It appears that Lionel will not make a scale version of its USRA Mikado. This is unfortunate because it would add a few sales to Lionel's bottom line, perhaps quite a few. A question about mounting scale couplers on the Lionel Mike raised a question in my mind. I know that code 126 track--available somewhere, I believe--is oversized for scale operation. I have some code 100 on my layout, some code 126 with Miller tiestrips, and some code 148 from American Models. My turnouts are all code 100. No way could the Lionel Mike make it through the turnouts or operate on code 100 track. Is it possible that by switching to code 126 or larger everywhere I could use the Lionel Mike on a scale layout. I still have not seen the Lionel Mike, but it looks good in photos. Perhaps it ONLY LOOKS good in photos, I don't know. If one went to code 126 turnouts or larger could the Lionel Mike make it through? If the Mike COULD make it through, what would happen to cars and locomotives with scale wheels? Probably not a realistic possibility, eh? Tom
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