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Mine arrived today - no tracking email, though.

Beautifully done!

One minor shortcoming - due to the light weight, short wheelbase, and body mounted coupler, the rear truck derails very easily when the plow is being pushed (on O72 curves).  I'm going to think about adding some weight to see if it helps.  In any case, most of these will probably spend most of their time sitting on a siding waiting for a snowstorm rather than being pushed around the layout.

Great job Stu, Chris and to all involved. It looks amazing in pictures and spot on. I missed out by a day or two to order. I did get the CN livery and it came out fantastic also. Owning a few of the past MTH versions, I see that Atlas has added detail parts and done a fantastic job with paint and graphics. Great to still have this model in production thanks to Atlas. I didn't see in the trend, but for all the Strasburg fans, yes it seems like everything Strasburg is selling out in O gauge! A lot of us are going to have to model the new Strasburg 6-track yard, (see Trains.com), on our layouts! Train World has a pre-order exclusive for the MTH gondola type snowplow, not sure when pre-order date is up.

@Mallard4468 posted:

Mine arrived today - no tracking email, though.

Beautifully done!

One minor shortcoming - due to the light weight, short wheelbase, and body mounted coupler, the rear truck derails very easily when the plow is being pushed (on O72 curves).  I'm going to think about adding some weight to see if it helps.  In any case, most of these will probably spend most of their time sitting on a siding waiting for a snowstorm rather than being pushed around the layout.

Definitely add weight to it. I have one of the original Russel Plows from MTH and it's super light weight.

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