Will Ebbert posted:Norton posted:Trainmaster04 posted:Hancock52 posted:Hopefully the catalog is correct.
Like Hancock my only order will be UP cars but with 2 of the #4 add ons. One Lone Star will get relettered for Kenefick.
I just noticed the Funeral train set will have another Overland diner. This car was offered in with the Excursion cars already. I know the sounds will be different but a 2066 Power Car would have been a better choice IMO as it has never been done in O scale.
Pete
As nice as the power car would be, that would require more all new tooling which is not cheap.
I regard the generator cars as a poor man’s version of the much bigger and more elaborate 2066 power car. Yes, a proper version of that would require new tooling but the ability to produce new and more prototypical models was supposed to be an advantage of going over to ABS plastic instead of aluminum.
Anyway I have looked into making the generator car included in the original UP Excursion Train set a rough facsimile of 2066 by adding the roof detail. Models of that car have been produced in N and HO scale.
It could only be a facsimile because the generator car is a short wheelbase model and the window/side treatments are completely different from the above.
