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I totally agree that what is under the shell is very important, but sometimes the shell itself can be a sticking point. My dad has wanted a Northern class SP&S engine that he took an excursion ride on a couple years ago. He even got to play up in the cab and talk to the guys that restored it. Anyway, of course an SP&S northern isn't really made by anyone, so it became a project of mine to make it for him. The standard Bachmann line has a very good looking Northern class engine so I bought one cheap off of EBay. I expected it to run very poorly and of course it did. In fact, the wheels actually go in different directions as only one set is geared and the rest rely on the connecting rods for the correct motion. Needless to say it's a poor design. Anyway, I now had the Northern class shell that I needed but the tender was completely wrong so I went back to EBay and won a Vanderbilt tender for it that is very close to the one they are using on the restored SP&S Northern. Now that I had all the shell pieces I needed, I called up Bowser and ordered a complete drive system for the Northern. These work great. I then stripped the shells and painted them but the decals were a bit trickier as no one actually makes a set for the Northern in SP&S, so I ended up buying several different freight car/caboose sets and piecing it all together. It's nearly finished and looking pretty good. Of course this is a pretty non-standard example, but without the Bachmann shell I would still be stuck. ;) Warren
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