08-17-2009, 02:37 PM
I've always appreciated the manufacturers whom offer many different numbers on the cars. I'm sure that they figure that most will either not care enough to change it, or take care of it on their own. I usually have more issues with the shopping date than the car number...as have 1951 cars behind my pre-1950 locomotives drives me crazier than clone cars. Of course, both are easily fixed with either an eraser or paint and some dry transfers.
As a note back to the 57" drivered 2-8-0s.
I do not know the breakdown of 51" drivers, 57" drivers, or 63" drivers, but there were over 21,000 2-8-0s that operated on US railroads. By comparsion, EMD produced a total 7638 F-units...with the most common model being the F7 which constituted over half of the production run. From what I've been able to find over the past several days of looking, as well as from previous reading, medium (54"-58)" drivered 2-8-0s were the most common.
In the post steam era, what are the most famous SG 2-8-0s?
The LS&I 2-8-0s are very well know...none more so the than the one on the Western Maryland...a 56" drivered 2-8-0. Similarly, there are many green Southern 2-8-0s that have been offered. Guess what...the southern didn't paint their freight engines green...but they re-acquired a pair from the Tweetsie (which had a standard gauge operation during & after the 3' operation) and made them famous as the green 2-8-0s. Both of these have 57" drivers.
As a footnote, the standard Harriman 2-8-0 (UP, SP, IC, Alton) was a 57" drivered locomotive as were the Pennsy's H4, H5, & H6 classes (actually 56"). The MDC Harriman 2-8-0 kit was not an accurate model...and it didn't have the correct size of drivers. The UP never owned a 63" drivered 2-8-0...most of theirs were 57" (a few classes were 51").
Interestingly, Sierra Railway #28 has tiny 48" drivers.
I'll probably build my 57" drivered 2-8-0s either from USRA 2-8-8-2s, USRA 2-10-2s, or from scratch. If a manufacturer rides in on a white horse with a white hat, I'll gladly use their engines as a basis. With 3 of the unpopular USRA light 2-10-2s on the market, 2 UP FEFs, 3 SP GS-4s, and such, I would think that the most common steam locomotive type of all time would warrant production. It is not possible to model most railroads local operations without them.
As a note back to the 57" drivered 2-8-0s.
I do not know the breakdown of 51" drivers, 57" drivers, or 63" drivers, but there were over 21,000 2-8-0s that operated on US railroads. By comparsion, EMD produced a total 7638 F-units...with the most common model being the F7 which constituted over half of the production run. From what I've been able to find over the past several days of looking, as well as from previous reading, medium (54"-58)" drivered 2-8-0s were the most common.
In the post steam era, what are the most famous SG 2-8-0s?
The LS&I 2-8-0s are very well know...none more so the than the one on the Western Maryland...a 56" drivered 2-8-0. Similarly, there are many green Southern 2-8-0s that have been offered. Guess what...the southern didn't paint their freight engines green...but they re-acquired a pair from the Tweetsie (which had a standard gauge operation during & after the 3' operation) and made them famous as the green 2-8-0s. Both of these have 57" drivers.
As a footnote, the standard Harriman 2-8-0 (UP, SP, IC, Alton) was a 57" drivered locomotive as were the Pennsy's H4, H5, & H6 classes (actually 56"). The MDC Harriman 2-8-0 kit was not an accurate model...and it didn't have the correct size of drivers. The UP never owned a 63" drivered 2-8-0...most of theirs were 57" (a few classes were 51").
Interestingly, Sierra Railway #28 has tiny 48" drivers.
I'll probably build my 57" drivered 2-8-0s either from USRA 2-8-8-2s, USRA 2-10-2s, or from scratch. If a manufacturer rides in on a white horse with a white hat, I'll gladly use their engines as a basis. With 3 of the unpopular USRA light 2-10-2s on the market, 2 UP FEFs, 3 SP GS-4s, and such, I would think that the most common steam locomotive type of all time would warrant production. It is not possible to model most railroads local operations without them.
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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