I'm here! Well I live here so it's hard to not be unless the real railroad has me out of town. I do have this entered in the model contest so check it out! Wish me luck in my first ever model contest! Russell straw and I will be battling it out with a few other contestants! Entry #22 abd I'm not sure what number Russell's decapod is. Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk
No that's a cut up Bachmann light usra 2-10-2. I turn the gs4s into Santa fe northerns. Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk
I have 3 brass 2-10-4's and 4 brass 2-10-2's in ATSF and never seen that turtleback tender before. Is that also from the Bachmann 2-10-2?
No, that's cut out of a piece of mdf wood by hand. It's completely scratch built. Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk
N Scale Kits have got the Kasgro 16 axle 450 ton depressed centre car the Thrall 5 car 40' double stack cars (similar to Interail's cars now unavailable) the later Thrall 5 car 40' and 45' double stack cars and the even later Thrall 5 car 40' and 48' double stack cars the PRR FM 40' flat car a 53' container and 53' double stack container both by N Scale Laser (in laser cut mdf) the former available on a 53' trailer for intermodal work, to fit the AP53 Gunderson car already released. Thrall's 53' double stack wellcar TTX NWF13 the Abrams M1 and M1A1 tanks in resin at 1:160 scale for use on the DODX 68' car already available. All of the above will now have decals. and preproduction examples of Thrall's 53' 3 car unit TTX NWF33SF Trinity's 53' single double stack car RWG33 and 10 and 5 car unit FuelFoiler There will announcements of the 2017 production plans made on Sunday. No doubt others will be posting pictures of the above, from my Room 1008 later today, and the Swaparama later this week. I hope that these are of interest! Peter Peter Harris N Scale Kits www.nscalekits.com
That's a beautiful model. Why did the SF use Turtle Back tenders? It looks like the amount of water would be greatly reduced compared to standard box tanks.
Just got word and confirmation that the 2017 NSE convention will be in Pittsburgh at the Sheraton Station Square hotel This a great spot with the Old P&LE passenger station and freight house shops, CSX running on one side and NS running on the other, river boat tours plus the incline and light rail all within walking distance.
I could be wrong and I hope that if someone knows the answer that they will chime in here but I suspect that when these steamers were built the tender was actually quite large compared to other ones that they had at the time. I believe that later on the tenders were replaced with others.
When delivered the locomotives were 3000 class 2-10-10-2's - delivered in 1911. ATSF split them apart in about 1915 to 1918. Regards, Wolf
On the tenders, from what I understand, the original assignments of some of the 2-10-2s required a lot of reverse running- the tender was shorter than most and vision was much better as a result. I do think Jerry is right, at the time, the capacity of the tender was comparable to more standard types. Somewhere I have the MR or RMC with drawings, but still sorting through everything after the move a couple months ago.
These tenders were designed for the 3000 class 2-10-10-2s. After an unsuccessful service, the engines were turned into 2-10-2s. These tenders were great for helper service and long reverse runs down Cajon pass in helper service. If I remember correctly the 2-10-10-2s were originally designed for use on the pass as helpers hence the tender design. Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk
So other than a couple Santa Fe steam engines and stuff announced by N Scale Kits, is there anything else going on?
