Lionel has put out some junk in the past 14 years even with the new owners, Jerry Calabrese, case in point is the #6-23010 O gauge tubular switch-as it is design flawed from the word go and keeps finding new ways to malfunction before it finally quits working. Also from that time is an uncataloged Illinios Central GP-7 that has only one motor and won’t pull more than three post war quad hoppers at a good rate of speed.
Not sure how any of the new stuff works and the quality of Lionel today as Lionel has scared me away from buying the new Lionel stuff because of the quality issues from a few years back.
Lee F.