Any of you lucky folks get that beautiful N&W Z1b 2-6-6-2 off of you know where

I see there are no confessions  yet. I don't think there was any luck involved, just  smart bidding. I don't have any idea how they run, but it is a winner in the looks category.

Simon

Have a PSC Z1a, one that was sold to the D&RGW during WWII. Used in mine run service in Utah.  Neat engine!

I have a Z1a and Z1b and enjoy them. Mine are good runners.

The Z1's were good performers - in their time. Came in early to mid teens and were very powerful. They lasted into the mid-50's, in switching service , local freight on the N&W. They were eclipsed by the Y3 2-8-8-2's.  One of them, on the WInston-Salem Southbound Ry, pulled the biggest train ever to run on that line - - 147 empty tank cars!     (due to U Boats sinking ships hauling oil from Texas, along the US coast, the War Production Board shifted oil shipments to the NE part of the country, to all rail. That explains how such a big collection of oil tank cars ended up on the WSS Ry, which linked the N&W and the Atlantic Coast line)

I was torn between the Z1b, the Burlington Hudson, and the Chinese QJ for an ancient 48/ft “build it” series.  The Hudson won out, but I like the lines of the N&W locomotive.

christopher N&W posted:

I have a Z1a and Z1b and enjoy them. Mine are good runners.

Christopher, who made these engines, never recall seeing those models for sale.

Thank you

Daylight,

They were imported by Precision Scale in the mid 2000's. Here's another shot for you.