4-4-4, 1992 (several variations in paint)
N&W J-class 4-8-4, 1990
NYC 4-8-4, 1990
UP 4-6-6-4, 1987-88 and 1995
UP 4-8-8-4, 1989 and 1995
SP Cab-Forward 4-8-8-2, 1990
N&W 2-6-6-4, 1996
PRR S2 Turbine 1991
Streamlined Pennsy K4 1995
Baldwin Shark diesel, 1985

And with that, we’ve officially beaten this thread up for long enough, and I’m sure this topic will again come up, so I’m shutting this one down!