What's happened with the photo gallery - nothing has been added since July of last year. There were entries in April (3 months earlier), then December (7 months earler), and October (9 months earlier). It's now been 7 months since any new photos and both the Nuremburg and New York Toy Fairs are past history. So...WHASSUP??

Someone has posted on the Atlas N scale forum that later runs of the Bachmann SD45 have the fireman's side blower duct along the walkway added. It was omitted on the intial run and for that reason many modelers decided not to buy.

If it was later added, y'all really need to let folks know by posting a photo of the revised model. 

It seem Bachmann puts out three new HO scale Spectrum steamers for every one announced in N scale, and even more in On30. HO has gotten Ten-Wheelers, Decapods, Santa Fe's, K4s Pacifics, SJ Mikados, Heavy USRA Mountains, and now Americans with no equivalent N model. There's no reason the existing motors won't fit in the Santa Fe's, the heavy Mountains, or even the K4s.

Have us N scalers become such a querelous, demanding, bunch that Bachmann has written us off?     When, if ever, can we expect another Spectrum steamer in N scale?