What I had in mind was something like this example on the auction site, not necessarily this very Rivarossi model:
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/HO-Scale-AHM-Rivarossi-4-4-0-K-C-ST-L-C-Old-Time-Steam-Locomotive-/202087124779?hash=item2f0d54cf2b
It appears in popular train sets, the kind mom 'n pop will smile at under the Christmas tree.
Shock Control selector To answer the question, quite possibly, but the really strong challenger would have to be the 4-4-0 or 4-6-0 on various roads, the one with the beehive stack and lots of brass...or bling...on it. Can you post a pic? I am more a of a diesel guy, so I may have overlooked this.
selector To answer the question, quite possibly, but the really strong challenger would have to be the 4-4-0 or 4-6-0 on various roads, the one with the beehive stack and lots of brass...or bling...on it.
To answer the question, quite possibly, but the really strong challenger would have to be the 4-4-0 or 4-6-0 on various roads, the one with the beehive stack and lots of brass...or bling...on it.
Can you post a pic? I am more a of a diesel guy, so I may have overlooked this.
I think the one with all the bling he's talking about is made by Hallmark or somebody. It's advertised on the back of magazines and in the Sunday paper glossy insert, along with the silver dollars and buffalo nickels.
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tstage Course, if they were REALLY popular...you wouldn't see them "all over the place".
Well, see my Herb Alpert analogy above. That album was huge, but it is still readily available at a thrift store near you!
tstageCourse, if they were REALLY popular...you wouldn't see them "all over the place".
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Is that like saying "They were a lot more popular before EVERYBODY started buying them?"
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Shock ControlI cannot think of a locomotive from any era that I see more than this one. Does this reflect your experience?
Maybe because the red, yellow, silver, and black stand out more than other schemes. Course, if they were REALLY popular...you wouldn't see them "all over the place".
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
It is the model train equivalent of Whipped Cream and Other Delights by Herb Alpert. (I am also an LP collector!) ;)
Santa Fe all the way.
Russell
Yes it is. So much so that people that know nothing of trains still recognize it.
Is the silver and red Santa Fe F unit - is it an F3 or F7? - the most ubiquitous locomotive in model railroading history? It is everywhere, all scales, all brands. When I go to a train show, they are all over the place, from five bucks to hundreds of dollars. I cannot think of a locomotive from any era that I see more than this one. Does this reflect your experience?