And a bit more useless trivia--in HO,
Gilbert used the Varney F unit as their's.? I don't know if it was
the entire unit or just the shell.? I think it was also mentioned
that a couple of the freight cars came from other sources too.
I was always admiring Gilbert's version
of the North Coast Limited.? The S version with it's PA's just
didn't float!? The North Coast Limited was one of a very few
passenger consists i'd ever seen 1:1
Bob Werre
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After Lionel stopped using
Rivarossi, they did contract with Athearn.? And Athearn had
the "Hi-F" drive for a while, and I think were the only ones
that had it.? Athearn also bought the HObbyline (John English)
diesel shell so some of the "Lionel" HO was a bit of a
mashup.? The Virginian Rectifier that Athearn provided was
interesting because it came on rather incorrect EMD Blomberg
trucks from Athearn's "GP9.".
Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer
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Part of what I received was a
Lionel HO gauge train set.? ?New Haven F
units and passenger cars.? The traction was
provided by spinning roods with rubber bands
between the motor and the trucks.
Drive could have been made by Athearn.? ?The
Athearn RDC and the Hustler (and maybe a few
others) were rubber band drives.
At high speed they were guaranteed to fly off
on a curve.
Ken G.
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Bob Werre