December 15, 2014 09:56AM
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Hi Earl! Westside actually did two runs of Sierra #24. The first one had the misshaped domes that didn't look the least bit Baldwin, as well as parts that were soldered on crooked and red foam in the box that bled its color on everything. Truly crummy. The short second run, which was never publicized as I recall, was much better. The domes have the proper Baldwin shape. The sand dome doesn't look quite as tall as it should be, but I think replacement with a PSC K-37 sand dome would fix that. Had Westside done Sierra #28 first, an existing loco that people could see and ride behind, they might have seen a market develop for other Sierra models. Bringing out a scrapped loco that only the old-timers remember first was a mistake. This situation does illustrate one of my points on the Rio Grande, though. Its immense popularity as a model prototype is based on people being able to see and relate to those trains today. Had the Silverton branch been abandoned in the 1950s, and the rest of the railroad in 1968, the interest level in it would probably be on a par with Colorado & Southern models, not as huge as it is today and will continue to be well into the future.
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