Boston & Main LCCA Set

Bob,

That's one good looking set  Excellent choice

 

God Bless,

"Pappy"

It is a handsome engine. Enjoy!

It will be a nice addition to your roster.

SWEET.

Hey Dave... Did you get a set for yourself?

Nice looking set, but I will pass on it.

 

Peter

I'll be passing on this one too. It is a nice looking set and I may have pulled the trigger on one powered engine if it was offered. I really have no need for a dummy unit. I also like the B&M blue a little better than the minute man.

I run B&M locos, etc. and am a member of LCCA but have not yet figured out how to order only the powered GP7. I like the maroon and gold coloring over the McGinnes blue. t brings me back to the old days when I lived near the Portland division trackage.

Good looking set. Some of those Eastern railroads had some great looking paint schemes and the B&M was one of them.

Nice, love the paint.  

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I run B&M locos, etc. and am a member of LCCA but have not yet figured out how to order only the powered GP7.

 

According to the web site, it's all three pieces, or nothing. There is no option to order only the powered GP7.
The caboose can be purchased seperately.

Thank you for the reply. That is what I thought but I don't think that the B&M had a cabin car of that type and definitely not that color scheme.

As I stated in the post above I don't believe you can order the one engine only. You could try asking in the LCCA forum maybe Al K can clear it up.

Very nice purchase, Bob. This will make a beautiful addition to your layout in 2015.

It's a handsome set.  I wish they would have offered the powered locomotive as a separate sale item.  Seems odd that the caboose is offered separately.  I don't understand the logic in that.

It's a very nice looking loco. I don't care for the caboose as it's a fantasy. The LCCA USED to require that convention cars and locomotives that were at least prototypical for the region. They did a good job in the late 70's and 80's. The Monsanto tankcar,Virginia Chemical tankcar,Corning Hopper,AIRCO tankcar in a boxcar,Ashland Chemical tankcar,NASA tankcar and the colorful East Camden boxcar are among my favorites as they were based on real cars for the convention area. Back in the day Al Otten,Chuck Seddon and Art Broshears were very adamant about this and wanted photographic proof.

I agree, it seems like an odd duck, to be offered alone.  I think there would be many buyers of the powered loco only.

I would have joined the LCCA if I could have purchased only the powered GP-7.  I think they would have sold very well.  It would be my first choice of any of the Lionchief Plus diesels made thus far.  What a bummer!  At this point I buy no locomotives that aren't New England railroads, also CN and CP which were common in up here in the past.