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Interested in hearing from anyone who owns or has seen these locomotives cataloged in the 2023 Vol 2.

At first I was interested in the 726 mainly because I remember my Dad talking about what a prize the original was. I'm not a fan, however, of the replica postwar air whistle that I've seen in videos. Any ability to change this?

I like the looks of the American Railroads version. The sky blue really pops. Is American Railroads just a generic livery like Lionel Lines or WBB's Luxury Lines? In the video, this version had a really impressive whistle.

I was surprised to see these are delivered without engineer and fireman figures. That's the only detractor for me on this model. Anyone know if there's room to add them aftermarket?

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A little internet searching and it looks like Nickle Plate 759 (a Berkshire) did have the blue paint job for a while in 1969 for an excursion train and then was repainted back to the correct black.  I found a picture on Steam Giants website (search for "Nickle Plate 759" and scroll to the Steam Giants link) - it's not a great picture and it's hard to read, but it does look like "American Railroads" on the tender.

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