Love these Unique Art Rock Island 2000's, I have two sets of these. I do think they look pretty good with the large Lionel boxcars. Some heavy weight passengers cars look good as well. Enjoyed the video. PS I also made a video of these and it's posted here on KZread if you want to check it out.

Me likem.

I have these exact two train engines. They are for-sale.

They seem to be very close to scale (1:48) size. They seem to be a model of the FP7. Which is 4 foot longer than a regular F. It’s a pity they never made passenger cars on the same scale. I think this paint scheme was only really used for passenger power. I see yours has maroon paint on the pilot. My set has just tinned steel there, but the tin is thin and oxidized and looks splotchy. Maybe they painted later ones to look better. I may paint my pilots to look like yours.

Great video. Love these. One minor correction: those are both A units, one is a powered A unit and the other is a dummy A unit. The configuration you are running together is referred to as an AA set. The B unit (which I do not believe Unique Art ever produced for this) does not have a cab. So a B unit, and I am speaking of the full size prototype on which this is based, looks essentially the same as an A unit except that both ends are squared off like a passenger car. The B unit lacks a rounded nose. This type of F body locimotive was run in many configurations on full size railroads. Your model is an AA. They also ran them solo with just an A unit. Often they ran in AB sets of two locomotives at the head of a train. For really long trains an A-B-A set of three locomotives was at the head. Did Unique Art only make this model in Rock Island livery? I have not seen many of these, but the ones I have seen are all painted the same as yours. Like you, I mostly run prewar tinplate, but I love these 1950 lithographed creations (I just bought a Marx #21 AA set) and agree they look fine with prewar tinplate. Thanks for the great photography, you have a very nice layout (love the monorail).

@samdeo5332

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction. Regarding the question if UAT every made other liveries of this locomotive, not as far as I'm aware. Also, they never made cars to go along with it. I've tried to find something that might work, but nothing looks right. This is a fairly large locomotive and dwarfs most passenger cars. And thanks for the kind words on my layout.

@legiontheatregroup

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, I know what you mean about the lack of cars. Similar situation with my Marx #21. I’m tempted to try matching it with some of the Japanese tin lithographed “floor train” coaches that people have modified with O gauge trucks. I imagine Unique planned to release cars in this scale but the company ended before that could happen.