All three are good looking locomotives! I think if I owned that GP35 I’d be tempted to try to shim the pilot-frame gap down a bit more. That being said, Lionel seems to do a much better job overall in handling the appearance of the swinging pilots on their diesels when compared to MTH. My plan is to eventually go to fixed pilots and proper length handrails on all of my diesels, but it will be done incrementally…
All three are good looking locomotives! I think if I owned that GP35 I’d be tempted to try to shim the pilot-frame gap down a bit more. That being said, Lionel seems to do a much better job overall in handling the appearance of the swinging pilots on their diesels when compared to MTH.
My plan is to eventually go to fixed pilots and proper length handrails on all of my diesels, but it will be done incrementally…