Anyone who attending the NMRA convention, please take lots of photos of any new On30 items the Bach Man shares with the public at the convention and then share them with those of us unfortunate enough not to be able to attend.

Thanks.

Has anyone tried to use Keith Wiseman's 1/4 scale whaleback tender kit yet with one of the Bachmann 4-6-0s?

I have one of these kits and it is NICE! It will fit on another conversion project I purchased it for, but would like to know how well it fits on one of the new Bachmann 4-6-0s if someone has tried that conversion.

Thanks!

There is a wonderful preserved railway in Brazil that utilizes OF 4-4-0s, 4-6-0s and 2-8-0s.

The name of it escapes me at the moment.  The Bachmann OF 4-4-0 is a very close model of the OF 4-4-0 from this line.

Check e-bay. I often see these kits for sale on e-bay.

Dieter,

Thanks for posting the photo!

I so want one of those in On30.

Kevin

I would hope Bachmann would consider it. While two foot gauge, the German military in WW I built a lot of feldbahn, I think that is the correct spelling, locomotives for their trench railway system that handled logistical supply. The Americans, British and French all built similar equipment, also to two foot gauge.

My personal favorite though are the 2-10-2s on the Harz Mountain system. While metre gauge, I would think these would sell on both continents. Americans would probably use them as bash fodder.

If nothing else, they could be "visiting" locomotives.

Just a thought.

The Number 6 began life on the New Berlin & Winfield and then moved to the S.S. & S. before going to the Argent Lumber Company. It now operates on the  Mid-West Central.

This is a small locomotive but has tons of appeal to logging fans and probably turn of the century short line. The Argent was known as the 'Swamp Rat."

I would probably have to own several of these.

Mr. Bachmann,

It is nice to see a lot of parts available for sale now from the On30 line.

I have a lot of ideas for kitbashing projects that require a passenger coach underframe. With the passenger trucks already available, it would be great if it would be possible to obtain the underframe casting separately as well and avoid having to purchase an entire coach and toss the body casting.

Just a suggestion.

Kevin

Bob,

If no one offers you a 2-6-0 tender, you  might want to go to Keith Wiseman's site and look at the tenders he has for sale as kits.

He has a "shorty" tender and a C-16 tender as well as a whaleback tender.  I have the shorty and whaleback tenders.  Excellent kits.

Just a thought.

You can buy these from his site or his e-bay store.

Kevin

You can also obtain one from The Back Shop.  You can Google search and find the website that way.

I don't know why you want the casting - the one you built in the photos looks fine!

Kevin

I am awaiting the arrival of my 2-6-6-2 from my dealer and am having a hard time waiting!

I raise the coupler height on all of my On30 stuff to the On3 coupler height - I am a glutton for punishment, but I use On30 as poor man's On3, and I just like the look much better.

Has anyone tried this alteration yet on the 2-6-6-2?

Has anyone looked at how the coupler is mounted on the tender? Will this be a simple Dremel operation to raise the coupler or will the tender deck have to be raised as well?

The front coupler is not as key, it can be changed with a PSC coupler pocket casting for a logging locomotive.  You just drill out the shank on a KD coupler and insert it in the slot at the right height after epoxying the casting on the front of the pilot.  This is how the prototype raised coupler height on loggers anyhow.  It just won't couple automatically - but again, it is the front coupler and this locomotive is going to be the road locomotive.

Anyone who has done this alteration or is willing to look at the tender for me, I would greatly appreciate any feedback while I patiently await the arrival of my Green Box!

Mr. Bachmann,

Any idea on a delivery time for the 2-6-6-2s? Will we have them before Christmas?

Thanks!