Early in this post a few commented about the MTH Southern Kanawha. The pictures of Southern Kanawha, 2716 on MTH product page don’t do justice to the detail of this engine; so I overlooked it when it was in the 2010 catalog.
Ken you are so correct about how the original MTH presentation of the 2716 (20-3188-1) was depicted. When it was first cataloged it caught my eye until I realized how not to prototypical it was. It was cataloged in the subsequent catalog issue with revised graphic but still not prototypical.
I rode the May 29, 1982 excursion out of Charlotte that 2716 pulled. The next day I took my dad to the station to see her when 2716 pulled the second excursion that week end. Took pictures of dad standing at the pilot, this was just a few years before he pasted. Bottom line have been up close I knew what 2716 looked like and MTH graphic depiction was not like it.
Well I was at the local toy train shop the day his order of the 20-3188-1 arrived. We unpacked one. It was not like the graphic depictions but pretty much spot on. Bought it instantly. It depicts the Claytor bother's Southern steam excursion 2716 Kanawha.
Ron
