The fisrt locomotive that left Chicago Station

[R.R. Mech]

I am looking for the first Locomotive that went out of Chicago Passenger Station in the year of 1880 it was a 4-2-0 Locomotive do you know any one that makes this locomotive?

[mabloodhound]

Although this one is On30, you certainly could get plenty of ideas. http://www.freerails.com/view_topic.php?id=3045&forum_id=4

[TwinZephyr]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_(locomotive)

A static HO scale model was produced several decades ago.

[J3a-614]

Here is some material I was able to locate on this ancient locomotive.

http://www.cashgroth.com/pioneer.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pioneer_CNW_4-2-0.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAR1U0VPNLI

The Pioneer appears in motion, under steam, at 7:00 or so in this C&NW promotional film that has a lot of highlights from the early days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9qYb3jNyC4

Have fun.

[ebtnut]

My memory dims a bit, but I believe that an HO model of the Pioneer was done in brass maybe 40 years ago.  It would almost certainly have had tender drive.  I think there was also a plastic kit model done in O scale back in that same time period.  Your best bet today to do a model would be the Bachmann Pegasus, which is a very similar 4-2-0.  You would have to build or kit-bash a cab and replace the stack to represent it in its C&NW form. 

[glennk28]

It was initially done in plastic by Lindberg--Kemtron either got the dies or gopt a bunch of kits--used the plastic  shots to invest in plaaster and cast the brass parts.  Ptobably used the Lindaat power  truck--  Kemtron  did the same with the Silver Streak kit for the CP Huntington.

gj

[ebtnut]

Glenn:  Yes, OK, thanks for refreshing the old memory.  On a side note from that same era and speaking of Kemtron, at one of the Timonium train shows last year I saw for sale an original Kemtron HOn3 C-16, the one with the boiler that was a solid brass turning.  It was only partially assembled, and they wanted $35.00 for it.  I almost bought it just for the history, didn't, decided later I wanted it, and of course by then it was gone. 

[glennk28]

I had one of the later ones--loaned it to a guy who  was going to produce a C-16 in HOn3--haven't seen it since--I have built 7 0r 8  of the On3 versions--gj

[timhar47]

Going back, I remember Aristo-Craft had many steam HO locos, they were the cheapies of the time period. Maybe they had one?