@colorado hirailer posted:Well, for me, it depends on what area you are modeling. That Camelback is going to look funny in front of grain boxcars in your southern Illinois scenery, as well as climbing a Rocky Mountain pass, not to mention in a "west coast" yard along side oil fired SP and ATSF power. But...that depends on how much you are a stickler for scale modeling. Anthracite coal trains into Philly?, probably at home. The generic ten wheeler, unless Belpaire firebox road specific, or oil tender,, did double duty labor everywhere.
Thanks so much everyone for feedback. Honestly I just like having cool things, I get matching rolling stock to the locomotive but if the outside track has UP and the inside has Southern its fine with me.
One other point to mention, I have all the semi scale locomotives (Jr Berk, Jr Mikado. Baby K4 etc) so I was hoping to find something that would fit in size wise (I have the A5 but it towers over everything else!)
Lastly getting most for the money, of there was features one had that the other different, that would be great to know, it seems like they are pretty similar with the camelback hacking a backup light and better chuffing.
Extra point, I think there is a 2-8-0 that came out in 2021 v2 catalog, anything that would make that leaps and bounds ahead of the other two?
