Is the paint the same colors on both? I have the E&P and want to get the Lake & Russia and letter it for the North Pacific Coast #12 Sonoma, now on display at the CA Railroad Museum. The pics I see in the catalog are not real clear on the exact colors. Also, does anyone know if any vendor offers a "strap-iron" pilot that could replace
the Bachmann "wood" pilot? Several railroads running the 4-4-0 loco used them.
Thanks for your help.
Ed
I believe the unlettered version is exactly like the E&P Version, right down to the exact same pinstriping. I believe that Bachmann went the easy way on this and just did a run without the E&P lettering. I do not have both side by side to confirm this.
Hi trainman:
The Bachmann E&P loco has a base colour of black, which is wrong. The E&P prototype loco has a base colour of brown (Lake) !
The Lake and Russia Iron loco has a base colour of brown ( Lake ) with the same pinstriping as the E&P loco.
Both versions are magnificently decorated models.
The horizontal strap iron pilot, as is present on the prototype E&P loco, was available from Accucraft but are now long ago sold out.
Possibly you can search ebay for a strap iron pilot.
If enough demand exists, maybe hobbyists could lobby Accucraft to do another run of these strap iron pilots?
Norman