How Often Do You See A Bachmann Prototype?

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Title says all--an 1890 Porter 0-4-0 visiting the Ardenwood Historic Farm's Railfair 2016, in Fremont, California. A 3ft gauge railroad was laid here in the 1980s and is now operated by the 'Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources'

https://www.flickr.com/photos/crowquine/sets/72157672316529122

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I've personally seen my favorite Bachmann prototype a few times in my life:

This is former ET&WNC 4-6-0 # 12:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKDs5IlVbM4

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Had forgotten about the Tweetsie Ten Wheeler, and of course there are some other Bachmann prototypes that are still around, including in other scales (the Shay in HO is based on Cass Scenic No. 5).

Still, how often do you see a Porter that's as cute* as Bachmann's model or the prototype it's based on?

*(That's what my wife would say!)

About that 4-6-0--it was essentially a stock locomotive, and a number of railroads used it or something very similar.

One such road was the short-lived Twin Mountain & Potomac, which ran from Keyser, W.Va. to Burlington.  The station at Burlington stands today, in use as a library.

http://burlington.lib.wv.us/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington,_West_Virginia

The "Two Mules and a Pony" had two of those 4-6-0s, purchased new, and number 1 and 2.  No. 2 would later be the second No. 8 on the ET&WNC. 

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/ten-wheeler/?page=tmp

The road also had a Porter side-tank 0-4-0T that was a dead ringer for the model Bachmann had.

The two Ten-Wheelers and the tank engine, all in large scale, would allow you to completely duplicate the roster in that size!

http://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/wvulibraries:52923

http://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/wvulibraries:52925