SGP posted:As much as I want a Strasburg #90 I would not go for the MTH 2-10-0 dressed as #90. It needs to be a proper scale representation of #90 or its not worth the $999+ that these models are going for these days. I could understand doing this in the railking line but this is scale detailed premier we are talking about.
Correct.
Strasburg #90 is essentially a Baldwin "catalog" 2-10-0, while the MTH model is of a 2-10-0 built for the Russian government railways that were embargoed because of the Russian Revolution and Americanized for US railroads.
Rusty