Bob Harris posted:VintageClassics posted:Bob Harris posted:well OK here is my 2 cents. to go with the T&P 2 10 4 . Texas and Pacific 4 8 2 mountainsThere was 2 classes of these with and without FWTR 900-909 , These were used on there passenger trains for there Texas eagle trains. They were Eagle blue and Eagle gray with silver and yellow stripping , silver lettering outlined in black edging on the letters and numbers.
Bob
Hi Bob! Great idea!! Those locos would be gorgeous, and an excellent compliment to the 3rd Rail T&P 2-10-4
Well these are nice the black version is the most accurate. The blue is way off the color chart for what they used. It is just like the E 6 color which the RR called Eagle Blue and Eagle Gray these were painted this way to run with the New Texas Eagle consist because the streamline cars and the E 6 had not arrived net from the builder in 1948 . When they arrived the steamers were kept painted this way and used for stand by power when needed.
I am with you. I would love to have these In O scale model from but doubt if it will ever happen. It took me 5 years to convince Scott to do the 2 10 4 , and the CGW model helped to get the Texas.
But who knows. All it takes is the reservations, so who else would want these, I will take 2 blue and 1 black.
Bob H
I’d probable be in for one. I practically choked n fell over in shock when the 2-10-4 was offered. So I Did buy one. I’d been asking MTH to do a Mikadopalooza for years - just a run of black n silver engines for different roads never done. Anything to get a reasonable steam engine for MP, T&P, Frisco, MKT. Crickets. So I had to buy in on the Sunset T&P offering. Stunning model !!!!
Perhaps the key on a new offering will again be is there another road “ look alike” that can attract enough additional reservations to contain costs to make it fly ?
TrainBub
