As a kid I lived close to the Soo Line who shunned streamlining, and while everyone had fleets of shiny sleek passenger cars, they ran heavyweights ( like the NYO&W) and one of the the runs was called the Mountaineer so I got mildly interested knowing that it may or not be made. Wasnt going to set myself up to be disappointed if this were so. How many others feel the same way? I wonder...Odds were it would never be made...so heres an even more obscure prototype...
This seems to be a case of schizophrenia. I watched Mike Wolf at TCA very proudly show everyone that highly detailed, ( read accurate ) French locomotive and now this? What audience is this playing to? Heres the real deal...
If someone is into the NYO&W they know and I mean know their equipment. So....here we have an example of reusing tooling, like a Ford Falcon pretending to be an Audi...whats up with that? There are so few examples of NYO&W models, I can understand someone wanting it...but really. Seems like a misfire to me.
