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Title: Goat and Camelback
Post by: RBMN #425 Fan on August 20, 2010, 09:46:19 PM
what wolud be the chances of bachmann making a model of the goat and/or the camelback engine
Title: Re: Goat and Camelback
Post by: ABC on August 20, 2010, 10:23:58 PM
Not good Mantua already makes them, and they run pretty good.
Title: Re: Goat and Camelback
Post by: RBMN #425 Fan on August 21, 2010, 09:54:33 AM
Quote from: ABC on August 20, 2010, 10:23:58 PM
Not good Mantua already makes them, and they run pretty good.
i know and i already have a 4-wheeled goat but i'd like to get another one. and i can't find them or the camelbacks any more
i can only find the 6-wheeled ones
Title: Re: Goat and Camelback
Post by: RAM on August 21, 2010, 11:31:26 PM
look on ebay.  they have the 0-6-0CB
Title: Re: Goat and Camelback
Post by: Johnson Bar Jeff on August 22, 2010, 10:40:52 PM
Quote from: RAM on August 21, 2010, 11:31:26 PM
look on ebay.  they have the 0-6-0CB

The 0-4-0s come up from time to time, too. The trick is to check every day.
Title: Re: Goat and Camelback
Post by: RAM on August 23, 2010, 02:24:55 PM
I think if Bachmann wanted to make a camelback, a 2-8-0 would be a good choice.
Title: Re: Goat and Camelback
Post by: jettrainfan on August 23, 2010, 04:23:56 PM
Or a 4-4-0... if I rememer correctly, the wishlist thread had camelbacks mentioned quite a lot.
Title: Re: Goat and Camelback
Post by: ebtnut on August 24, 2010, 01:08:14 PM
I think the issue with camelbacks is that they are very regional - generally confined to the anthracite roads.  Bachmann generally likes to produce models that have as broad appeal as possible to maximize the market.  The USRA-based locos were operated by a lot of railroads across the country.  Not sure there would be the same market for, say, a Reading I-5c.
Title: Re: Goat and Camelback
Post by: the Bach-man on August 24, 2010, 10:16:10 PM
Dear All,
Not only are they regional, they are virtually all unique. A CNJ camelback can't be lettered for O&W or Reading, for instance.
Have fun!
the Bach-man