Steam... - Printable Version +- (https://bigbluetrains.com) +-- Forum: Mainline (https://bigbluetrains.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=17) +--- Forum: HO Modeling (https://bigbluetrains.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=21) +--- Thread: Steam... (/showthread.php?tid=294) |
Re: Steam... - Sumpter250 - 12-23-2008 Quote:SP Daylight 4449 saw some run time in BNSF paint on BNSF rails. It is also a 4-8-4. I have to ask, it did?, in BNSF paint?, because the BN and SF merger is very recent, and I thought 4449 had been retired before that. CB&Q, WP, SP&S, and what ever other fallen flags that became BN would also be valid choices for road names. The fallen flags would have been more likely to have operated steam. I'm probably wrong, but I don't recall the BN as having steam in operation. Re: Steam... - Tom - 12-23-2008 It did get a Dark Green (similar to Olive Drab but darker and more gray in it) and BNSF logos for a series of trips on the BNSF for Employee Appreciation Specials back about 8 or 9 years ago. Re: Steam... - COMBAT - 12-23-2008 Tom Wrote:COMBAT Wrote:OK, anyone have any idea on where to check for one of those??? I am interested! Yes please post pictures. Always want to see those! Thank you!! Re: Steam... - COMBAT - 12-23-2008 Mileswestern Wrote:You're right Combat, I'm sorry, it was rude of me to assume that you'd take my advice. No hard feelings. Thanks, its not that I will or wont take your advice. I appreciate everyones advice and I am VERY worried that it may not work because of your advice. I know nothing about steam or how it works and I am still hoping someone will post pictures. I do appreciate your kind words and no hard feelings. Re: Steam... - COMBAT - 12-23-2008 Sumpter250 Wrote:Quote:SP Daylight 4449 saw some run time in BNSF paint on BNSF rails. It is also a 4-8-4. Well thats what it says.. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.railking1gauge.com/detail.asp?item=80-3118-1">http://www.railking1gauge.com/detail.asp?item=80-3118-1</a><!-- m --> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.mthhotrains.com/Gs4.asp">http://www.mthhotrains.com/Gs4.asp</a><!-- m --> 80-3118-1 BNSF (Black) 4-8-4 Gs4 Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0 Re: Steam... - COMBAT - 12-23-2008 Alright here it goes. I was talking to my Dad and it turns out we have an OLD HO 2-10-4 engine. I didnt know anything about it. I am not sure how old it is but its got to be in the double digits, maybe 20 years??? So, I took some pictures of it on the 22" tracks, is this the over hang people speak of? I did not power the engine and try to run it because it does have smoke and sound and with it being so old I was affriad it could damage the engine. I have DCC and just didnt want to take the chance. So any comments? Re: Steam... - UP SD40-2 - 12-23-2008 yep, thats exactly how they look on 22r Re: Steam... - Tom - 12-23-2008 Ok, here are some photos of the Bachmann Heavyweight cars that I recieved as a gift from a friend of mine. He asked me to liquidate all of his collection on E-bay, and gave me a brand new DCC set and these cars as a gift for doing so. 5 of them are Pennsylvania cars (complete set, baggage car, 3 4 axle coaches and an observation car), and two other SP Daylight cars (a diner and a 6 axle coach). These cars would look right at home on 22" radius curves and I am confident that you'll be happy with them. Hopefully, you can see the details pretty well and some of the inside interior details. I would recommend these cars to anyone. I'll get my Athearn Streamlined cars down and snap some photos of them later tonight or tomorrow if you'd like. They have no real details, no lights, or interiors like the Bachmann cars, but on layouts with smaller radius curves, they look sharp and run very well. I *think* my MDC Roundhouse 60' Harriman cars are boxed in storage along with my Rivarossi 85' Streamlined cars, so unfortunately, I can't get photos of them without going out to the garage and pulling half of it out to get to them, but I will say that despite their lack of details, they also look and run great. Best bang for your bucks in my opinion though? The Bachmann Heavyweights. Photos: Re: Steam... - Tom - 12-23-2008 Re: Steam... - Tom - 12-23-2008 Re: Steam... - Tom - 12-23-2008 I haven't done anything with these cars yet, other than to pair the 5 Pennsy cars with my undecorated Rivarossi 2-8-4 Berkshire (Itself a NICE locomotive) on a shelf in my makeshift office here in my apartment. I had planned to paint the cars in a burgandy and silver scheme and letter them for my home road, and letter that engine "Polar Express" (since it is a model of the 2-8-4 modeled in the famous movie) and run them around the Christmas tree, but work got in the way. Oh well, next year... Re: Steam... - Tom - 12-23-2008 COMBAT Wrote:Alright here it goes. I was talking to my Dad and it turns out we have an OLD HO 2-10-4 engine. I didnt know anything about it. I am not sure how old it is but its got to be in the double digits, maybe 20 years??? Yep, that's the overhang that folks speak of. But again, it's YOUR railroad, so, if you're happy with it, then go for it. Just take it a lottle slow to avoind derailments. You could test that magnificent beast with the DCC system and it'll be alright, but I wouldn't run it all the time on DCC. Re: Steam... - COMBAT - 12-23-2008 Well that is a 2-10-4 so its bigger then the 4-8-4 I was looking at, at least i think it is???? I am ok with that overhang I guess, as long as there is no side swipe and to much over hang that would cause it to hit things. Re: Steam... - Tom - 12-23-2008 COMBAT Wrote:Well that is a 2-10-4 so its bigger then the 4-8-4 I was looking at, at least i think it is???? I am not 100% positive, but I *think* the Bachmann 2-10-4 is the same body as the Bachmann standard 4-8-4, at least yours looks just like my 4-8-4, so it would be about the same size wise. The 2-10-4 just has smaller drive wheels to fit one more axle under it. The tender on the 2-10-4 is bigger than most of the 4-8-4 model tenders. Bottom line, if the 2-10-4 will work on your layout, the 4-8-4 will do just fine. Re: Steam... - Mileswestern - 12-23-2008 That Bachmann 2-10-4 and the 4-8-4 you're looking at have identical chassis and frames, just different wheel arrangements. Are you sure you like having the cab in the next county when it goes around a curve? |