45 spec sheets
Published specifications for every significant locomotive, DCC system, booster, turntable, transformer and train set in our catalog, taken from the manufacturer own figures with the closest alternatives at a similar price on every sheet.
Every figure is the manufacturer published specification. Where a figure is not published it is omitted rather than estimated, and nothing here is a measured result: we do not test products in person.
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The best selling O gauge set there is, with LionChief Bluetooth control so it runs from a phone or the supplied remote rather than needing a separate transformer.
Best for: a family set that will come out every year
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A modern high speed passenger set, which is the one thing a freight-heavy catalogue is usually short of. Note that the long cars want more radius than the oval in the box suggests.
Best for: a modern passenger themed first layout
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A full sized system with a duplex radio throttle and an 8 amp booster, for a layout with many sound locomotives running at once. Substantially more capable and more expensive than a starter set.
Best for: a large layout with several operators
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A themed freight set with remote control, listed for age 14 and up, which in Lionel terms means the full electric set rather than the battery range.
Best for: a themed O gauge set with real electric running
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