Hi anyone familiar with this loco or ones made at this time?
The cable between the tender and loco looks like the mth pigtail and connector. So I'm not sure about tmcc or if its ps1.
Anything I should be cautious about?
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I own quite a few Sunset/3rd Rail steam locomotive models, and am not aware of a 2-6-6-2 model. What railroad was it for? Also, being THAT old, I doubt that it would be TMCC.
Thanks for the reply!
C S F& E R R. It's a logging mallet. Always have loved bachmanns g scale logging mallet. 3rdrail is the only one I know who did this in o gauge.
If it doesn't have tmcc, what are all the wires for? Did they put the eunit in the tender ?
Do you think this has a fly wheel?
Originally Posted by olstykke:
Thanks for the reply! C S F& E R R. It's a logging mallet. Always have loved bachmanns g scale logging mallet. 3rdrail is the only one I know who did this in o gauge. If it doesn't have tmcc, what are all the wires for? Did they put the eunit in the tender ? Do you think this has a fly wheel?
1) Even if not TMCC, a 2-Rail steam locomotive model needs to have the pick-up on the tender wheels for DC power.
2) If indeed it was offered in 3-Rail, it would have been "conventional".
3) I doubt I has a flywheel. The "older" Sunset/3rd Rail models I have did NOT come with a flywheel in some cases.
This unit was made in both 2-rail and 3-rail. Be sure you know what you are getting; I've seen this model for sale on the Bay where the seller described it as a 3-rail model and it was clear from the photos that it was 2-rail. It was made only with conventional reverse and without sound. There was not enough room in the tender for the sound systems of the day. No clue on the flywheel; I've never seen one with the boiler off. You could e-mail 3rd Rail about that; they are usually pretty responsive. It was painted in black or green. Green was the original color of the prototype; I assume that it must have been repainted at some point, otherwise why would 3rd Rail have issued a black version? I have no personal knowledge when it might have been repainted black. The original engine belonged to a small logging railroad on the California coast that hauled redwood logs out from the mountains inland. There's a book out called Mallets on the Mendocino Coast or something similar that tells the story of the railroad.
These are really small models. The asking prices are quite high, indicating to me that they might be right up there with Right-of-Way in overall quality.
Originally Posted by bob2:
These are really small models. The asking prices are quite high, indicating to me that they might be right up there with Right-of-Way in overall quality.
Faint praise. 3rd Rail models are way ahead of Right of Way, at least if the ROW C&O Allegheny I had for a while is any indication. ROW was fine in its time, but what Weaver and Sunset/3rd Rail were doing 10-15 years ago (i.e. when the 2-6-6-2 Samson was built) was much more finely detailed than any ROW engine I've ever seen, except maybe the Shay.
