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Somewhere back in the '60s there was an article in MR - correct me if I'm wrong, please - in which the author advocated a standard body design (read: shell) for EMD F-units with the ability to install different details allowing you to "design-your-own" locomotive. By configuring different roof and side details you could come up with anything from an F3 to an F9. If you didn't want a steam generator, for instance, there was a plate to cover that opening: if you did want one then there was an insert for that. <br /> <br />The article was an interesting one with an interesting concept. Sometime later someone picked it up and ran with it - at least there was a plethora of advertising (using the author's drawings, by the way) indicating an interest in it. It unfortunately was always in the vapor world hanging just over the horizon - you know, scheduled for August release, coming in February, etc. It then died a natural lingering death. But it was sure a good idea and I wish someone else would run with it again.
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