PJB posted:... And which set most closely resembles the one delivered by Atlas piecemeal? ...
Keep in mind... Atlas-O never delivered a CZ "set" piecemeal, per se. They're in the final phase of delivering on their plan to produce all the CZ car styles that made up the train. It was up to buyers to assemble the train based on their preferences. That CZ website I mentioned earlier in this thread has all kinds of good information -- including different CZ consists over time. Some people purchased one (or more) of each car style that Atlas-O produced (resulting in a 12-13 car train more common in the CZ heydays), while others selected a subset based on their layout size or one of the smaller prototype CZ trains during different years of the train's operation.
I'm guessing it was Atlas-O's original "plan" to complete their CZ project within two years... Three MAX. But unforeseen events prolonged that period to 7 years. These latest "commemorative edition" sets are giving folks an excellent opportunity to quickly assemble something that many of us here have been waiting seven years to do. Quite unprecedented in this hobby when you think about it.
David
