03-06-2010, 01:10 PM
faraway Wrote:The Proto 0-6-0 and 0-8-0 switcher are wonderful running engines. Locals would be happy after a Spectrum 2-8-0.
Darn, Reinhard - I don't want to change eras - I love my diesels too much for that, but you got me to look at steam engines again - my wife is might very well kill me (in some nice and kind way, of course - but still ...) if I spend $300+ on a good steam engine with DCC and sound (no point in running steam without sound, is there?)
I wonder - how late could I semi-realistically run a steam switcher in the Twin Cities anyways - early 1950s? Mid-50s?
Hmm - found this prototype picture showing an Omaha road steam engine pulling some cars in 1955:
http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresour...eid=100795
What have we got here - is this a 2-8-0? Or could it actually be a 4-6-0 - a ten-wheeler??
Could this be used to justify one of these babies: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/160-84501 or http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/160-84906 ?
No - must concentrate on getting tracks ready, and test running and tinkering with them until they are reasonably bullet proof. We can revisit the question of steam engine or not later.
I've spent all day today shoveling snow off roofs in the neighborhood that had started to creak under the weight of the snow. Tomorrow I am helping my sister with a fundraiser for cancer research (she is a cancer survivor - knock on wood).
Might be another weekend where nothing gets done on the layout - I am so beat from the snow shoveling that I am thinking of going to bed at 8 pm
hock: Oh well, maybe run a little trains in the morning :-)
Grin,
Stein