Did Mid Gage or Super Scale have steam locos? I know Super Scale had diesel Alco switchers simalar to Miller but metal in lieu of plastic. Stan
--- In [email protected], "trainsjeep88" <trainsjeep88@...> wrote: > > 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... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [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/
