New announcement

[Royce Wilson]

Is there not any excitement about the announcement of the HO Porter 0-6-0T?

Royce

[jettrainfan]

I'm tempted to buy one just to do small yard jobs around the club layout. My 0-6-0 saddle tank was a good engine (randomly died so probably need a new decoder), along with the GE 70 ton. Big things come in little packages.   

[WoundedBear]

Is there not any excitement about the announcement of the HO Porter 0-6-0T?

Royce

As much of a fan of small and/or geared steam as I am......unfortunately.....no.

Sid

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

Is there not any excitement about the announcement of the HO Porter 0-6-0T?

Royce

As much of a fan of small and/or geared steam as I am......unfortunately.....no.

Sid

same with me. I would have perfered a 2-4-4 forney like the ones in On30.

[Royce Wilson]

Bachmann really would creat a stir if they made that forney in HOn30 to run on N scale track and follow up with freight cars like the On30 line.

Royce

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

id like a standard scale one. B&O used em for for the Staten Island service they had.

[Royce Wilson]

At the NMRA show in Atlanta there was a guy that has made an announcement of some pre civil war HO engines.

Royce

[Johnson Bar Jeff]

I would have perfered a 2-4-4 forney like the ones in On30.

That would be kinda cool, especially if it were flexible enough to operate on tight radii.

Seems to me I once saw an eBay offering for something similar in wheel arrangement. I seem to remember it was kitbashed out of an old Rivarossi/AHM 2-4-0.

[Johnson Bar Jeff]

At the NMRA show in Atlanta there was a guy that has made an announcement of some pre civil war HO engines.

Royce

Those could be interesting. I wonder how "pre" they're going to be? The mid- to late-1850s saw some nice looking locomotives.

[Doneldon]

I wonder how "pre" they're going to be? The mid- to late-1850s saw some nice looking locomotives.

J-J

Absolutely. That was the peak of the ornate railroad engine era. Locomotives started to be toned down during the Civil War and that trend continued until most of them had mere utilitarian design. Besides, you can pack more railroading in when you use small locos and 20' or 28' freight cars and passenger equipment the size of or only a bit larger than the 40' freight cars which dominated railroad consists for most of the 20^th Century.
                                                                                                                          -- D

[Pacific Northern]

I would have perfered a 2-4-4 forney like the ones in On30.

That would be kinda cool, especially if it were flexible enough to operate on tight radii.

Seems to me I once saw an eBay offering for something similar in wheel arrangement. I seem to remember it was kitbashed out of an old Rivarossi/AHM 2-4-0.

I know that the brass HO versions of the Forney sell for a premium whenever they appear for sale.

I wonder if Bachmann's going to let Blackstone do any HOn3 Forney engines, the HOn3 Blackstone engines and their rolling stock set the bar for detail,

[Johnson Bar Jeff]

I wonder how "pre" they're going to be? The mid- to late-1850s saw some nice looking locomotives.

J-J

Absolutely. That was the peak of the ornate railroad engine era. Locomotives started to be toned down during the Civil War and that trend continued until most of them had mere utilitarian design. Besides, you can pack more railroading in when you use small locos and 20' or 28' freight cars and passenger equipment the size of or only a bit larger than the 40' freight cars which dominated railroad consists for most of the 20^th Century.
                                                                                                                          -- D

D,

Absolutely! That's why most of my rolling stock would qualify as "old-timer."

J.B.J.

[Doneldon]

I wonder if Bachmann's going to let Blackstone do any HOn3 Forney engines, the HOn3 Blackstone engines and their rolling stock set the bar for detail,

PacNo-

Are you implying that Bachmann owns Blackstone? That's news to me, which is not, by the way, any kind of criticism or contradiction. It's just that I didn't know.

I'm surprised that the Blackstone logo doesn't appear on this site with the others in the Bachmann train family. Blackstone is certainly a well-respected, if a little pricey, name. I would think they'd want to build that up.

I most certainly agree that Blackstone's products are well built and detailed.

                                                                                                                   -- D

[Bucksco]

Bachmann does not own Blackstone models. Blackstone is a division of SoundTraxx.

[Doneldon]

YM-

Thanx for setting me straight.

                                     -- D