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Tis a Pennsy H3 from circa 1890, not modelled to brass obsessive standards but defo up to or past general PopTop standards. Still needs some reskinning but is basically all there. It looks like this compared to the Mogul...
and like this compared to the real thing...
What I'm thinking is that, due to its undoubtedly obscene levels of just plain ugly, this beastie will be ideal for scaring children and making maiden aunts have conniptions. Which is a good enough reason to have it.
However, it will also fill a gap between Ye Olde Connie the First and the H10 Mikado. Said gap will need filling with my revamped cargo scale idea, because that has a freight weight bump in 1890.
I also need a locomotive that will allow me to test the new "Gruesome" pax appeal rating, and this one definitely fits the bill. Tis muchly gruesome.
However, even with the default weights, eras and ratings it would still be useful, because the old Connie is a bit past its use-by date when the 1900 freight change comes in and drops asteroids on your choofers. A later and stronger Connie would be just the ticket. This one actually looks the part, rather than just being a "throw some lipstick on the old pig" deal. That sort of thing is fine if all you have is lipstick and a pig, but we have more options these days.
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