that may be
but with my F7s and Mikado
and ...imho...even the box cars etc - i think they look pretty great
i have always heard that, at least, with the Fs -the scale is about 1:26
im aware that the mikado too has more issues
-short tender and some funky wheel placements-but i love both locos -
the steel cabooses look great -and i think they are well proportioned-not the typically 'condensed' LGB
and imho-they are the only modern era caboose that will work-everything else is too small-either lengthwise or actual scale
phil i hope you bit the bullet and bought it-and i hope youll share pics when it arrives -
the tail lanterns -while not lighted-are easy enough to add an LGB bulb to the exisiting circuitry-
a bit of green lighting gel or green tamaya clear will change the lens colors to R-G-G, which is what UP uses
and if you Phil, like me, simply like lights and colors
-you could use R-Y-G if you like-it matches one of the UP branch lines signal directions in Oregon -Oregon Western Railroad and Navigation, if i recall correctly-