I think SHS did it right. 

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On Jun 1, 2011, at 1:21 PM, "westfield_depot" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Pieter,
> 
> You are totally right. My brain is on holiday this week and I'm really out of 
> it. It is a USRA 0-8-0. My point still stands. I don't see too many other 
> locos that resemble the B&O prototype. It's a great model but says B&O only 
> to me (admittedly I'm a major rivet counter so I'm at an extreme.) Perhaps 
> that's the fatal flaw in 2-8-0 models. While the 2-8-0 seems like such a 
> simple standard thing the variations are numerous making it very hard to pin 
> down. There's no such thing as a standard model that works for many.
> 
> Chris
> 
> --- In [email protected], Pieter Roos <pieter_roos@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Chris;
> > 
> > Except, AFAIK, there was no USRA standard 2-8-0! That leaves various 
> > "catalog standard" engines from Alco or Baldwin, but no single design that 
> > is really usable for multiple roads.
> > 
> > Pieter E. Roos
> 
> 


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