The US Patrol was one of the first sets? Interesting 🤓
On the subject of F-units, I'm super hyped to get my hands on the new Car Carrier, not sure of the Japanese name so here's the promotional video lol (https://youtu.be/CJ25R5y9Lcg)
It was a tough call to either get this and the Jurassic Park variant, or just this, but in the end I've gone for just this one, given it's likely to get more use in my layout, and I'm not a huge J.Park fan either, although they are good movies
Now I guess this technically isn't an F-Unit as much as it appears to be a composite of several modern American hood unit designs, but I've kinda decided (for me anyway) that this is probably close enough to a Conrail GE Evolution locomotive in looks.
This is despite my previous assertion of it being a later F-Unit or possibly an SD-40, mainly because I've recently seen a picture of a GE Evolution and realised it's got a lot more similarities with the Plarail 'Power Cargo' than the former 2 types I identified it as lol 😂
I've come to this conclusion mainly because of the sloping cab window that both share, and of course the overall profile being very similar (although I admit, US diesels in many cases do share that similar 'hood' profile, and being a UK enthusiast they mostly look the same to me lol)
Now, I can hear any of you based in the US right now furiously typing that Conrail couldn't have possibly had GE Evolutions as they had become defunct by the time the Evolution came into use, right?
Well, my suspicion is that Tomy saw a picture of Norfolk Southern 8098, a unit painted into a heritage livery, in this case Conrail, and based at least the visual appearance on that, given the loco seems to resemble a GE Evolution in profile (see pictures)
It would make sense in some regards, as the livery (blue with white bodyside stripes and black detailing) does echo the Conrail paint of all-over blue, and the 'stripes' of the Conrail logo extending along the bodyside of locomotives that it was applied to, or at least, I think it does, so much so I've nicknamed the loco 'Conrail' simply because that sounds way cooler than the generic 'Power Cargo'
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On the subject of F-units, I'm super hyped to get my hands on the new Car Carrier, not sure of the Japanese name so here's the promotional video lol (https://youtu.be/CJ25R5y9Lcg)
It was a tough call to either get this and the Jurassic Park variant, or just this, but in the end I've gone for just this one, given it's likely to get more use in my layout, and I'm not a huge J.Park fan either, although they are good movies
Now I guess this technically isn't an F-Unit as much as it appears to be a composite of several modern American hood unit designs, but I've kinda decided (for me anyway) that this is probably close enough to a Conrail GE Evolution locomotive in looks.
This is despite my previous assertion of it being a later F-Unit or possibly an SD-40, mainly because I've recently seen a picture of a GE Evolution and realised it's got a lot more similarities with the Plarail 'Power Cargo' than the former 2 types I identified it as lol 😂
I've come to this conclusion mainly because of the sloping cab window that both share, and of course the overall profile being very similar (although I admit, US diesels in many cases do share that similar 'hood' profile, and being a UK enthusiast they mostly look the same to me lol)
Now, I can hear any of you based in the US right now furiously typing that Conrail couldn't have possibly had GE Evolutions as they had become defunct by the time the Evolution came into use, right?
Well, my suspicion is that Tomy saw a picture of Norfolk Southern 8098, a unit painted into a heritage livery, in this case Conrail, and based at least the visual appearance on that, given the loco seems to resemble a GE Evolution in profile (see pictures)
It would make sense in some regards, as the livery (blue with white bodyside stripes and black detailing) does echo the Conrail paint of all-over blue, and the 'stripes' of the Conrail logo extending along the bodyside of locomotives that it was applied to, or at least, I think it does, so much so I've nicknamed the loco 'Conrail' simply because that sounds way cooler than the generic 'Power Cargo'
Been building Plarail worlds since 2001; Building when I can in 2023 
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