12-08-2014, 09:56 PM
Today, my son got his first clue that we are Santa Claus...he got off the bus and saw a Trainworld package on the porch. He recognized the word train. My wife succeeded in lying to him...it's for his cousin or grandpa.
Trainworld has the Mehano/IHC/Pemco 2-6-0s for $30! I ordered him one, as that's quite the price for such an engine. To be prototypically accurate, I ordered him a Southern Pacific one. It came in a tray but without the box, and equipped with NEM couplers. Still, the coupler swap is easy. They also had a pacific for $50 and the mountains for $60. Not bad in my opinion. No sweet deals on their 2-8-2s or 2-10-2s. I'm not a fan of their locomotives other than the mogul and OO scale 4-4-0s, but the price was definitely right. I would have also liked to get him one of their 2-8-0s, but they didn't have those either. My son is 6, so getting a BLI 2-8-2 or Spectrum 2-8-0 wouldn't have gone over well. After a year, he's yet to damage his Bachman 0-6-0...but killed an Athearn PA-1, Mantua F-unit, and a Life Like dockside.
Regardless, I thought I should pass on the 2-6-0 find.
Trainworld has the Mehano/IHC/Pemco 2-6-0s for $30! I ordered him one, as that's quite the price for such an engine. To be prototypically accurate, I ordered him a Southern Pacific one. It came in a tray but without the box, and equipped with NEM couplers. Still, the coupler swap is easy. They also had a pacific for $50 and the mountains for $60. Not bad in my opinion. No sweet deals on their 2-8-2s or 2-10-2s. I'm not a fan of their locomotives other than the mogul and OO scale 4-4-0s, but the price was definitely right. I would have also liked to get him one of their 2-8-0s, but they didn't have those either. My son is 6, so getting a BLI 2-8-2 or Spectrum 2-8-0 wouldn't have gone over well. After a year, he's yet to damage his Bachman 0-6-0...but killed an Athearn PA-1, Mantua F-unit, and a Life Like dockside.
Regardless, I thought I should pass on the 2-6-0 find.
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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