QUOTE: Originally posted by Railroading_Brit [as it'd be very easy to motorise it with a SPUD or two, so you'd have a fully detailed loco that can still move around or haul a short train.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Texas Zepher Both the original "Highliners" and now "Intermountain" F unit shells went out onto the shelves and got very slim sales. Last time I was in my LHS it had a bunch of the Intermountains on the clearance shelf. It is just hard to justify $50 for a detailed shell when one can get the same thing with a powered unit under it for $80 or so.
QUOTE: Originally posted by modlerbob Being primarily a model builder (kits no scratch builder here) and having built many model planes and cars I find myself wishing someone would make a non-operating kit of some of the most popular diesel locomotives.
Ray Breyer
Modeling the NKP's Peoria Division, circa 1943