Joe, right out of the box, that Intermountain AC12 looks OUTSTANDING:thumb: , they truly done a STUPENDOUS job on all the details:thumb::thumb: , HOWEVER, unless you have curves with 30r, the engine wont run well at all:frowns: . it barely makes 22r curves:cry: . the problem is its built JUST LIKE THE REAL ARTICULATED ENGINES, what i mean is, all REAL articulated engines have the first set of drivers(the set closest to the cab) stationary..they DON'T swivel, ONLY the farthest set from the cab actually swiveled:winki: . that being so, it makes the intermountain cab forwards IMPOSSIBLE to run on anything but large curves:frowns: .
ANOTHER thing that makes the Intermountain cab forward not great is its top speed is pretty slow, and its pulling power is pretty low too:eeki::frowns: . my Big Boy & both my Challengers can EASILY out pull the AC12:winki: .
Riverossi, BLI & PCM make FANTASTIC cab forwards that have BOTH sets of drivers swivel, making them very forgiving on tighter curves:thumb: . if i were to get another cab forward, i wouldn't go by looks alone again:cry: , I'd get one of the three better runners that i had mentioned:winki: .
Wayne & CNWman, i have looked through my UP diesel roster guide, NO BL2's ever made UP's roster:cry: . though it is highly possible they had acquired the BL2's from MP, they were probably sold off, given to a museum, or just flat out scrapped right away:eeki: .
Not sure about MP's engines, but i know when they acquired WP, 90% of WP's engines were scrapped out right away, a couple of them, like their F units were donated to museums:winki: . keep in mind folks, the roads UP acquired had HUGE financial problems, & MOST of the equipment they were using was slap wore out junk:eeki: . (the Rio Grande, SP & CNW had the best shape engines of all the acquired roads)
Josh, THANK YOU for the complement, & THANKS for identifying the GP30 as a WC:thumb: , i should have figured it out...being I'm from WI
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Kurt!, hey, you are entitled to your opinion:thumb: , everyone cant be happy with ALL the engines out there:winki: . after much thought, i think I'll probably do up my BL2 & shark as "what if" UP units:winki::thumb: , Big ED wont care:119: , thats just two more engines i can add to my roster:toug::119::mrgreen: .
:deano: -Deano