(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m85/mransr/messageboards/2-21-2010-4.jpg)
it's the little 2-6-2 on the Georgetown Loop fresh out of the shop
Yes, a Hawaiian 2-6-2 would be nice. It would be even nicer if it was outside frame... ;D
Mark
I love the look of that engine. Problem - the vanderbuilt tender. If you like sound, vandy tenders are bear to deal with in respect to speaker location as well as overall space for speaker and decoder. Just this past Saturday I heard this very discussion between a customer and one of the installation guys at my local train store.
Quote from: ebtbob on February 25, 2010, 07:55:12 AM
I love the look of that engine. Problem - the vanderbuilt tender.
But the loco in the picture does not have a Vanderbilt tender, it's more of a 'haystack' type like the ones on the S.P. narrow gauge. The problem with Vanderbilt tenders is caused by difficult access to the tender floor (the traditional mounting place for the down facing speaker), which is kind of like trying to mount the sound equipment in a tank car. The haystack tenders usually have flat floors with easy access, and look more like a Quonset hut than a tank car, so they shouldn't be any more difficult to install sound in than a standard tender of similar length, width, & height.
Regards,
Bill
Here she is as built for the Kahului Railroad:
(http://narrowmind.railfan.net/262Hawaii12.jpg)
I know that the tender pictured is certainly not a Vanderbuilt tender.
I think the tender as pictured above is known as a "Whaleback" tender.
Regards
Curator49
I like the 2-6-2. Perhaps it could be offered in outside and inside frame versions, like the Forney, although my preference would be for the inside frame. Or maybe with an optional water tank and coal bunker, so you could detach the tender and turn it into a 2-6-2T.
Unless they decided to do a dead-on SR&RL 2-6-2. I hate to display my ignorance, but were the SR&RL's 2-6-2's in any way "catalog" locomotives? Or were they unique?
Yeah, it all sounds so easy... I'm glad I'm not in the Bachmann engineering department. We can dream, but they have to make it work.
Manager
The S&RL's 2-6-2s were quite a bit smaller than this loco, #23 (the largest) weighed 63,000 lbs, had 33 inch drivers and 13*16 inch cylinders. Shows how small the Maine 2 footers were!
I always thought the S&RL were essentially catalogue locomotives, at least some generally similar locos were exported, including to Mexico.
My preference would be for a roughly Maine sized loco, with a tank version (they existed, including in Hawaii). While such a loco might not be exactly both an S&RL prototype loco (tender) or a particular Hawaii prototype (tank) they should be close enough for most people, and would be valid as catalogue locos.
That George Town Loop (ex Hawaii) loco does look nice however.
Hamish.
Quote from: curator49 on February 25, 2010, 03:34:08 PM
I know that the tender pictured is certainly not a Vanderbuilt tender.
I think the tender as pictured above is known as a "Whaleback" tender.
Regards
Curator49
I've heard them called both haystack and whale-back, but when I wrote my earlier post, the only name I could remember was 'haystack'. Thanks for mentioning the 'whale-back'! In any case, whatever you call it, it would be nice to have an additional style of tender for kit bashing, and a Hawaiian 2-6-2 would be nice, too.
Regards,
Bill (CRS sufferer)
How'a'bout a regular baldwin tender? I think it would be best. This way you can have my personal favorits, coal and wood load, and the oil loads. Or, have options in tender? Whaleback, and Normal.
Rock On!
Dusten
I'm sure a standard Baldwin catalog tender would be fine...
I'd just like to see another sort of standard, typical looking loco that would look right at home on a railroad that ran anywhere in the country...you know, something a little less 'extreme' than some of the other locos Bachmann offers, something that would look right parked next to the original Mogul
Here's another very nice little 3' gauge 2-6-2, up in New Jersey. I think she's down for Form 4 work right now. http://www.trainweb.org/lazyacre/pcrr.html
ebtnut,
That's a great little loco there. A little googling comes up with this shot:
(http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/gl26a.jpg)
And from the back here:
(http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/gl26b.jpg)
Interesting placement of the back light. And the wooden ladder is priceless.
Mark
The Fulton County Narrow Gauge had a similar type light attached to the cab roof underhang. do you think maybe this was used more for illumination for the the fireman to work? does not seem to be a effective location for a backup light. ;D
Royce Wilson
I like the 2-6-2 too, preferably with a choice of a standard tender and a SP-style haystack tender (which I personally don´t like that much...)
BUT: My favorite would be a C&S No.74 and of course, a RGS version of this nice lokie...
OR: no, I´m not going to say it again: The next geared engine for all the Loggers out there...
Maybe we´ll see something pretty cool this summer from the Bach-man...
Cheers, Tom ;) ;) ;)
Quote from: LurchBird on February 24, 2010, 11:08:59 PM
Yes, a Hawaiian 2-6-2 would be nice. It would be even nicer if it was outside frame... ;D
Mark
I second the motion ;)
I would love to see Bachmann make a 2-6-2. And if they do, I would prefer if they made both inside and outside frames. That way everyone can win! ;)
But what I would like to see Bachmann make is an alternate version of the 2-6-0. What I'm is that Bachmann has alredy made two versions of their 4-4-0, so why not alternate versions of another loco from their On30 line? So my suggestion would be this:
(http://www.lobstershack.com/railroad/threefoot/images/number5-1.jpg)
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Engine #5. I like to model "older" steam loicomotives from around the turn of the century and the 1880s. Also this loco, as a model, can be tastefully Modernized to suit the owner's taste. Bachmann is makinf all sorts of optional parts for their models now, and NCNG #5 even uses one of the Headlight styles currently made for the Bachmann 4-6-0s and 2-6-6-2s! Also I think that the NCNG #5 is just a good looking loco all around! I'd prefer a wood cab over the steel one shown as well as a wood pilot. But these can be examples of what can be optiona on the loco as a model. And I LOVE the stack she has!!! ;D