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Someone needs to say this; Except for Accucraft & a couple of small mom and pop companys plus the Bachmann Shay, Climax, 2-8-0 and now their Heisler; large scale manufacturers have never produced "SCALE" models of any train. I realize my statements may ruffle a few feathers but its time that someone raised the shades and allow the light of reality to shine into the garden. I see people on this thread using words like "force" and "demand" that the manufacturers lable their products with a scale designation. Would you expect Disney to lable Mickey Mouse and Goofy figures with a scale designation?; of course not! These figures are not scale models any more than the trains we run on our layouts. TRUE; our trains are closer to scale than Mickey & Goofy but they are not "scale" models. So; why "should" a manufacturer place a scale designation on their train toys? LGB is a toy co. and their trains are toys not scale models. The same is true of all other manufacturers they are not producing scale models these are toys. If you don't believe me place any LGB locomotive next to a Bachmann 2-8-0 or Shay and see which one looks like a scale model and which one looks like a toy. The LGB toy is a good starting point to bash into a scale model to be sure. The basic outline of the LGB loco will be very close to this or that full size locomotive. As long as we keep buying these toys and as long as the tooling holds out these so called "out of scale" toys will continue to be produced. We need to encourage NOT force these companys to produce scale models when it's time to retool for their next offering. May all your weeds be wild flowers ..... OLD DAD
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