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From: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
To: "BRHS list" <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 11:02 AM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: HO scale Nickel Plate K-2
> Others may have had a different experience. I hope so. But from what I
have seen and heard about NPP C.B.&Q. K-2, 4-6-0s, many are notoriously poor
runners. In a lot of cases, they require extensive reworking to get them to
run smoothly. This can be done; I have done it. I once heard the story that,
owing to poor mechanisms, original sales of this model were so meager that
the manufacturer ended up dumping a whole production run in Canada for about
$35 each.
The NPP K-2s *did* wind up being remaindered, but my understanding at the
time was that Dave Simon had over-estimated the market, and imported too
large a quantity - I believe the K-2 was his first import (or at least the
first planned . . . the 9900 PZ may have beat it to the US - don't recall
for sure -)
Marshall
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