...how many three-rail locomotives are made in pre-1900 flamboyant schemes, a'la Tyco's Ten Wheeler in HO?
http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco...oaded/Roy/aae7_3.jpg
This occurred to me whilst perusing Williams' new Ten Wheeler. A handsome locomotive, but Williams seems to be following Henry Ford's dictum of "any color as long as it was black".
There must be SOMETHING out there besides the Hogwarts Express, yes? 
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Well, there's the MTH General, all diecast. This one I upgraded to PS/2, cool little locomotive and smokes a bunch!
Well, there's the MTH General, all diecast. This one I upgraded to PS/2, cool little locomotive and smokes a bunch!
Nice! But it's still a General... looking for a bit more in the variety department. 
Mitch
Well, for flamboyant pre-1900 locomotives, SMR is the place to go. They are brass engines and that is reflected in the prices.
MTH has also done some colorful 4-6-0's:
Andy
The ESE engine 999 by MTH probably qualifies. The size difference between it and a General separate it from being just another tea kettle 4-4-0. Right at the end of the ornate 19th century period.
Bruce
Williams has offered the 4-6-0 in colorful paint schemes like the Russian Iron Boiler C&O as well as the UP greyhound and Southern Passenger Green.
The K-Line Porter teapot has been done in a colorful Ringling Bros scheme as well.
MTH has both thier version of the General as well as thier 4-6-0 and have offered them in several bright paint schemes like the Wanderer Green Scheme of the "Wild West" movie
My Williams 4-6-0 Pennsy loco is dark green (though I wish it were a bit darker), the Southern version is Sylvan Green, the UP is gray, the C&O has a metallic blue boiler (Russia Iron?), and the Circus version is pretty colorful, even if a fantasy scheme, so at least they all aren't black.
Bill in FtL
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