MikeOwnby
Active Member
I was already planning on snatching up an N-scale Baldwin Centipede (or two) when they *finally* came out. I'm glad I waited and didn't break down and get an HO model just to HAVE one. I love those baby-faced monster locos. Anyway...happened to run across an A-A set of UP on eBay for just $220. No sound, but I prefer that anyway after hearing how anemic the sound was on my N-scale Zephyr. It really annoys me to be paying extra for sound I don't want, and Broadway Limited has a habit of thinking everybody wants to do just that. Anyway...I got that instead of paying $190 for just one A unit with sound, and I'm VERY happy to have found this odd soundless duck and gotten two locos for nearly the price of one.
THEN I look at my email and TrainWorld has the Broadway Limited E7 in "as delivered" NYC livery. On sale. It's the REVERSE lightning stripe, and with my love of oddities and oddballs I just HAD to have it. $170 for an A-B set, and yes it has sound but for that price I don't feel quite so ripped off
Anyway, I'll post some pics (maybe even some video) once I get these guys in. Providing I can still afford to pay my internet bill, that is. Heh. Wasn't really planning on spending that extra money on the E7, but trains'll do that to ya. And hey, I did NOT order them from Klein, so I'll likely get them in a timely fashion. Yay!
(I did FINALLY get the Kato E5 Silver Streak set I ordered from Klein. Very pretty and runs GREAT, but I was beginning to wonder if the Kato warranty would be expired by the time I received it. THREE WEEEKS, folks. THREE. Sheesh.)
THEN I look at my email and TrainWorld has the Broadway Limited E7 in "as delivered" NYC livery. On sale. It's the REVERSE lightning stripe, and with my love of oddities and oddballs I just HAD to have it. $170 for an A-B set, and yes it has sound but for that price I don't feel quite so ripped off
Anyway, I'll post some pics (maybe even some video) once I get these guys in. Providing I can still afford to pay my internet bill, that is. Heh. Wasn't really planning on spending that extra money on the E7, but trains'll do that to ya. And hey, I did NOT order them from Klein, so I'll likely get them in a timely fashion. Yay!
(I did FINALLY get the Kato E5 Silver Streak set I ordered from Klein. Very pretty and runs GREAT, but I was beginning to wonder if the Kato warranty would be expired by the time I received it. THREE WEEEKS, folks. THREE. Sheesh.)