12-21-2008, 10:47 AM
My recommendation would be to create a fictional tourist line that occasionally has trackage rights on the nearby mainline. But that seems to contradict your realism criteria, sooo....I am going to suggest a Bachmann GS4, SP daylight. It has run many excursions in your modeled area, and is a prototypical model that would not require extra details or kitbashing. There are other steamers that have run excursions in that part of the country, but none (that I am aware of) have been produced in HO. Now, you could make a reasonable representative of any locomotives by modifying a "generic" one as Wayne says, but again this seems to contradict your criteria.
Miles is correct that longer steamers going around sharp curves looks silly. But I will add that the loco will look far lest silly than the passenger cars it is pulling
In other words, if you are okay running 85' passenger cars on 22" radius, don't hesitate to run a 4-8-4. The bachmann engine I mentioned above should work just fine on 22".
Miles is correct that longer steamers going around sharp curves looks silly. But I will add that the loco will look far lest silly than the passenger cars it is pulling
In other words, if you are okay running 85' passenger cars on 22" radius, don't hesitate to run a 4-8-4. The bachmann engine I mentioned above should work just fine on 22".
--
Kevin
Check out my Shapeways creations!
3-d printed items in HO/HOn3 and more!
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.shapeways.com/shops/kevin-s-model-train-detail-parts">https://www.shapeways.com/shops/kevin-s ... tail-parts</a><!-- m -->
Kevin
Check out my Shapeways creations!
3-d printed items in HO/HOn3 and more!
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.shapeways.com/shops/kevin-s-model-train-detail-parts">https://www.shapeways.com/shops/kevin-s ... tail-parts</a><!-- m -->