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Another tidbit from the S-List quotes Lionel as having said that the new Lionel Big Boy engine will in fact run on standard 20 inch Flyer radius track. This is great news, but it will still mean that I have to carve up some of my mountains and tunnels to get the engine around my [...]

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Assuming that the Lionel S Big Boy is actually the K-line O-31 engine converted to S gauge (and we don’t yet know this to be the case), this photo gives us an idea what the new Lionel engine might look like on our layouts next to a Gilbert Hudson. I admit I was a little [...]

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I couldn’t help but feel sorrow today when I saw multiple auctions for portions of Ward Kimball’s train collection for sale on eBay. (It is sad to see anyone’s trains go after they die.) I had the extreme privilege to meet Ward at my work in 1981. When I was introduced to him, he seemed [...]

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The prototype for the new Lionel S gauge Big Boy, Union Pacific #4014, now resides at the Los Angeles County Fairplex in Pomona, CA. You can find out more about the rich history of this engine at the website of the Southern California Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Society.

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The S-Trains list at Yahoo is buzzing over a find in the new Lionel 2008 catalog, Big Boy #4014 ready to run on your S tracks! This appears to be a rework of the K-line Big Boy that was previously sold in O-31. A photo of the K-line engine sitting on an S layout is [...]

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