Thanks so very much for the info.
Stan
--- In [email protected], Rollain Mercier <raleigh15@...> wrote:
>
> and he notes -
>
> No, Nord just went the same way as Perma-Bilt, Strafford, Dayton, CD
> and a host of one shot manufacturers that thought S Gauge was gonna
> replace 0 or H0 in popularity. Most went to dealers such as Ben Nixon
> or Al Hall and a lot languished on hobby shop shelves for decades.
>
> S-Pikes' locos did have motors but sales were negligible.
>
> Claud Wade (or many of his craftsman friends) made his own masters
> for his products. If he had any Nord stuff it was in his own collection.
>
> Raleigh in Chilleigh Maineigh...
>
> At 09:34 PM 10/10/2011, trainsjeep88 wrote:
> >
> >
> >Thanks very much. Did the Nord end up as part of the locomotives
> >produced later at maybe St. Louis? Don't remember the S Pikes locos.
> >Did they have motor etc? Assume not many sold/produced? Stan
> >
> >--- In <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected],
> >Rollain Mercier <raleigh15@> wrote:
> > >
> > > and he notes -
> > >
> > > Nord produced only two locomotives - a 2-8-0 and a 2-8-2. The Mikado
> > > was essentially the Consolidation with an extended frame, trailer
> > > truck and longer boiler. The tenders were the same.
> > >
> > > S-Pikes Equipment Co. produced a 4-6-0 and an 0-6-0 switcher using a
> > > wooden boiler ala CD. The only Pacific offered was the Midgage PRR
> > > K-5. It would take a lot of finagling to swap the K-5 boiler for
> > another AF.
> > >
> > > Raleigh in Cozeigh Maineigh...
> > >
> > >
>
>
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>
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