FA units, hmm! I have always thought that the AM FA units were dead on but that somehow AM had crashed and burned with the PA which, before it was issued, was advertised to have the most accurate nose of any other PA ever modeled.
I grew up in the Twin Cities, so the only FA units I ever saw were those owned by the Rock Island and the few owned by the SOO, but I, too, thought the Lionel FAs looked pretty good, albeit not scale O. Tom ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Greg [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 9:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} FA was PA Isn't it interesting, ones perspective on the FA2 offered by AM? Having crawled around and looked at FPA4 and ex-L&N FA at the Portola Railroad museum, I felt the nose was pretty darn close on the FA2 offered by AM. The ex-L&N unit came from the Long Island Railroad so the roof was highly modified in areas and not worth the time for detailing a true FA2. The FPA4 from VIA/CN was pretty intact for details. Sadly for me, those units have moved onto new homes. Good really since they are still available to see. The FPA4 and FPB4 ended up on the Grand Canyon Railway and the run pulling passenger trains as they were intended. The Long Island cab car went to a museum back east, maybe even to L&N country and last I heard was going to get a donor engine and generator to become a real FA2 again. But the talk of nose, windshield shape and such reminds me of the discussion of the EMD F units. No two units were exactly alike. I'm thinking Alco FA's of all ilk suffer from the s! ame fate to some degree. Also how many people are influenced by the FA Lionel made in O27? I know I am, since that was my first diesel. But at least this is a new topic thread that can take its place in the list of items to rehash. :) Greg Elems ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
