Keystoned Ed posted:Look closely at the cab in the picture of the Lionel E6 and you can readily see why O scale diesels with vertical dual motor "China drives" can not be as good looking as they otherwise could have been if they employed a horizontal single motor drive. Lionel, MTH, and AtlasO use view blocks in the cab area to hide the motor and it kills the look of the cab. In the case of the E6 the cab wall should be behind the side doors - not well forward of them. Thank goodness when Sunset 3rd rail entered the plastic diesel market Scott chose a single motor drive architecture like Key has used for years.
Alternatives are available, to those with deep pockets. 
