Yeah, not a lot of good options besides watching eBay.  I'm interested in a couple of DCC Porters too. I could easily get a DC pair right now but it looks like a slice of you know where to convert to DCC.  When I feel like risking a few hundred bucks, I might grab the parts for a 4-4-0 and cross my fingers but until then, I'll just keep looking online for what I want.

I'm new around here.  Name's Dan.  I'm testing the waters of switching from N scale to On30. I can see sourcing locomotives can be a real pain but I'm patient. And yes, I know sourcing anything in the scale is tough but I'm set up with a laser and 3D Printer and have scratch built many a structure and even some On18 rolling stock and a critter.  But actual On30 locomotives are beyond my skill set.

However, while looking around the parts store I noticed it looks like you could build certain locomotives by purchasing the major sub assemblies and putting them together, namely the 4-4-0 Inside Frame.  Am I missing something, or more to the point, are those sub assemblies missing something like critical detail parts or important sub assemblies?  It looks more expensive than just buying a 4-4-0 but then again, you can't buy them new anyway. As I said, I'm patient and can wait to find what I want on eBay, but if desperation sets in can this be done?

Thanks and hi!