I can find specs but not photos of these locos. They were built by Baldwin in the 1905-1907 timeframe.
They had a driver size, driver wheelbase, and overall wheelbase that matches Lionel's LC+ Mikado almost perfectly. I thought it might be fun to bash it into a scale model of the MA class rather than leave it a traditional (undersize) model of ATSF class 3129
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If the LC running gear is close......the MA boiler and cab look pretty easy to build. Almost straight boiler and most details available commercially. Looks like a cool project.
Here is a poor copy of the only photo that I have of an MA. Looks to me like it is going to be a pretty good stretch in order to get the Lionel Mike to look anything like this.
Thank you! I can get fairly close fairly easily - close enough anyway. This is a BIG help, Big Jim.
I'm in the middle of my bashing project and posted that on the )-27/3-rail forum.
I've done some more research: there were tons of Mikado, which means that even though only a small portion had driver wheelbases 16 feet or under, there were still a lot of them, many made by Baldwin in the 1907 - 1920 period.
So far, the smallest standard gauge Mikado I have found is Wisconsin Logging and Timber Company's Class 7 (Baldwin, 1920). It had 42" drivers, a 11.5' foot driver wheelbase, and an overall wheelbase of only 26' 3" - it was a small loco!
The logging roads, ignoring the Big Boys and Alleghenies, seem to strive for small locos, like that small Little River logging Pacific that is in tourist service in SW Mich.
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