I just received mine and it is a beauty! I got the 3001 instead of the true fantasy schemes, in part because I wanted the engine that starred in the 1915 silent film “Hazards of Helen: The Leap from the Water Tower.” If you haven’t seen it, it’s available on Youtube. Some very nice footage of the 3001 pulling a short train.
One TINY little, easily avoided problem, is the super cool cow catcher on the back of the tender often decouples cars that have thumb tack couplers. The cow catcher is just long enough and at just the right height. No big deal; the first car after the tender just has to have no thumb tack. But it made me think there was something wrong with the coupler on my $2200 engine when it first happened!
