Has anyone here ever tried to model a Model Train Company G-16 amusement park ride train? These are basically how I fell in love with trains. Growing up I lived about a mile from Kiddieland in Melrose park Illinois and in fact went to kindergarten with the son of one of the owners. I have fond memories of the Wagner Northern and the MTC G-16s which are modeled after EMD's F2. In fact EMD provided drawings of the F2 and Pullman provided drawings for the passenger cars. Kiddieland recently closed and a private owner bought the trains. The steamers are being run at a place in Indiana, but the MTCs are still under raps. These same trains also run in San Diego at Balboa Park and Bay Beach in Green Bay Wisconsin. Anyway, It is a dream when I have $50,000-$100,000 to spend and a large space to have one of these, but until then, a model might be the best bet. I'm wondering if anyone else has tried this? I was recently at the Beaverton (Or) Modular railroad club and they are making a module with an amusement park and miniature train. They are an H.O. Club and will use N-Scale track. N-Scale is probably a little large for this. Z would probably be better, but N-scale is probably a tad cheaper. A Kato F3 would be a good stand-in for the F2. Or, you could use a Bachmann F9. I'd make the A-B combination so you could use a dummy B-unit to create the engineer's seat. You could enlarge the headlights, thicker grabs. and HO scale Horn. The passenger cars would also be easy. Cut the appropriate holes and use basic styrene for the metal shapes of the seats, add hand rails and paint the interiors a light gray. That's how I'd do it. I may ask the guy doing the module (it's a club module) if I can since I have an F3 left over from my days of N and at least one smooth side passenger car. Anyone else ever try something like this? Maybe an O scale miniature on an Outdoor G scale (actually, I bet S would be closer for G.)
