Hello all,

thank you Franck : your photos are very good !

Thank you Hamish !

Hello all,

In France, in 1954, at the Vis-en-Artois system (sugarbeet industrial railway located in the North of France) a 4-6-0T Baldwin was modified into a "modern" diesel locomotive by the workshops of Vis-en-Artois themselves.

Here is a photograph of the first modified Baldwin : (official document of 1954)
At the backscene, we can see two of the 30 Baldwin of the company.



I have modeled this locomotive in zero scale for my layout : (the photo was shooted on a friend's layout).



JJM

Hello all,

on the 8th and 9th of November, in Vis-en-Artois (North of France) has took place an intersting exhibition about the "Chemin de fer à voie de 60 de Vis-en-Artois" (literaly : "the 60 cm gauge railway of Vis-en-Artois).

Vis-en-Artois was the centerplace of a large industrial system where we could find at least three 2-6-2T Alco and thirty 4-6-0T from Baldwin. There was about 700 wagons all from English War Department and Pershing from USA. A very interesting layout which ran from 1926 to 1957.

This subject is very interesting and well known for French and English people.

So, Mr Bachmann - make a 4-6-0T and a 2-6-2T please. We have a lot to do to model this railway !

The exhibition report can be see on my website on the report page at : www.jackymolinaro.com  /  report  /  Vis-en-Artois ...

Hello all,

this is the last photograph of my scratchbuilt 4-6-0 T (with the help of a Bachmann 0-6-0 ST in HO scale deeply modified).



Please Mr Bachmann : make a model of this loco in 0n30 for us !!!

Jacky

Hello All,

I would like to add my contribution.

The idea of a 2-6-2 T and a 4-6-0 T from Alco and from Baldwin will be very interesting for French modellers (I'm a French 0n30 and Oe16.5 modeller). In France, we had a lot and a lot of locomotives as these ones which stayed in France after the WWI. They used them very often for industrial railways (for example : sugar-beet industry).

I model an industrial 60 cm gauge French narrow gauge railway in O scale who's name is "Le chemin de fer de Vis-en-Artois" ( see : www.jackymolinaro.com ) and I had built a 2-6-2 T from Baldwin with the inside frames : it's the easiest to do. I'm building a 4-6-0 T Baldwin. And I would like to build a 2-6-2 T from Alco just after.

I would like Bachmann will release all these locomotives. There is a lot of interest for French narrow gauge modellers !

The Vis-en-Artois railway had 30 4-6-0 T in the fifties !!!

PLEASE MR BACHMANN : MAKE THE BALDWIN FOR US 

Here are two photographs of my work.

All the Best,

JJM-0n30 (France)

The 2-6-2 T on my layout :



And the 4-6-0 is made with a heavy modified 0-6-0 T HO scale Bachmann chassis !