The 2019 On30 Generic Wish List

[jkemp]

My vote from last year was for a Class A Climax, but I have since discovered that this is now being 3D printed by a group in Canada, So I am scratching that out for my wish from last year.

for 2019, I'm jumping on the bandwagon, and voting for re-run's of the Shay and Climax with improved gears.   

As far as unique request, I'm voting for a re-run of the Forney with mods to allow it to go around tight corners with the ability to NOT yank the trailing cars off the track.

Fingers crossed.

[ksivils]

One of these!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV6lPnMIlv8

Newly restored to operation. REAL 30 inch gauge superpower! Note how "small" the locomotive is compared to a man.

[jkemp]

One of these!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV6lPnMIlv8

Newly restored to operation. REAL 30 inch gauge superpower! Note how "small" the locomotive is compared to a man.

Great video !   Great locomotive !   Thank you for sharing.

OTOH, my observations only, the O-scale narrow gaugers with radius' large enough to realistically run a 2-10-2 are typically from the On3 crowd, not the On30.

Still, enjoyed seeing what you had to share.

[Terry Toenges]

You have to take into account that most folks South of the border are short when considering how small the loco is so does that mean it's even smaller than it might seem? The railroad in the video is in Santa Cruz, Argentina.

[Ken Clark]

  Just a few numbers on the Rio Turbio 2-10-2s

  Overall length          59 Ft 8 In
  Height                     11 Ft 2 In
  Width                        7 Ft 9.5 In
  Loco wheel base       26 Ft 4.5 In
  Coupled WB             13 Ft 1.5 In

[Ted_Roy]

I also vote for the re-issues, Shay/ Climax/ 2-8-0/ Porters/ Davenport, and a new Prairie.  But a 0-6-0 Tank could easily be based on the 2-6-0, or even better make it a large 2-6-2T.  Just the tank and cab would need to be new, reusing everything else and adding a trailing truck.

[p51]

One of these!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV6lPnMIlv8

OTOH, my observations only, the O-scale narrow gaugers with radius' large enough to realistically run a 2-10-2 are typically from the On3 crowd, not the On30.

Agreed. I run curves around 24" on my mainline and the only thing I consistently hear from personal visits to the layout and people seeing photos in magazines and online is that they're so surprised that I'm running insanely tight curves (which really 24" is darned tight in O scale!)