@Alec_6460 posted:I admire your restraint…but if its WW2 era ATSF steam I have to have at least 1. Addictions/collections are a terrible problem…
I wouldn't say that I have "restraint" with ATSF steam, as I have:
Premier 5001 class 2-10-4 (made from a Premier 5011 class with a 20K gallon tender and outside bearing pilot truck) (5009)
Premier 5011 class 2-10-4 (5025)
Two Premier 2900 class 4-8-4s (2903, 2921)
Legacy 3751 class 4-8-4 (3759)
Four Premier 3460 class Hudsons (3460 Blue Goose, 3463, 3464, 3465)
Premier 3129 class 2-8-2 (made from a Premier USRA Mikado)
Enough parts to cobble together another Premier 5011 class 2-10-4.
So no restraint 😄.
But back to the catalog. The 5011 class 2-10-4 Lionel is making, adjusted for inflation, is only $100ish more than what MTH charged for it when they last produced it in 2005. So I'm kinda surprised it didn't really go up in price all that much in 17 years. You'll get whistle steam with the Lionel model, but the older MTH model will have a nice, big, 9434 Pittman motor. I'd rather have the Pittman than whistle steam, but to each is own.
