A KMT D&RGW 2-8-0 C-16 DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN #268 IN G GAUGE

I saw #268 in this paint on display at the Colorado capital building in the 60s for their centennial. Great purchase. Accurate freight and passenger cars are available from Accucraft. 

I have some Accucraft items and like them a lot. .https://www.accucraftestore.com/narrow-gauge-1

I think the prototype was restored and operates at the Colorado RR museum in Golden colorado.    Not sure.

Small world, I have the same Engine.

Made by KMT japan but imported by Sunset Models.

I believe it is 1/24  scale to run with LGB cars.

I paid $800 cash, did I get a better deal ?

Here is the box for proof.

Ron H posted:

I saw #268 in this paint on display at the Colorado capital building in the 60s for their centennial. Great purchase. Accurate freight and passenger cars are available from Accucraft. 

The Accucraft cars are 1:20 scale, too large for this loco pictured which is 1:24 scale.

LGB would be closer, 1:22.5 scale but still large.

Delton Locomotive Works produced D&RGW passenger cars in 1:24 scale and I think Heartland Locomotive Works also.

Make that Hartland Locomotive Works.

totrainyard posted:

Small world, I have the same Engine.

Made by KMT japan but imported by Sunset Models.

I believe it is 1/24  scale to run with LGB cars.

I paid $800 cash, did I get a better deal ?

Here is the box for proof.

Many thanks for your informations.  I paid 110 euros for it, incredible that nobody bid on it but it was not well desribed. I like this engine, very well made and I do not think many of them has been produced.

All my best wishes, Daniel

Thank you everybody for your suggestions. I have founded a lot of informations on the original one through the internet.

Good cars suggestions too, now i have to buy a set of passenger cars and... some freight cars also !

Very best,  Daniel

Hello,

it is a very very small world, as I have the same with rounded domes and another one with fluted domes. Year of production was 1983, and I've read that there were only 85 made....I don't think so as there is almost 2 batches, one with the fluted domes and one with the rounded. 

Very beautifull model, I've bought one in Germany and one in the US. 

I 've bought the second one with fluted domes in order to repaint it to be the 278 ( another c-16 that can be seen on a static display at cimarron bridge, Colorado)

I'm in France like you