I see this has been made in HO, of course, but has anyone offered the C39-8 in O scale?
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MTH makes a C40-8. I have a couple of 2-rail CSX models reserved.
Nope, doubt that there will be. Only possible thing is 3rd rail brass....
I was wondering this same thing last week.... ESU Decoders has an amazing recording of A C39-8. Id buy one just so I can install a decoder in one to listen to it. Lionel Maybe... MTH more likely... 3rd Rail....Not their typical style..... who knows...Another Loco we might see or might not.
Finally. I thought that I was the only one who wanted one of these beasts. I made one many years ago using a Williams chassis and a greatly modified Lionel wide-nose GE shell. Lot of cab work. Sold it to a friend; I can do better (though it looked OK at a glance; I even modified the truck side frames a bit).
MTH has made a similar, later GE which may be my next modification target. If ever. I will say that my Wms/Lionel version did capture the low cab/powerful humpback look, if nothing else.
If they build one (3RO), I will buy - would prefer Lionel (the operating system), would be very happy with MTH. In NS, ex-CR, short-hood forward. NS had the long hood forward variety, too, as I recall. I'd manage.
Below: this is a crop of a larger film photo showing the time many years ago that I stopped it from running off the then-end of the layout. Not a staged photo, this is where I "caught" it with the throttle. Really. You see, I had/have a TMCC layout (18V), this new and still conventional loco had been left on the track from day before testing, Williams locos start in Forward (hate that)...and off it went at the speed of light.
It looks like a C39-8...pretty much...fixed pilots, too. I can do better - but Lionel/MTH could do a LOT better.
