Modern Narrow Gauge

[J3a-614]

Narrow gauge is often considered something from the steam age, and I love it that way myself,especially since I live a relatively short 75 miles or so from the East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company.

But this is not always so, as illustrated by this material from Railpictures.net.

http://www.railpictures.net/articles/article.php?id=24

http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?offset=0&where=search|-2|-2|-2||-2|henderson mine railroad|15|1||||||||-2|-2||-2|-2|||15|-2|-2||||||1||1||||&newdisplay=5

I doubt that anyone will produce this equipment, but at the same time the locomotives look relatively plain in the detail department; perhaps they would not be too tough to scratch up.  Cars might be a problem, simply by needing a lot of them.  Either way, you would have something not everybody else would have!

Other items:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=313708&nseq=0

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=305242&nseq=0

Enjoy.

[LurchBird]

Dear j3a-614 (could you sign your posts please?),
There have been discussions on this board about narrow gauge diesel models. The US Gypsum diesel you posted is from the same batch as a couple that went up to White Pass and Yukon (they were originally ordered by the WP&Y right before they shut down for a few years before they became a successful tourist operation). Use that mechanism to model other export diesels and I think you'd have a winner. We'll see what Bachmann comes out with next. I'd wager another steam engine this time around (and I'm hoping for an outside frame 2-6-2 of some sort), but I'd welcome a White Pass 6-axle diesel (especially a shovel nose) any day!

Mark

[max (uk)]

I'm thinking of making a WP&Y Class 101 just because I like them so much. So I wouldn't turn down a Bachmann RTR model or similar.

Making a modern narrow gauge engine would be a risky thing as I'm guessing alot of people wouldn't buy one as it would be out of the time period of their layout.

What I would like to see from Bachmann is a On30 version of the HO 45t diesel. It would be nice and big with flailing side rods.

[ebtbob]

Here is an engine I would love to see in On30....

[LurchBird]

Bob,
I would think that Bachmann would be more inclined to produce a narrow gauge diesel such as the one you posted, since I think it would fit in more with later era steam. If someone were to come up with a list of railroads, whether tourist or not, Bachmann could easily produce a number of RTR models. I can think of Hawaiian narrow gauge OR&L, Georgetown Loop, Cumbres and Toltec, EBT, Durango and Silverton, etc. I would think that there was plenty of export and industrial as well.  I'd like to see a 6-axle diesel, but I don't think there is enough of a demand, nor would it fit in with most folk's era as Max stated.

BTW, that's a nice looking loco you posted.

Mark

[ebtbob]

Thankyou Mark.   I call it the EBT's version of an LGB paint scheme.

[LurchBird]

How long have they had it? I visited in Sept 2001 (about a week before 9/11) and didn't see it then.

Mark

[ebtbob]

Not sure how long it has been painted like that but has to be at least three or four years.