I liked your review of the new American Flyer Challenger in the May issue. However one thing you stated is " There are no crew figures (and I'm not sure how you could install them)." is not completely accurate. After I picked up my two Challengers the first thing I did was make some seats and installed Arttista engineer and fireman in each locomotive. I cut a passenger car seat in two added a side piece to the cut area to level the seat out. I painted and super glued the seats in place through the window. After the glue was set I installed the figures. see photos.[View:http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/themes/trc/utility/:550:0]
I'm pretty sure I would have super glued them on their sides to the floor of the cab ...
Bob Keller
The floor of the cab on the Challenger is raised on each side. The seats I made fit this raised area and were super glued to the raised portion of the floor. I than super glued the figures to the seats.
I like the crew addition to the loco; got to get some for my engines. There was a recent "I Love Toy Trains" program on RFDTV about the Union Pacific's 3985. I think it weighs about 500 tons!
wyomingscout
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