1861 era

[hi-tech-hoffy]

hi...i'm trying to design a display from around 1949-1965...out west...i want to show miners and tunnels...and a lot of rocks...so i want a train from that era...i'm also looking for anything wooden and already finished...(wood portals, tressels etc.)...and i'm looking for those dump cars they used then...both wooden side and the "v" kind...but i can't find them in HO...
i've been looking at the central pacific and union pacific steam locomotives...am i in the right area? i like the 4-4-0 (#119 and the jupiter)...any help will be most appreciated...thanking you in advance...

[rikc9]

hi...i'm trying to design a display from around 1949-1965...out west...i want to show miners and tunnels...and a lot of rocks...so i want a train from that era...i'm also looking for anything wooden and already finished...(wood portals, tressels etc.)...and i'm looking for those dump cars they used then...both wooden side and the "v" kind...but i can't find them in HO...
i've been looking at the central pacific and union pacific steam locomotives...am i in the right area? i like the 4-4-0 (#119 and the jupiter)...any help will be most appreciated...thanking you in advance...

I assume you mean 1849-1865? Read your first post.
Go join a Yahoo Civil War group.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Civil_War_RRs/
You can also search the Yahoo groups for civil war.

rikc9

[hi-tech-hoffy]

yes...1849-1865

[wjstix]

CP and UP started in I believe 1861. Until they built the first transcontinental line (completed 1867) there really wasn't much going on trainwise in the west, at least between the Mississippi and California/west coast.  For example, the reason for the great cattle drives of the 1870's was that from Texas the nearest railroad line was in Kansas, they had to walk the cattle that far to ship them to Chicago or wherever to the meat packing plants.

[rikc9]

You must not have searched very much. Bachmann sells engines that might qualify.
http://www.caboosehobbies.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=85&products_id=10132

Also eBay. Search for old time or civil war etc.

http://toys.search.ebay.com/ho-trains_HO-Scale_W0QQsacatZ19128QQsubmitsearchZSearch
http://toys.search.ebay.com/civil-war_HO-Scale_W0QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfposZQ5AIPQ2fPostalQQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZ19128QQsadisZ200QQsaobfmtsZinsifQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsofocusZbsQQsubmitsearchZSearch
http://toys.search.ebay.com/old-time_HO-Scale_W0QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfposZQ5AIPQ2fPostalQQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZ19128QQsadisZ200QQsaobfmtsZinsifQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsofocusZbsQQsubmitsearchZSearch

I see engines and rolling stock regfularly. Some of it is labeled for US Military Railrod.

Mantua has some rolling stock that might work. Model Power sells the Mantual old time line.
http://www.hobbylinc.com/prods/ucc_mnt.htm

Make sure to sign up for the Yahoo Civil War group I mentioned. There is a lot of information in the Groups files and photos sections. There is also a Civil War photos group.

Don't depend on one or two groups for model railroad information. Ok, if you just want a social group, this forum will be ok.

rikc9