I'm surprised you wouldn't make an SP T-1 or something, the Bachmann model is a perfect match for a tenwheeler kitbash for an SP fire train (see link below) http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nhm56cDjzqs/SmyL7RBJgMI/AAAAAAAAAPo/a4WsPejsSFg/s1600-h/2248_3.JPG Hmmm...Maybe SD&AE 4-6-0 #27 can pull one of these... after all, imperial valley desert + wooden trestles = FIREeek:
Which would you like to see? Hey, guys. I can only afford to get one of these tenwheelers before February of next year. ( I also have to save up for a c-30-1 caboose, pfe reefers, some SP gondolas & boxcas, SD&AE M.O.W. tank cars, harriman coaches, etc.) So which 4-6-0 would you prefer I build, the SD&AE #27 or the SP fire train #2248? I'm leaning more towards the 2248 right now but I'd appreciate your opinions...
I'd go for the 27; #2248 has much longer legs. Either way you need a whole new tender. MHO, of course... Otto
Hmm...with an oil bunker this actually looks much closer to SD&AE #27's tender. However, I may make the body from chopping up the medium tender's shell. The hard part will be spelling out "San Diego & Arizona Eastern" and making it fit on the tender sides in one line!
That is gorgeous! I added the Bachmann USRA Short to mine but that would look more appropriate! The S.
I just ordered a Southern. Used the TB ebay link, hope I did it right for TB to get credit. I'm gonna pull overtons around my desk!! Boring on some level, but I'm looking forward to it!
David, YES, this size is much more appropriate for the 4-6-0. I alerady wrote to MP to see if the tender shells can be ordered (haven't heard back yet). I have some B-man slopebacks to experiment with; good to know the MP shell fits over the B-man chassis. Tghanks! Otto
Hi guys, new to this board. I have one of these engines on order and it should arrive any day now. I intend to place it directly into service pulling the daily mixed on my new Jerome 'N' Southwestern RR.
I have been looking at my new book on GN's steam locomotives. I am thinking of possibly doing something with one of these based on one of GN's 4-6-0 types. It may require building on a Belpaire firebox.
Westfalen & Gulf No.68 just out of the shops. Tender is from a Minitrix old timer 0-6-0 mounted on a Bachmann slopeback underframe.
That was good advice. I did that with mine a week back and used the MP CNW tender shell from my American (which has a kato tender) The shell is just about a perfect fit and makes the tenwheeler look very good.
There were posted here earlier in the week... http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showpost.php?p=759293&postcount=28 Driver Tread Dia. - .365"= 58.4" Driver Flange Dia. - .412" = 65.92" Wheebase - .935" = 149.6" Wheelbase from front pilot to rear driver - 1.779" = 284.64" There is space to go to a larger driver on theses. I was looking at the Consolidation drivers but they only gain you 1 scale inch. Not enough to justify even trying. These could probably work with up to a 63-65" driver, maybe even larger if you blind the center driver so the flanges don't interfere. The Bachmann light mountain has 62.5" drivers and a similar axle set up. I wish I had a parts Mountain to try. Bachmann offers the heavy mountain drivers seprately, but at $20 for the set, might be a bit much for an experiment.
The Bachmann 4-6-0 can be made into a reasonable facsimile of a Chicago & Northwestern Class S-2, built in 1890. There is very little information published on these locos, but photos taken in northern Wisconsin in 1940 are in the C&NW Historical Society website gallery. The Bachmann loco is almost exactly the right size with correct driver size and spacing, but off in other details. Modifications made to the model include removing the Walschaert valve gear, reversing the steam dome so the whistle is on the left side and moving the bell and generator. The pilot was replaced with a Micro Trains 001 30 011 conversion kit, which looks more like the CNW pilot and provides an operating coupler. The upper part of the area with the hole for the cylinder saddle screw is filed flush with the pilot deck top, and the end trimmed back about 1/32 inch. The front running boards were removed, and the steps attached so they end at the rear of the valve chests. The tender frame is from the Bachmann slope-back tender. The tender was made by cutting and splicing two leftover MDC/Athearn 2-8-0/2-6-0 shells to make the body long enough to fit the frame. The tender deck and extended coal bunker were built with styrene sheet.
