Hope you didn't take theat wrong , not saying it's bad as I know everything in person looks much different and probably very pleasing to the eye.Cannonball:
That is a Souther locomotive. The other is Rock Island. I had the same problem and sent it back to Bachmann. It took 8 weeks!
Lynn:
That is dried paint. Not the flash or wet paint. Some don't like it, but I do. That's what counts for me.
Andy