The AC-9:
"Why does the description in the paragraph indicate that they are being produced as they were during the period when they were converted to oil burners but all the images appear to have coal tenders?"
It doesn't - but the wording is indeed muddy. Had it been re-tooled for the oil version, I would have had a sleepless night (I have the TMCC coal version), but that re-tooling is major - engine piping and an all-new tender, in this case.
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The Daylight AC-9 was no surprise. Oh, dear. I shall buy as many of these as I did of the D'light cab-forward. To make it worse, on both locos the "styling" of the orange/etc is...lumpy?
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The NYC S-2 electric is always appealing, and I might just consider the set with the Pre-war decoration...would that be wrong? The "NYC&HR version is also an idea. I just wish that they had manned-up and brought out the slightly longer (the frame) S-3 version - but that would have meant some (not a lot) new tooling. Sigh. And where's the R-2 freight electric? Huh? Huh?
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Purple ACL. What is it with purple? Ugly color. (For those who know: I may be a Mopar guy, but you can toss all the "Plum Crazy" paint ever mixed.)
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SD60M...odd. Legacy/Lionchief. $200 or so diff? Same loco. I think I get it - the twin marketing angles - but it seems that 2 separate locos would have been better...but I have no experience running a model company.
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Some intriguing rolling stock. Some.