I have discovered that I have a weakness for really cool fantasy paint schemes currently being offered by Lionel. It might be my wife's fault because several years ago when I was showing her one of my new steam engines she remarked "Great! Another BLACK engine".
Fast forward to last week - we had a chance to visit Mr Muffin's Trains and while viewing his wonderful layout, I spotted Lionel's new Pacemaker red and silver Mohawk steam engine sitting on a siding. I liked this engine when I first viewed it in their catalogue and even more when someone posted a video of it running here on the forum. I guess my being on vacation rationality took over and as you might guess, the beautiful red steam engine accompanied me home. And it is a thing of beauty!
So, how can there be a dilemma you might ask. Turns out that I have nothing to pull behind it. It looks good sitting on the layout but as it turns out, I do not have any NYC rolling stock or a caboose. I do have a set of Pullman heavyweights but it looks out of place pulling them. Being back in the hobby as an adult for 47 years now, this is the first time I have boxed myself into a corner. For the time being, I guess it will just be a shelf queen!
Any ideas?
Happy railroading,
Don
