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Just got this new engine in the mail, it's an AHM/Pocher/Rivarossi Reno 4-4-0. Even though they're oversized I'm really fond of these models, and I got this one at an alright price. I cleaned it up (was covered in dust), got it on the track and without hesitation it burst into life- I was pretty surprised by that, seemed like it'd been sitting in the back of a garage or something for years. Runs great, headlight works, and doesn't have any problems I know of- aside from the builder's plate between the drivers on the right side being cracked, which was my fault.

I intend on repainting her into Mighty Eagle Railroad's scheme, the classic dark blue and red livery specifically. I may also try turning it into the Mineral since it's slightly oversized for HO and so TECHNICALLY it could be considered either OO or some odd slightly narrow-gauge scale nobody has heard of. Not sure. If I do go that route though I think it'd be easy, and I'm not a nitpicker for my fictional engine's details so frankly even if it's not perfectly accurate I'd be happy with it.

I've already ordered a brass Precision Scale Radley Hunter stack for the loco, hopefully it'll look good. Unfortunately the stack on this engine actually screws on instead of slipping on like the IHC production, so I'll have to find a way to either file that down or drill a hole to fix the new stack.

Description
Just got this new engine in the mail, it's an AHM/Pocher/Rivarossi Reno 4-4-0. Even though they're oversized I'm really fond of these models, and I got this one at an alright price. I cleaned it up (was covered in dust), got it on the track and without hesitation it burst into life- I was pretty surprised by that, seemed like it'd been sitting in the back of a garage or something for years. Runs great, headlight works, and doesn't have any problems I know of- aside from the builder's plate between the drivers on the right side being cracked, which was my fault.

I intend on repainting her into Mighty Eagle Railroad's scheme, the classic dark blue and red livery specifically. I may also try turning it into the Mineral since it's slightly oversized for HO and so TECHNICALLY it could be considered either OO or some odd slightly narrow-gauge scale nobody has heard of. Not sure. If I do go that route though I think it'd be easy, and I'm not a nitpicker for my fictional engine's details so frankly even if it's not perfectly accurate I'd be happy with it.

I've already ordered a brass Precision Scale Radley Hunter stack for the loco, hopefully it'll look good. Unfortunately the stack on this engine actually screws on instead of slipping on like the IHC production, so I'll have to find a way to either file that down or drill a hole to fix the new stack.