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Lionel Electric Motors
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All Lionel tinplate models were toys and not designed to be true scale reproductions of the original locomotives. But of course the toys have been designed and constructed with a particular real-world model in mind, that was in public use back in those days. Often the models were influenced not only by a single locomotive but featured details from multiple models. In the following we will try to show the Lionel electric model and their closest real-world motor side by side:
| Categorization | Real-World Model | O Gauge Model | Standard Gauge Model | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYC T-1 #6000 (Footage on the #100) |  | #700/1/2/3/4/6 |  | #42 |  |
| NYC S-1 |  | #150/152/153/154/158 |  | #6, #33/38/50 and #52/53 |  |
| NYC S-2 |  | #156 |  | #318 |  dakotapaul.com |
| NYC S-3 |  | #250/252 |  dakotapaul.com | #402/408 |  dakotapaul.com |
| NYC GE Box Cab |  | #248 |  | #8 |  |
| NYC Alco Box Cab (R-2) |  | #251 |  trainz.com | X | |
| New Haven Box Cab (EP-1/EF-1) |  | #253 |  dakotapaul.com | #9 |  dakotapaul.com |
| Boston and Maine Hoosac Tunnel Locomotive (Footage on the Hoosac Tunnel) |  wikipedia.com | #256 |  | X | |
| Milwaukee Bipolar (GE EP-2 “Olympian”) |  | #254 |  dakotapaul.com | #10 and #380 |  |
| GE EP-2 |  | X | #381 (and #381SS “Brute”) |  dakotapaul.com | |
| PRR GG1 (Footage on the GG1) |  dakotapaul.com | GG1 |  | X |
Unless depicted otherwise, all real-world locomotive images on this page are from the great guys at railfan.net and wikipedia.