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Lionel and Athearn collaborated on an
adaptation of their O "Rectifier" that was designed (or
maybe condensed) to fit the Athearn GP9 frame. There were
Lionel versions (rare) and Athearn versions (mega-rare). After Lionel
began to prodice it's own HO trains, the body die was used with their own
running gear. They offered it in Virginian, New Haven (black and
white with orange cab) and Pennsy (tuscan red with one gold stripe). It's
kind of a neat "what-if" GE had made a 4-axle electric at that time.
According to their catalogs it is based on the E33 - having seen them they don't
look bad, especially for the period, except for the fact that there was no such
thing.
Bill K.
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