UP M10000 Lionel 2 rail and Walthers

[Carey Williams]

Hello all you may enjoy seeing a Lionel M10000 that has been converted to 2 rail run ....if so please see link.

https://youtu.be/aj8F209NYQ0

Lionel conversion has universal motor with drive shaft to power truck .

Walther's is going to need more work before polishing the rails

Cheers Carey

[J. S. Bach]

Which one is which? I suspect that the top one is the Lionel. Note that I did not open the link as videos tend to mess with my internet connection.

EDIT: I just realized that I did not know that Walthers offered the m-10000. I just learned something, thank you.

[steamaheadstephen59]

Surprisingly to me anyway, the bottom M10000 is the Lionel, the top Walthers. the Lionel is shortened, but still looks good to me. The video from Carey explains all, its good watch!

[De Bruin]

Dave to me the one at the bottom is uber-clean and if I had to guess is a top-line pre-war Lionel version which is supposed to be an otherwise decent scale model, lord knows there've been a few two-railed.
The one at the top though reeks of the sort of stamped-tin and wood composite kit "smell" that I associate with pre-war Walthers (and, thanks to Maroon, the kind of stuff might covet myself)
Lord knows Carey once again nabs these weird specimens-basket cases before I even knew they were made to begin with......this happens a lot these days 8^)
Just me but I would re-work that Walther's version into IC's Green Diamond aka "The Tomato Worm"
Yup.