Dear Chris,
No, that is not how the project evolved. Our first proposed steam
engine was to be the USRA 0-6-0. Right before we were starting to
send research material to our builder, the Bachmann 2-8-0 came out in
HO. One of our advisors, suggested we consider a 2-8-0 instead of the
0-6-0. He told me that half of all the steam engines made in the US
were 2-8-0s. He went on to explain that the PRR had more 2-8-0s
(almost 10,000 H class engines) than the AT&SF had steam engines. The
B&O E-27 was as good as any other choice (this was the B&Os largest
class of steamers). The people who model the B&O in "S" found out
about our choice after Mike and I had decided it was going to be that
one. But, once we announced out choice, even more research was
funneled to us. We ended up with B&O drawings for the boiler, tender
and a bunch of other assemblies. Lettering drawings, pictures and
other stuff soon followed. So, they did get behind the project, but
that just made my job easier, and not the decision.
Don
On Jun 1, 2011, at 7:54 AM, Christopher Borgmeyer wrote:
> I have to disagree with Jace. The E-27 strikes me as a great example
> of a group of modelers, B&O in this case, getting behind a project and
> helping to move it along to production.
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