My LHS (Arnies Trains in Westminister Ca.) had a great sale on this Proto 2000 0-8-0 (Heritage Steam Locomotive) Can you believe I paid 67.00 dollars for it! They picked up a bunch of proto and brass from a dealer that went out of business, and were willing to pass the savings on to thier customers. If anyone is interested in buying one, they still have 6 more of these Locos on sale.
Here are pics showing how mine turned out, after I weathered and re-lettered it for my railroad:
The only details added were the engineer and firemen. Other than that, what you see is what you get! Hence the reason I snatched it up when I saw a sale price of only $67.00. These loco’s retail well over $200. Best price prior to this one was one I saw at a train show last summer. There, dealer wanted 150.00 as a show special.
The loco comes pre-wired for DCC. You would have to add a decoder in place of the dummy plug used to run DC. However, it does require you upgrade the 12 volt lamps with a higher rated bulb or use LEDs during the DCC conversion.
Nice looking loco, great job of lettering, a very, very clean locomotive, in the last photo it seems someone inserted a body with rigor mortis and very large, huge, bulging arms. A wonderful looking engine indeed.
