There are two ways of doing the Mogul:

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/mogul_tsunami/

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/mogul_dcc/

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Harold

http://www.55n3.org/cars/tender_wipers/



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Harold

Quote from: Skarloey Railway on August 24, 2012, 08:54:17 AM
It does look nice, but both it and its larger cousin look undernourished in the boiler department, making the loco a little skinny to my eye. Another few scale inches on the boiler dia and it would have beefed up nicely. Something like this Baldwin mallet built for Serbia http://narrowmind.railfan.net/2662_Serbian.JPG (top of the page)

This would be an interesting conversion. Loses that overlong pilot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Swiss_Mallet_Tank.jpg

The 2-6-6-2 is this locomotive:





Harold

Found this:

http://www.shapeways.com/model/379779/ttn3-gon-3pk.html



http://www.shapeways.com/model/611732/cnw-ore-car-four-pack-n-scale.html



There is always rapid prototyping

Then there is the issue of decals!!!

Harold

Quote from: railtwister on August 09, 2012, 11:04:23 PM
Hi Harold,

You didn't mention a road-name preference, but said renumbering could be always be done. How about decaling? If a fishbelly hopper in undec is acceptable, you could try ordering several now, since Atlas will be doing undecs when they run the new road-names and road-numbers in December.

<http://www.atlasrr.com/NFreight/nfishbelly7.htm>

Bill in FtL

The "fish belly" is an odd duck. I am not talking about what "I" want I am talking in a general overall view.

There really needs to be an "available" 2-bay USRA hopper. Bachmann would sell more "steam".

There actually need to be more "steam" era rolling stock but the hobby is divided into three groups: "gaugers" who are "it is my railroad and I can do what I want" and don't care, "collectors" who like the limited runs and  the small minority of "scalers".

Since the dominate group is "gaugers" nothing will change.

Harold

Quote from: skipgear on August 09, 2012, 09:36:07 PM
It has taken over 5 years to accumulate those cars. Lots of train shows, hobby shop trips, and some ebay. With the way things are produced now in any scale, there are very few cars kept in constant stock. Part of the fun of model railroading for me is the search.

Was doing that train show search stuff 25 years ago, don't want do that again and some of us might not have five years.

Just wish there was an available 2 bay steam era hopper to do coal roads.

Harold

Quote from: skipgear on August 09, 2012, 08:35:56 PM
  If you think MicroTrains are hit and miss, would you rather one road number each in 6 road names for years on end?

If you want to do a coal road there aren't enough 2-bay hoppers available.

Yeah, I would go for one road number. That can be changed.

Been going around the net and 2-bay steam hoppers are in dribbles and drabs.

Trying N-scale again after a twenty year hiatus. Need something totally different.

Harold

Bachmann makes them in HO. Bachmann makes steamers.

We need a good USRA hopper in n-scale that is AVAILABLE to go with the steamers.

Yeah I know Micro-trains makes a 33' twin but they are hit-n-miss.

Harold

The Mantua/Tyco Ten-Wheeler is Sn3.5:



Except for the smaller drivers and distorting to match the Sierra Rwy #3 it matches the plan closely.

Harold

There is no commercial appeal for S "scale". It is a niche market.

Not bashing S "scale", I have a couple of large boxes of S "scale".

S "scale" could never get past American Flyer and S Gauge.

Great size

Harold

I put it on my website:

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/Logging_by_Steam.pdf

Harold

Found this using the Google:

http://books.google.com/books?id=i-5myZhNxksC&printsec=frontcover&dq=logging&source=bl&ots=HdlxpxKp2x&sig=C9lfeLt3r1k-kc9MeBCfG2eUaV8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sekHUJjnHtO20AHC4KDXAw&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q=logging&f=false

Harold

EDIT: To download click the little gear in the upper right corner and download PDF

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/mogul_dcc/

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Harold

What is the point of "prototypical" TOY train track?

EZ-Track is TOY train track.

Hrold

or for a bigger image:

http://www.55n3.org/of_280/image/BLW-ng-280b-ch.jpg

Harold