Hard to imagine there would have been much market for a brass import, even for the collectors, as minimums were still usually at least fifty (and, ideally, withsimilar prototypes which could use most of the same castings and tooling). Overland was projecting the WAG ex-Ford GE centercab 125/132T diesels in O scaleand had a beautiful pilot model at several O scale shows a few years ago, but nothing came of it, even though there were more of them than the Ingalls and theywere better known in the railfan community; not sure if they followed through in HO. The estimated price was north of $1200, however, and my interest plummetedat that point. Happily I have one of the NWSL limited-run (resin frame and superstructure) O scale kits. Atlas invested quite a bit of effort in their O scale Erie-builts: I think every prototype lettering scheme, including KCS.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. Hi Jace; You are correct as I recall. Ingalls built one locomotive (which I always thought looked like a Krausse - Maffei cab on a Stillwell coach body), which they sold to GM&O. A history is found on-line here: http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-living/2011/06/ingalls-built_locomotive_serve.html There was a resin kit maker who talked about making an Ingalls in HO, and there may have been a brass one in HO or O. There were at least two FM Eire built models done in S. Bill Gerrachi did a Milw version, and someone did one shown in the old Herald, painted for New Haven (who never ran any). Pieter E. Roos --- On Wed, 5/9/12, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote: Perhaps the record for an ugly duckling. As Pieter notes, I seem to remember a fewscratchbuilt models in the journals; a custom builder did one for himself a few years ago in O scale from styrene. I think there was only one prototype, so the commercialpossibilities would not be promising.Atlas also made the Erie builts in O scale (what WERE they thinking?) Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > That would be an interesting model. I can't say I've ever heard of one > done in S, and only one or two n HO. I have often thought that we would > know the manufacturers had made everything when they made a RTR plastic > Ingalls in HO. A close second on the FM Eire built or Alco DL-109, but > then they went and made both of those in HO! > > Pieter E. Roos > > Anyone done a Ingalls 4S loco in > S Kitbash or whatever. > > Charlie
