12-27-2009, 09:24 PM
Charlie B Wrote:get a new K4 built. It would be cheaper.Than the continuing restoration of the 1361
I have heard, from knowledgeable sources, that building a new one would be faster and easier than the approach being taken on the 1361.Nah, I think an NYC hudson or a PRR T-1 would be the project. The K-4s were 50% larger than the A-1s, which traditionally meant a 50% increase in construction cost. A J-3a would be 75% larger than an A-1...and hence 75% more. Of course the economics are a bit different today...but the same rule loosely holds as the quantity of material goes up.
My pick would be a new 3' gauge Mason Bogie. They were remarkable locomotives, and the last was cut up during a scrap drive in 1943.
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They were the first locomotives in the US with Walschaerts Valve Gear. The lead truck pivoted and had massive fireboxes capable of generating an excess of steam 50 years before conventional designs could do so. They were VERY expensive locomotives in their day.
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 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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