Ken-Oscale posted:Really interesting announcement! I still have my favorite HO steamer from the early 1970s, a Mantua 2-8-2 with a heavy cast boiler and excellent appearance for the time.
Me too. I got the Mikado as a gift from my grandfather in 1967. It’s heft is probably one of the factors that steered me toward O gauge, and is heavy diecast metal steamers, a quarter-century later.