I see that on the Roundhouse site, the upgrade of the old athearn 4-6-2 has been scrapped. Was looking forward to modifying it for one of the Rutland light pacifics. Anyone know the reason behind this. I am not aware of a quality USRA type 4-6-2 (i.e. BLI, MTH, Athearn) out there. Is anyone aware of one that I have missed.
Thanks!
There were recently several threads on this topic. If you're up for a lot of reading do a search.
Otherwise, the word is the vender in China could not deliver the right quality at the right price, and was WAY behind svhedule.
Sheldon
Search this forum for 4-6-2. I and others posted info about the cancellation. I have been waiting three years. I emailed Athearn and they told me.
I compromised and bought a Spectrum 4-6-0 with Tsunami sound, NYC 1233 for $160.00. I will stick with the ten wheeler and pull some NYC passenger cars. It is not very close to that type of NYC 4-6-0 but I do not count all the rivets.
I was hoping to do that with a NYC Pacific.
I missed a slightly older 4-6-2 on ebay which I could have bought for $100.00 but was not paying attention to the time. Dave at NWSL has the replacement gears if one of the gears cracked as they were prone to do.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.