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I've read go things about the Wiliams ten-wheeler and wondered what would be reasonably appropriate passenger cars or rolling stock to run with it.  From what I could find on Wikipedia, it looks like this was principally a 19th century engine.  I have no modern era engines or rolling stock, but also don't have any 19th century stuff except a General Set. 

 

I'm not trying to be perfectly prototypical, but I do want maintain some sense of realism.  Would a set of O27 Madison cars work?  What about the rolling stock that NYC version comes with in Williams' Lakeshore set?  Is that really appropriate?

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As Rusty Traque posted, some 4-6-0's lasted until the end of steam. One still runs on the Texas State Railroad. Former CP 4-6-0 #972 ran on George Hart's excursions.

 

I'd look for a set of 4 (plus 2 add-ons, a coach and a combine) or 5 Williams 60' NYC Madison cars.

 

Postwar freight cars and similar cars would look good, too.

 

Stretching things a bit, you could go the route of Sierra 4-6-0 #3, a star of Petticoat Junction and countless movies, including Back to the Future III. You could put your 4-6-0 at the head of a movie train (passenger or freight) with a movie crew filming the action.  No. 3 has been restored to running condition.

 

With modelers' license, a long-lived 4-6-0 could head just about any train older than Amtrak Superliners and modern, BIG boxcars, reefers and I-beam cars.

 

When the Strasburg Rail Road built a loading/.unloading facility for those high-capacity freight cars, the wooden bridge had to be replaced with a concrete bridge, and the curve at Lehman Place Junction had to be widened considerably. The lower switch (turnout) for the run-around track is now out of sight below the new curve.

 

 

Originally Posted by ReadingFan:

I'd look for a set of 4 (plus 2 add-ons, a coach and a combine) or 5 Williams 60' NYC Madison cars.

 

Postwar freight cars and similar cars would look good, too.

 

 

Thanks ReadingFan.  That REALLY answered my questions.  I really don't want to get into the 19th century rolling stock, but since I already have a set of 4 MTH O27 NYC Madisons and 2 add-on pack plus and a boatload of postwar rolling stock, it sounds like the ten-wheeler will look just fine with what I already have.  Thanks!  Scott

Originally Posted by ReadingFan:

       

As Rusty Traque posted, some 4-6-0's lasted until the end of steam. One still runs on the Texas State Railroad. Former CP 4-6-0 #972 ran on George Hart's excursions.

 

I'd look for a set of 4 (plus 2 add-ons, a coach and a combine) or 5 Williams 60' NYC Madison cars.

 

Postwar freight cars and similar cars would look good, too.

 

Stretching things a bit, you could go the route of Sierra 4-6-0 #3, a star of Petticoat Junction and countless movies, including Back to the Future III. You could put your 4-6-0 at the head of a movie train (passenger or freight) with a movie crew filming the action.  No. 3 has been restored to running condition.

 

With modelers' license, a long-lived 4-6-0 could head just about any train older than Amtrak Superliners and modern, BIG boxcars, reefers and I-beam cars.

 

When the Strasburg Rail Road built a loading/.unloading facility for those high-capacity freight cars, the wooden bridge had to be replaced with a concrete bridge, and the curve at Lehman Place Junction had to be widened considerably. The lower switch (turnout) for the run-around track is now out of sight below the new curve.

 

 


       


George hart..... now thats a name I havnt heard in a while....... hope to never hear it again......
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