I may be wrong, but I think you are remembering the second run of C-16's, the #223 prototype, rather than the #278 first run. In the former case he offered the use of his patterns in a joint arrangement with PFM to use their production deals with the Japanese, with the production run being divided between them. And that was also my understanding, that the ones gaged for HO track moved much more slowly than the proper Sn3 ones.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > The HO gauged C-16s were slow sellers. Swede had some for a long time. > In order to get that first run made Swede allowed free use of his patterns to > the importer. he did it again later on. John Armstrong > ----- Original Message ----- > Although I speak as an interested spectator rather than an active > participant at the time, that is not quite how I remember it. True, SOME > modelers were using HO track and mechanisms with S scale superstructures. > Swede Norlin intended his castings and kits to be used for real Sn3 > (wheelsets were true Sn3, although one could use HO wheelsets with just his > truck sideframes if one wanted), and he imported the first run of C-16's in > BOTH Sn3 and Sn3 1/2. I've seen the figures but cannot recall them now, > although my vague recollection was that about two-thirds were Sn3 and the > other third for those who might not want to have to lay their own track and > would want the convenience of all the commercially-available HO components. > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > It's fun to remember that Sn3 actually began as S narrow gauge running on > HO track. The New Mexico NG Club had an extensive layout running this gauge > in the 1970's with lots of nice scratch-built rolling stock, including a work > train and San Juan train set. The earliest Tomalco 2-8-0's were all gauged to > HO track. The "Cascade" car kit line was designed to be used for HO trucks > before Bill Peter bought it. We made do with cardboard & wood based structure > kits from Mini-Structures. There were lots of articles in the S Gaugian on > how to convert HO cars to S ng. Don even wrote a soft cover book on it. > > > > Then we rivet counters took over and look where Sn3 (and more recently > scale S) is. Some things do improve with age. > > > > As already mentioned, the folks down under in New Zealand run their S > scale models of the NZR on HO track to approximate their 42" Cape Gauge > prototypes. South African modelers of the SAR started out the same way but > have now pretty much universally migrated to HO scale models running on HOn3 > trackage. Too bad, as I wanted one of the GMA/M Garrets they were going to > offer in S. I did get a 19D in S, at least. > > > > Bob Hogan > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5636 (20101121) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 5636 (20101121) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
