Hi Ed; Welcome to S! B&O is a great road to model in 1/64 scale.
First site you should know about is Craig O'Connell's S scale web site which can answer most questions about what is available: http://trainweb.org/crocon/sscale.html To your specific questions: I would suppose that code 100 is the most common "scale" rail size, some use code 125 which is about like using code 100 in HO. Scenery unLimited has Shinohara flex and turnouts in S code 100, and Tomalco has flextrack and turnouts in codes 100, 83 and 70. There are other manufacturers with quality track products as well. S Helper Service has a B&O prototype 2-8-0 that you will want to check out. Putt Trains (formerly Rex) has made the B&O dockside 0-4-0 as a zamack kit. You should contact them to see if it is still available. Alco S-1 and S-2 switchers have been made in S, the best being Overland Models brass pieces and Railmaster Exports pewter kits. I don't think there has been a commercial FM H10-44 in S. S Helper has various EMD switchers (SW-1, SW-9, NW-2) and American Models has a Baldwin S-12. Links to all these companies can be found on the S scale site listed above. Welcome again to the group. Pieter Roos --- ehsauers1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Group, > > Thanks for accepting my application into your group, > my name is Ed > Sauers, I am a B&O Modeler that is switching from > O-Scale 2 rail to S- > Scale. I live just outside Baltimore in Ellicott > City, the 1st B&O > terminal. I model the 1940 to 1950 era, I like small > steam, especially > the 040 docksides along with 1st generation desiels. > I am planning a > layout that would include the Baltimore harbor, > Mount Clair and out to > West Virginia. > > My first questions are: > 1) what are the accepted track code for S-Gauge? > 2) I know there are B&O engines out there but who > are the best > manufacturers? > 3) where there ever any B&O docksides produced in > S-Scale (looking for > a quality piece)?, Also looking for Alco s1s & s2s > and FM h10-44s, are > any available or were they in the past? > 4) who's track products are the most popular. > > This will get me started and thanks in advance for > any and all > responses. > > Ed Sauers > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
