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Reply to "Now Comes the E6 from 3rd Rail"

645 posted:

If 3rd Rail's goal is to do all the E-units .....

Ah, but if only that were true!.....

Unfortunately I've not been given any hope for the E-1's (ATSF) and EA's (B&O/Alton), the iconic forerunners of the E-family, due to their singular road-specific heritage and very limited prototype numbers, coupled with (as I understand it) a minimal, aging demand for these roads/engines.

The E-6 and E-1/EA bodies were, sorry to say, different enough to separate new tooling for an accurate model, I should think.  Nose contours, windows, roof features, etc., etc., blah, blah......it would, probably, be hard to recoup the investment.  

And, I doubt there are enough fanciers of fantasy paint schemes on an E-1/EA body to help that matter.

OTOH!......, it is well-known that EMC (EMD) designers (e.g., Leland Knickerbocker...father of the infamous Warbonnet) executed/submitted more than a single paint scheme for new customers of E-family engines.  Wouldn't it be fun to dig through various historical archives to find these renderings and have Scott do several 'What-If' models....with the archival and advertising help/encouragement of willing historical/modeling groups?  Well, I think so anyway. 

(sigh)......so close.  

And, yet.......

KD

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