Certainly a great airliner and one that I've always enjoyed flying in; it certainly didn't hang about - must be one of the best power to weight ratios in commercial aviation.
An uncle of mine used to work for a US major as a crew chief and he'd talk about the various types he'd work on (as a ground crew chief) - DC9 - nice, 727 - nice, etc, etc ... but when he talked about the 757, his eyes lit up. It was a superb aircraft.
And let's face it, 1050 is no disgrace for a production run.