1890's American 4-4-0 B&O Royal Blue loco

[richg]

Go here for a look at what powered the Royal Blue trains in the 1890's:
http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/bo859s.jpg

High driver 4-4-0 with air pump on the drivers side. Very hard to find a model like this. I have seen a similar type at White River Junction, VT some years ago. It is now under a roof.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:White_River_Junction_VT.jpg

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=84127

Rich

[uncbob]

Man that is some high wheeled beast

[ebtnut]

I'm guessing that the drivers on the B&M loco are around 60 -65 inches.  The Royal Blue loco had 78" drivers.  FWIW, the drivers on a PRR K-4 are 80" as are, I believe, the B&O P-7's.  About the only model I can think of that comes close to the B&O loco is the brass version of NYC 999 which I beleive was originally equipped with 88" drivers.  It was later rebuilt with smaller drivers and now resides in a museum in Chicago. 

[Johnson Bar Jeff]

My OT 4-4-0 is very reliable

It is either an IHC or Rivarossi

I can't remember which as I bought both

Except that you've repainted the tender, it looks exactly like my Rivarossi. I've found the Rivarossis generally to be more reliable than the IHCs. Thing is, I suspect that they both came out of the same European factory somewhere, because they are interchangeable. I've taken the locomotive superstructure (boiler and cab) and tender shell off an IHC engine that wouldn't run well for anything and mounted them on the chassis and tender frame of a Rivarossi engine.

[Johnson Bar Jeff]

I'm guessing that the drivers on the B&M loco are around 60 -65 inches.  The Royal Blue loco had 78" drivers.  FWIW, the drivers on a PRR K-4 are 80" as are, I believe, the B&O P-7's.  About the only model I can think of that comes close to the B&O loco is the brass version of NYC 999 which I beleive was originally equipped with 88" drivers.  It was later rebuilt with smaller drivers and now resides in a museum in Chicago. 

Some of the sub-classes of PRR D-class 4-4-0s that were in use on trains such as the Pennsylvania Limited in the 1890s had 80-inch drivers.

[hcopter51]

  Man, glad I started this.....Thanks for the pics and all the info.....What a Beautiful piece of history....Would have loved to ride on this train or even driven it,HA!!!!! Keep the pics/info comming......I may even print out the pic of the B&M info and frame it in my train room..... I love to know as much as possible of the history behind my model loco's.....

John

[richg]

It appears you are looking for info so below is  link with many hits that you can play with. Make a B&O Info folder in Favorites and store the links you like.

http://tinyurl.com/7d2ds3a

Rich

[hcopter51]

It appears you are looking for info so below is  link with many hits that you can play with. Make a B&O Info folder in Favorites and store the links you like.

http://tinyurl.com/7d2ds3a

Rich

Thanks Rich, I will do just that!!!!

John

[hcopter51]

Mantua makes some:

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/455-719525

Not sure if they are correct for the 4-4-0, but I use 'em.  The blues match up pretty well and makes a nice looking train.



They are out of stock at most places right now, but I see these at train shows all the time.

Regards,

Jonathan

Jonathan, are you running one combine and two passenger??