Somewhere about 2012, Weaver was still making 0 guage engines and they made a model of the New Haven streamlined I-5 Hudson type. The New haven purchased 10 of these locomotives from Baldwin in 1937. They were numbered 1400 through 1409. My question is how many road numbers did Weaver offer. I have a 1400 and a 1409. Were there any other road numbers offered by Weaver? Does anyone know how many of each was offered?
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I've been finding their old catalogs here:
https://www.yumpu.com/en/docum...atalog-weaver-models
The site seems a bit spammy but they have the catalogs in their entirety.
I know they did 1403.
MELGAR
Thank you gentlemen, I tried looking it up on the internet but not much information on those engines
I have 1409 in the script version. Catalog states multiple rd. Numbers. The end flap on the box only has a check box for 2 or 3 rail. Hard to believe each cab # got it’s own unique box. They also offered the block lettering version. I’m thinking maybe 2#’ s with script and 2#’s with block. It was a long time ago. I bought from a small local shop who ordered three and I think he had 3 different #’s. Then they did a second run. Which featured EOB and I think a fan driven puffing smoke unit.
I believe it was in between those runs that MTH announced one. I don’t know why there weren’t enough orders. They made a few odd ball engines and with the buying power of the northeast area and NH following it’s hard to believe it was cancelled.
Thanks Dave, I have two I-5's, #'s 1409 each with script lettering and a 1400 with block lettering. all are 3 rail. I would like to sell one of the 1409's and maybe pick up another number unit. It seems the 1409 number was the one they made the most of.
There's a youtube of one numbered 1401.
1408; large script lettering for me.
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