12-03-2011, 02:41 PM
As someone who has worked at a Lionel Museum for the last 8 years I would not recommend that. The engine that comes with the set is VERY cheap and you could burn it up well before it's time. We run a Polar on our main layout for 6 weeks (Thanksgiving til New years) every year and the set engine was toast by the end of the 6 weeks EVERY year so we now use a much higher grade Berkshire to pull it. Of course this means we have to listen to those smart alecky kids telling us it's the wrong engine because it has a different road number! 
Also this can prematurely wear out the holes in the trucks on the passenger cars that support the axles causing the axles to fall out when you pick the cars up.
Also this can prematurely wear out the holes in the trucks on the passenger cars that support the axles causing the axles to fall out when you pick the cars up.
Mike
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