Hello BigRail,
Have you run your MTH Coors Silver Bullet set yet? If so, what is your opinion about the set? I am sure that if you have run the set, you have noticed the extra clearance needed that other OGR Forum members have mentioned. If you have not run the set, take it nice and slow around your layout the first couple of times to identify the scenery that will inevitably get in the way of the rather large footprint/width of the engine.
Because of its unique appearance and operating functions, it is my favorite set to run for the public on the Paradise and Pacific RR layout and on the modules of the other train clubs that I belong to in the Valley of the Sun. I also have a routine that when the reefer doors open, I tell the people watching that only those over twenty-one can reach in and grab a beer.
I do have a question for you that ties in with a question that I asked the OGR Forum at the beginning of this month (4-3-18). Does your engine have two sets of steps at the rear? I ask because the engine from the first set I own had two sets of steps at the rear--both became detached and lost--and the engine from the second set I own, which is new, never had the two sets of rear steps. I did receive three replies from members: the first posting a photo showing no steps, the second stating that his engine had two sets of steps, and the third posting a photo clearly showing the two sets of rear steps. My theory is that the first production of engines had steps and the later production of engines did not have steps; just an assumption of mine based on when I purchased the sets. I would like to note that the owner's manual does show steps; but because of how the rear coupler is positioned/turned, it appears to show only one set of steps when in fact there are two.
I am an operator and I can also be a rivet counting collector.
Janet Mattern (TCA and LCCA member)
