Andy, Well, yes, as it so happens I have a whole bunch of hankering for a good ol 4-4-0. As you must understand, I am modeling the year 1885, and my standard gauge prototypes are the B&O and the C&P, so there's a whole bunch of need for the like. My grandiose plans for the next forty years or so include three different B&O 4-4-0's, and two for the C&P (Pennsy that is), as well as various other wheel arrangements. That's one Mason, one Rogers, one B&O, and two PRR engines.
As a matter of fact, I am currently working on a set of four 4-4-0 engines. Three of these were provided by one notable James Sleeth, and the fourth I was able to obtain from e-bay. (Two will return to Jim) These are in fact die-cast toys with no motor, no tender, and no flanged wheels, but are indeed almost exact S scale, and are promising to be quite convertible to working models. So far I have obtained drivers (from Alan Gibson Workshop), motors (from the microlocomotion guy on ebay), and tender bodies. The next great hurdle is designing and building a gearbox to convey the energy of my neodymium motors into piston pounding driver slipping tractive force. I have it designed, but still need to get the gears (from NWSL). Anyway, I have determined that these diecast bodies are suitable for a number of prototypes with minor detail changes, and even have the possibility of going with a straight boiler instead of the stepped boiler of the toy. I may even be able to build some of the 2-6-0 engines the B&O had from this base. If I get a chance I'll post a photo of this "toy" engine. Darrell Smith Modeling the Bellaire Zanesville & Cincinnatti (narrow gauge) in 1885 with connections to the Baltimore & Ohio and the Cleveland & Pittsburg. --- In [email protected], "Andrew_Malette" <an...@...> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Interesting. I thought that a CNR 4-8-4 would have been a major steam > player. > > I have had a couple of people approach me for a 4-4-0. It would have to be > CPR 136 which is currently running in Totenham, Ontario. You can see it at > www.southsimcoerailway.ca. It was built by Rogers in 1883 in New Jersey. > > If you are really interested in a 4-4-0, let me know. I do have the > blueprints and could make it happen instead of a CPR 10 wheeler. It would > only take 20 people. > > > cheers, > > Andy Malette > www.mlwservices.ca > ------------------------------------ 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/
