CTT Vol. 33 No. 2 February issue contains an interesting article entitled, “Marx goes longer with the 994 steam engine”. There are pictures of
- a most detailed preproduction model
- the most desirable with its tender from the Mickey Mouse Meteor set
- a black one with tender with the Nickel Plate Road name
- a red one with tender with the Nickel Plate Road name
- Southern Packfic Lines one with tender
According to the article, the main reason Marx went “longer with the 994 steam engine” is because the Unique Art Manufacturing Co. had just produced a longer steam engine than Marx’s longest, the 898. The Unique model was produced in two versions:
- no. 742 windup for two-rail track
- no. 1950 electric for 3-rail track
That’s all fine and dandy, but wouldn’t it have been nice if the article had provided pics of those Unique engines? Am I the only one who turned the page expecting to see pics of it before realizing the article only had two pages? Should the title have been made just a tiny bit smaller to allow at least one small pic of one of the Unique steam engines? I know I can search for pics of it on-line, but why would CTT leave readers hanging that way?