06-13-2014, 10:14 AM
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My highly personal view is that this is somewhat cringeworthy -- these locos were mostly equivalent to Trackmobiles, which BLI has already done. A very few Plymouths were used on marginal common carriers like the Stewartstown, Strasburg, or Virginia Central (the VC locos do seem to be very close to the model). However, among the micro layout fraternity, I sometimes get the impression that a loco like this is an excuse to do another slapdash job -- my bet would be you'd never find someone doing serious research on the short lines that actually used them and then putting in real effort to do a freelance or serious-model version.
I note that BLI is bringing out fantasy schemes for Class Is which didn't use locos like these (unless at tie treatment plants, etc), but not for the short lines that used these or similar locos.
If you want to do a slapdash shelf layout, why bother to spend $150? Why not do the usual with a secondhand Bachmann? Or if you're going to spend $150, why not put in some real effort with a layout you aren't going to sell in 6 months?
My highly personal view is that this is somewhat cringeworthy -- these locos were mostly equivalent to Trackmobiles, which BLI has already done. A very few Plymouths were used on marginal common carriers like the Stewartstown, Strasburg, or Virginia Central (the VC locos do seem to be very close to the model). However, among the micro layout fraternity, I sometimes get the impression that a loco like this is an excuse to do another slapdash job -- my bet would be you'd never find someone doing serious research on the short lines that actually used them and then putting in real effort to do a freelance or serious-model version.
I note that BLI is bringing out fantasy schemes for Class Is which didn't use locos like these (unless at tie treatment plants, etc), but not for the short lines that used these or similar locos.
If you want to do a slapdash shelf layout, why bother to spend $150? Why not do the usual with a secondhand Bachmann? Or if you're going to spend $150, why not put in some real effort with a layout you aren't going to sell in 6 months?