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There is a bit of, for want of a better word, discrimination in the response to things like a "BN Shark". One very famous HO layout (now replaced by a different layout) claimed to be set in 1977 yet a video I have of this layout clearly shows a boxcar lettered for a shortline railroad which did not exist until 1980. There is also some intermodal equipment in service that didn't exist on the prototype until the late 1980s. Because of the layout owner's status no one seems to notice. It didn't bother me either. If one ignored the handful of boxcars with running boards (remember, 1977 was the last year they could be used in interchange)the layout could easily have been set in 1987 and it was BEATUIFULLY DONE. Several of the "darling" manufacturers have offered models with paint schemes for railroads that never ran the prototype and you don't hear much complaining. Tyco, on the other had wasn't really a "model" manufacturer. They were a "toy" manufacturer so we get all bent out of shape because they sell toys. Hmmmmm.....I guess were human even though we play with trains. Go figure! <br /> <br />Cheers
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