Train day with the grandkids. Running the Big Boy when we go by the furnace return air vent it is sucking in the smoke! The kids like the new SF Menards engine (dummy). This is the only cheap FP7/9 on the market with the longer body that Canadian Pacific and Canadian National later VIA Rail used on its trains. The FP7/9 bodies were a little longer to accommodate the steam generator for passenger car heating. I am hoping to pick up more Menards Santa Fe dummy or powered engines to repaint to CP/CN/VIA. Here the grandkids are running trains around the house upstairs and on the layout downstairs when not running engines they also like to push them around and switch trains the SF blue is the most popular switching engine today.
Little guys favorite book he wants me to read it over and over. And pic of CN engine FP9 at railway museum I may paint one up to match this.
Here is a comparison with the Sunset 3rd Rail very detailed engine same size body FP in CP colors. And an old 1970's Atlas F7 same size as most on the market much shorter.
