In my HO scale days I modeled the western US railroads. Espee, ATSF, UP and DRGW. The NYC never crossed my mind. My brother-in-law had a AHM Dreyfuss was as close as I got.
But when I came to O scale and bought a then new MTH RK Dreyfuss I became infatuated with the NYC loco. Maybe it was all those years of looking at that album cover (remember those?)
Some type of subliminal image was placed in my mind......
And even though I had gotten a very nice scale Dreyfuss ( I am trying to get the traditional size locos I own in scale now) that is the Williams version of the Smithsonian edition Dreyfuss, I can see and have been told it's so scale it's a bit finicky to run on O-72. That combined with the simple and well running regular line Williams steam locos I have.....when this one came up....I had to bite.
It's not as detailed as my other Dreyfuss I like the simple and rugged detail....this will get more run time than the Smithsonian. It looks like I need to find a NYC Sysytem plaque for the front end.
I will do a little work on it. Drivers may get some paint.....tender will get a coal load as it has none now. A little time and effort and for the $160 it cost......should be a fine addition to the fleet.
It will, I hope, cure my Dreyfuss fever.......until.......
