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PCM Union Pacific TTT 6/7 2-10-2
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<p>I communicated my displeasure to PCM sometime ago via email and what I got back was very simple.</p><p>A very nice reply stating that the PRR I-1sa's 2-10-0 have generated mild interest but not enough to justify sending this model to production. They hope to be able to send it to production for August-Christmas time frame of this year.</p><p>The B&O 4-6-2 Pacific (Presidents) has generated little if any interest.</p><p>They did not address some of the other minor details such as the question of Long range and short range tender options for the 2-10-0.</p><p>I had specific plans operations wise for those I-1sa's. If they are not going to be availible I may have to act like the Prototype railroad does and purchase power availible now even if it is from another company that is not BLI or PCM.</p><p>Ive waited over a year. Enough is enough.</p><p>I for one dont know what is going to happen to these two particular units, I am seriously debating going with a pair of Proto 2-10-2 Heavies while they are still availible from Walthers for the Christmas season.</p><p>In the meantime I will keep an eye on these PCM/BLI products.</p><p>I find it interesting that the Owner is bought out, Distributors and Hobbyshops cut out and everything going Brass. Perhaps the spirit that drove BLI in it;s glory days when "Silence No More" was a very valid battle slogan in a otherwise rotted out market. Perhaps that spirit has gone out and we are yet to see the final song in which the fat lady sings. Im not sure if I want to see that happen.</p><p>I wont forget the joy hearing that NYC engine fill One Track Mind's store with wonderful sound at a volume sufficient to hear. Or the hard pulling engines I do have from the company. </p><p>Perhaps it's easier to build a brass engine to perfection, one bad joint, ship it back to be redone. While plastic castings arrive with all sorts of loose stuff and not quite precise fitting machinery to be tossed into the parts bin and surviving copies shipped to replace customer's broken models without any questions asked or refunds made.</p>
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