Here are some links for S scale vehicles. I will post any new ones I find on down the road. http://www.internettrains.com/noscmo2.html http://www.railmaster.co.nz/ http://www.kleinserien.de/e/_1_64/w102.htm
Greg, Thanks. These look like good sites to find some things. Have you any experience purchasing from the New Zealand or German sites?
Can't say about the German site, as I've never delt with them. I have heard good reports from the Railmaster site in NZ. They were real good at sending me info when I snail mailed and later E mailed them. I know a few people that really think they are excellent to deal with and have excellent kits. Greg Elems
Try this Ken, http://www.railmaster.co.nz/gallery/dinky.htm It was in the gallery section. I new if I stumbled around long enough I'd find it. This one has the Railmaster stuff available here in the US. I also understand he is very good to deal with. http://www.trainandtrooper.com/sn3.html Greg [ 25. August 2003, 18:16: Message edited by: Greg Elems ]
Greg- I've heard good things about Train & Trooper. But in going to the page you listed, I see the neat Sn2 stuff. ARGHH!!! Resist temptation! Be strong!!! That stuff for Maine Two footers is cool. Boxcab E50
Greg and Ken, It is difficult to resist the narrow side of the force. I have even contemplated crossing over the line myself, possibly into On30 or Sn3. The Train and Trooper site is enticing, in an evil sort of way. Perhaps we could start a whole new thread on narrow versus standard gauge. Have either of you been to Durango to ride the Silverton Train? It could make a western narrow gauge fan out of the biggest Pennsy fan in the world. If you really wanted to do something different, there is always the White Pass and Yukon. You could probably model the whole town of Skagway....it only has about 700 people except when a few cruise ships are docked. In all honesty, I have considered a narrow gauge tourist line set in modern times. Might be interesting to mix the old time trains and stations with the modern world, just like in Durango. I think you could make it operationally interesting, especially if you run an occasional freight train chartered to get movie footage. I am leaning far stronger to standard gauge and more modern industrial settings, but the temptation is strong. Any thoughts?
That's the problem with narrow gauge. Their era is mostly steam. Pre-WWII equipment. The only really notable North American example being the WP&Y and that they survived into modern diesels. Narrow gauge has a siren song effect. Once hooked. It's hard to get unhooked! I want to stay with my favorite mid-late 1960's. But then I hit a page with that Sn2 stuff..... Boxcab E50
Ken, You can have your modern narrow gauge iin S and have it all. The New Foundland RR was owned by the CN. They used EMD diesels, export models. They ran on 42" gauge track and used standard gauge cars from the CN for outside world connections. They took the standard gauge trucks off and put the narrow gauge trucks under them, just like the EBT did. The vans were great look cars. I've seen pictures of standard 40' cars on those narrow gauge trucks and that would make an interesting model. Here S comes to play with EMD export models available. On30 track from Micro Engineering looks even better as Sn42. The cars can be retruck short freight cars and be prototypical. They ran till the mid eighties, bit a sixties layout could have all kinds of traffic and switching. Just a thought to muddy up the waters a bit. Greg
