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My only gripe here is, when the manufactures come up with a "Railroad-Specific" model, such as the destinctive Union Pacific big steamers, the model does not lend itself to use on the layouts that are not trying to model the U.P. I think it would be buch better if they started marketing "generic" steamers, such as 4-8-4's, and 4-6-2's, and supplied a few detail parts to customize the models to the specific road. While I'm giving away my age here, I recall the early days of "N"scale, and those locomotives were VERY limited as to what was available. Remember all the "U-50-c's", PA-1's, U.P. "Turbines", etc. ? I don't hold anything against Athearn for bringing out a model of a U.P. 4-6-6-4, but I'd like to see something more "mainstream". How about re-tooling the dies to get our old standby Athearn diesels with scale-width hoods? I have a fleet of Athearn GP-9's that I have detailed and painted to GTW, but I hate that "Fat" shell. Most of these were done decades ago, when that was all that was available I have always liked the Athearn line, but I wi***hey would stick to the "mainstream" models, and improve on their older castings. Todd C.
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