Well after 2 + years of waiting I found this in my mailbox today. Here it is My Searails Baldwin "Docksider" 0-4-0T I'm going to hold my Initial thoughts and comments until i've had time to examine and test it thoroughly More pictures, Unboxing Video and first test run Videos coming soon. David
Here is the unboxing Video. The Video speaks for itself. As you can see the wood presentation box was well packed in the middle of the outer shipping box. But the plastic locomotive case in the wood presentation box wasn't packed as well. There was enough room in the wood box that the top of the plastic case came off allowing the locomotive and its padding to dislodge and move around a little. This resulted in some minor scratches and chips in the paint where the locomotive rubbed against the edges of the plastic case. The paint damage is not enough to bother sending it back. But it is just enough to mention it here. I'll post more pictures and another video after i've had a chance to test run it tomorrow David
I‘m always happy to see new loco offerings in Z, especially US steam which is underrepresented. But I can’t see the B&O Dockside in it. Too compromised by the drive mechanism, good intentions by Searails, but would be ok to just call it a little 0-4-0t
