Hello all freaks of loco modeling!

Recently I finished my personal coal field monster.

I started with a roundhouse 2-8-0 kit (heavy metal) and did several drastic changes to achieve a coal field monster displaying something near to a N&W Class W2.

Here you may look up the story of that engine:

Start, but the boiler is faaaaaaaar to high!!

Can't see a problem with this but thought someone else might have some experience.

Is there any issue in mixing small-head HO Kadee couplers like the #58 with the standard size #5 and variations? The thought is to put scale-size on locomotives and cabooses, and use my large stock of #5 couplers on general rolling stock. The small heads look nicer in photos (except for the giant coil spring) but the rolling stock is meant for an operating railroad. 

Trackwork is pretty decent and the grade transitions are very gradual.

Joe in Portland

Here"s one for you decal pros.

Just as I have finished painting and detailing a GP35 as CP 5023, Atlas announces CP 5023 and 5024 in their new catalog. I think the train gods must really, really be killing themselves laughing at me.

Still, it was neat to try my hand at painting, detailing and decaling but I could have been doing the OBRY engine instead!

David