@Strummer posted:Or a "Pocono" or a "Niagara" or...🙂
Mark in Oregon 🎄
Model railroading is rife with inaccurate terminology. Note that the Eastern Roads where the toy manufacturers were / are located all use correct terms for their regional locomotives - Mohawk, Niagra, Greenbrier, etc.
ATSF was a mostly southwestern and western road - and they were big on their southwestern brand. Terms like Northern, Hudson, or Berkshire were foreign to them and not "on brand". Terms like Texas, Prairie, Pacific, and Mountain were totally acceptable. The 4-8-4s and 4-6-4s were refered to as Heavy Mountains and Heavy Pacifics by the road - though they could have just as easily come up with new names - like Southwesterns and Kansans.
