Dear MarkI think we've had this conversation before: I already own both the
earlier Edson and May listing of all NYC system types and specifications as
well as the latertwo-volume set from the NYCHS. I don't doubt that the SHS may
come closer to a T&OC class, but the number which Don chose is a B&A, which
lasted until theend of steam on that subsidiary (ca. 1952) and except for the
details noted previously is a credible representation, if not exact--which was
my point. I supposesomeone who wanted it as T&OC could figure out how to
change the road number, but I actually prefer mine as B&A...
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
Jace,
This model is very similar to the NYC G46 class - former Toledo & Ohio
Central/Kanawha & Michigan engines. If you'd like, I can find the links to my
locomotive diagrams (and Gary Steubbens) on George Elwood's Fallen Flags site.
Mark Plank
Modeling the Toledo & Ohio Central [NYC Lines] St Marys branch in 1915
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<snip> One of mine is NYC (it was what I was offered when I
was in the market) and it close enough for most
modelers, using a number for a B&A locomotive
where the major differences were the bell placement and a Westinghouse
cross-compound air pump
instead of the twin single-phase on the B&O
class (maybe also the valve gear--I don't remember from when I checked). It
would require someone with
considerable NYC expertise to look at the model
and point out the discrepancies without researching it. Same with the MEC,
Erie perhaps slightly less
a match but not offensively so.
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