Hi Frank, I have a few S-Helper NYC cars that I could sell to you if you're interested. The first is #00129 Rebuilt boxcar (PMKY/NYC - BC Red) - $30.00; #00280 PS-2 3 Bay Covered Hopper (NYC - Lt. Gray) - $30.00; #00350 3 Boxcar Set (I'm going from memory, I believe 1 car is a jade green rebuilt boxcar, 1 a single sheathed wooden boxcar, and the last a stockcar, the last 2 are boxcar red) - $75.00; #00748 rebuilt boxcar (PLE/NYC, jade green, in S Helper Box, but the stock # on box is for another car)- $30.00; the last is a single TOFC 35' Vertical Trailer #00205 - $12.00. Shipping is extra depending on what you may like.
Except for 00748, all are in their original boxes, they may have been converted to Kadee 802 couples (if you'd like the original hi-rail I can include them), near mint to mint condition, they have never been run, with the exception of 00748 which I received in trade from another person. If interested let me know. Regards, Steven Allen Pioneer Valley S-Gaugers Springfield, MA p.s. - did you check to see if the NASG clearing house has any 3 point track gauges, or check with Dough Peck with Port Lines Hobbies in Newburyport, MA (if you haven't already), he might know of their availability and/or existence. --- In [email protected], "Frank J Knight" <frank.sn2@...> wrote: > > Hi All, > > This is about the challenge of switching to S scale. Actually not quite true > in my case as I have been modeling in Sn2 Free-mo since 2007. The challenge > for me is trying to model standard gauge in S scale. I've been dragging > around a lot of N scale equipment for almost 10 years and was going to dig it > out for a permanent layout. Nagging in the back of my head was the thought > that the larger S scale equipment would be more to my current tastes. With > that thought in mind I am giving S standard gauge a serious chance but > getting started is more of a challenge than I expected. > > To start with I have a bundle of code 100 Tomalco flex track but I also want > to be able to hand lay track like I have done for the past 50 years in every > scale that I have modeled. I tried finding a 3-point track gauge but it seems > that they haven't been made for over 10 years in S scale. Tomalco makes a > 2-point track gauge and I have a couple on order. I don't have the 2-point > gauges yet so I can't really compare them to 3-point gauges but it just seems > odd to me that 3-point gauges aren't available. I have 3-point gauges in HO, > HOn3 (Sn2) and N. > > Next is the challenge of finding equipment. Since I live in Maine there are > no local S scale hobby shops. Ordering S products online turned out to be > more of a challenge than I expected. Seems there must be a special language > for understanding how to buy S equipment online. Looking for a locomotive I > cam across this description on one website: > CODE DESCRIPTION PRICE $369.99 > LNL648142 S AF U33C, EL > > Let's see it is S and is a GE U33C lettered for the Eire Lackawanna. A Google > search shows me a Lionel #48142 loco with EL lettering. Well the AF obviously > stands for American Flyer which means wheels aren't scale. Not what I was > looking for but just an example of a site that is truly not user friendly. > > My plan was to buy some NYC locos and cars. I grew up across the street from > the NYC so I thought it would be a logical choice and easy to find. So far > I've come up with one used NYC S-12. I want to have some steam so I checked > out the River Raisin site which has good pictures and descriptions for their > steam and while they list a NYC 0-6-0 it is hi rail. They have 6 other 0-6-0s > listed that are all scale. Must be a conspiracy. I called one shop and while > he had many NYC cars and locos listed he was sold out of just about all of > them. Maybe the NYC is not going to be an easy prototype to model after all. > > Well I have managed to order the one used loco and a few cars so I have > something to run when I get some track down. My plan is to put together a > couple of modules as a switching layout to get started. I have leftover > module materials from my Sn2 layout and it will give me some fliexibility and > portability. I expect it will take another couple of weeks just to get most > of what I ordered. > > In the meantime I converted a friend's American Models GP9 to DCC. After > working on the tiny Sn2 locos the ability to drop a TCS T1 decoder in that > loco was a snap and it cost less than $25. As a DC loco it would slow to > about 7 scale mph but with DCC it would crawl about 1.5 sacle mph. Well at > least not everything in S is a challenge. > > If anyone knows where the NYC equipment is hiding please let me know. > > Frank Knight > Sn2 Master > S Rookie > ------------------------------------ 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/
