I have a Lionel SD-80 Norfolk Southern Engine and was thinking of getting MTH’s non-powered Norfolk Southern SD50 to couple up together heal - toe. Would an anal engineer like myself be able to tell noticeable differences between the Lionel SD-80 and the MTH SD-50?
That sounds like a good lash up ! I run an Atlas GE Conrail engine with an MTH Geep Conrail engine & note the differences, but that’s just like the real RRs. They don’t always have identicle engines lashed up together. Not even the same road names, either. You’ll like it ! [:D]
Well, if the SD80 you are talking about is from the Black Diamond Set (the engine is not scale sized, I am sure, I think it is a Lionmaster model) then there will be a difference, if the MTH loco is scale sized, or Premier. If they have a RAILKING model (I do not know if they do) then there should not be a difference. If you are talking about realism, do not worry about that, because they have plenty of different lashups with different loco in them.
Will TMCC and DCS lashup??? Colin, some say the Black Diamond is scale liek the two I have and some say they are not??? Originally scale SD80’s are 19 1/2 inches long [like my two] and Lionmaster is 17 1/2".
Forgot to mention that both of those engines are TMCC. Used & the MTH one has TMCC in it. I don’t think they could be lashed up, otherwise.
I know you can’t la***wo or more TMCC’s with DCS [unless you cheat the system, give all the engiens the same engine number].
Chief, I thought the SD in that set is Lionmaster. I saw it at that train show I went to and it said Lionmaster.
Lionel also made a Norfolk and Southern full-scale SD-80. I believe that it was in 2004 Vol. 1, or sometime around then. It was right around the same time I bought my SD-80, and called Lionel trying to get a replacement shell hoping that they might have some in stock from the new run.