Getting into the "how about making---" topic---how about making the ET&WNC "Piggyback" car--already made in G Scale--so the basic engineering is done--I picture a string of them behind a K-37 on Cumbres Pass (converted to On3)
gj
That would be interesting!
Royce Wilson 8)
Well then it should not be hard to make the ET&WNC 4-6-0. ;D, The thing is already made in g-scale, so it should not be hard to make in On30. I would love to see those piggyback's on the end of an eventual ET&WNC Ten-wheeler.
Dusten
Dusten, so would a lot of Rio Grande Southern,Florence & Cripple Creek and Carson & Colorado,Nevada California & Oregon, and tons of private road and logging modelers!
; ;D Royce Wilson
Greetings,
Now an engine I would really like to see is one of the export Baldwin's like the 2-6-2 that The Puffing Billy has or the 2-4-2 that the Barnstable and Lynn had.
Both looked American :o enough and still had English overtones. Both locomotives were fairly small locomotives.
Andre ;D
What about SR&RL 2-6-2's?
Quote from: Guilford Guy on June 05, 2008, 04:14:40 PM
What about SR&RL 2-6-2's?
The Sandy river 2-6-2s have a strong family resemblence to the Puffing Billy and Lynn locomotives, not surprising as all are basically Baldwin catalogue locos. A tank version of the Sandy river loco #23 would be a bit smaller than the Puffing billy locos, and have some detail differences, but certainly have a lot of similarity. Lynn was a bit smaller again and of course a 2-4-2 tank.
I suspect that Bachmann would be more likely to do the Sandy River tender locos so as to appeal to the Maine followers than the 'foreign" locos. Fairly similar 2-6-2 tender locos were exported to places such as Mexico, including for 30 inch gauge. If Bachmann were to produce a Sandy River 2-6-2 I would like to see them do a tank version as well, it should involve only a little extra work. Such a loco would be a "catalogue" loco, I am sure that it could have been ordered from Baldwin (if in fact it wasn't) and would not be that far away from locos that actually existed.
Living in Australia I would love to see Bachmann do an exact Puffing Billy 2-6-2 tank, but I suspect that will not happen.
Hamish
Hamish,
The more I look at the Puffing Billy the more I want one .... no need one ::), like I need one more locomotive with 30 or so I already have in On30. I built one of the Backwoods Miniatures 2-6-2's with the square tanks but it still does not have the look of the Puffing Billy Locomotive. Maybe what Bachmann should do is split the difference between the Maine 2-6-2's and the Puffing Billy Locomotive that way they can do both.
Andre ;D
Hamish and other fans of a Puffing Billy, I would imagine that a Bachmann model of either the 24 or the 23 would be very welcome amongst the On2 crowd for conversion and On30 modelers who want a Maine themed lay-out.
But, if these two prototypes are similar enough to the Puffing Billy, I bet Pete at Backwoods Miniatures will have an aftermarket kit cranked out in no time - his kits are outstanding. I have assembled several including the centercab Whitcomb conversion.
If it is close enough, some enterprising individual will come up with the aftermarket kit.