OK, here are some more rolling stock shots. The brown gon is scratch built from the ground up. I painted it for the UPD & G the immediate predecessor of the C & S. Note the worn top boards and generally faded appearance of the paint (the white paint was done with stamp and ink). Brown appears to have been the general color used by the UP on its narrow gauge lines in Colorado. The next gons consist of a lowered Bachmann gondola labeled for the C & S...still very generic and will need more work. The last gon is actually a Bachman flat car with scratch built sides to make a high side gon. There are more shots like this coming!! John
Forgot to mention that the UP D & G gon is sitting on HO trucks. The others are on standard Bachmann On30 trucks with HO wheels J
Trucks!! OK, as requested here are the differences in the trucks. On the left is the unmodified, out of the box Bachmann truck. In the middle you can see the mate to the Bachmann truck with the wheels swaped for HO scale wheels. On the right is a standard HO scale truck and wheel set. Notice that the truck in the middle is the same height as the HO scale truck. Hope this helps inspire you to "lower" your On30 cars. By the way, this should also work in other scales... John
Well, I can't find what I'm looking for... Someone gave me info on how the various HO wheels scaled out in O. My filing system. :angry: Anyhow, that's quite a vivid comparison. What I had in mind, is leaning toward the appearance of the Maine Two Footers. Which were quite a bit smaller than "standard" gauge. Boxcab E50
I'll throw my scale on 'em and see. Let you know what I find out but I think your estimate is about right. John
I may be a hair too large. Possibly more like 19-20 inches. Wish I could find that info. Know anyone in Maine who can measure...? Boxcab E50
Thanks for the comparison pics. I never really took a close look at the difference that way before. Cool. Thanks again.
