This train set is absolutely gorgeous, and I'm glad you picked to use the F40 Cabbage instead of the new cab car.

davidzq,

Ah, I see. It is just as bad to photograph as the real thing. (At least it is not any darker. I always thought the ultra dark green of the BN executive paint scheme was dark blue-green. Yeah, I found out later that I was wrong. Just like that Brunswick Green Pennsylvania Railroad used. Its really, really, dark green. Not black.) Hopefully I will get the chance to see this in person sometime.

My one suggestion regarding the EMD F59 unit is that the rear hump could use some more elevation to bring it inline with the real thing. If it turns out it becomes unreliable as the real locomotive, then you could always send it to the scraper or the auctioneer and build yourself one of these: (I had a quick go using a GE P42 drawing to replicate the EMD paint scheme.) You know, these are actually shorter in height then the F59s. Or you could skip the P42 and wait for a Charger...

(I originally had a full copper brown face like the Acela Wave paint scheme has but I axed it for the original. At least it is not one of the Heritage I paint scheme ones running around. Forgive me Amtrak fans but that particular combination is as ugly as sin.)

Then again, if the F59s are in the shop and the P42s are all tied up, you might see everything from an old Geep yard goat (BN white faced green, BNSF GN Heritage, etc...) on one end and maybe if the Cabbage car is in the shop as well you might get lucky to see a GE EVO or and EMD SD70+ on the other end. Serious overkill. And you don't have to build them... Unless you want to be a little cheeky.

Yeah, I am not sure what happened with the cab cars on the new Talgo 8 trainsets. As ugly as they are the other two trainsets that were painted in the Talgo Inc. corporate colors for the State of Wisconsin surprisingly do not look half bad. The black cap on the white body with red stripe seems to work.

3D LEGO

PS: I agree, space is always an issue.

Maybe as an added bonus you could rig up a display that will randomly activate and display the message: "No Amtrak Cascade Service for 48 min."

Edited January 15, 20169 yr by 3D LEGO

Maybe as an added bonus you could rig up a display that will randomly activate and display the message: "No Amtrak Cascade Service for 48 min."

I think I'll skip the realism of the weekly landslide on my layout!

Also, even in nice colors, the P42 is still far too ugly!

I based the F59 off scale drawings and actual photos, and as far as I can tell,the hump is right. But I didn't really take any photos at a proper angle to examine it.