Message of the day - October 11, 2004:

Hi everyone,

I am making a slight change of plan, with the five single unit photos of Maxi I #237791 coming first, then I will provide the photo with all five units next time along with a little motive power and maybe even an action photo or two like I usually save for the April 12th birthday parties.

One thing I would like to point out regarding this set of photos is some of the Mediterranean Shipping containers. Two of the stack trains I saw on this day in Kingman, AZ were very heavy on these distinctively colored containers, prompting me to buy a few N scale models of them made by Deluxe Innovations. The dealer I purchased them from noted that some buyers complained about the colors of the 40' version not matching the 20' version. I for one am likely to complain about such a flaw. Sure, they don't match in the real world, as can be seen in this photo of unit D. I do not have the 20' version to compare my 40' models to, but I more often than not, I must admit color variation bothers me, especially when it comes to orange and yellow - both colors hard to match consistently.

Enjoy!

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Last updated: 10/11/2004