Would You Buy a Model of This?

Definitely

Needs some touching up. I suddenly realized that this might be a passenger car instead of an electric trolley.

Taken around 1910, this is a "classic" photograph of a passenger observation locomotive on the New York Central Railroad.

Vincent Massi posted:

Taken around 1910, this is a "classic" photograph of a passenger observation locomotive on the New York Central Railroad.

That engine has nothing to do with "passengers." It is more correctly known as an "inspection engine," and it was used by railway officials to inspect the line and on their rounds of business and supervision of the properties.

No. I have too many light-weight chuggers as it is. N.A.R.C is "North American Rayon Corporation."

Vincent Massi posted:

Needs some touching up. I suddenly realized that this might be a passenger car instead of an electric trolley.

It's not a passenger car.

It's a Pennsylvania Railroad DD1 electric locomotive...

Rusty

This has been an interesting thread; some have made disparaging comments about certain locos, yet one wonders how many of those same people bought this thing? 

Mark in Oregon

Imagine this trundling down your tracks:

Rusty

Rusty Traque posted:

Imagine this trundling down your tracks:

Rusty

In a heart-beat!!

Vincent Massi posted:

Taken around 1910, this is a "classic" photograph of a passenger observation locomotive on the New York Central Railroad.

Model?  No, I want a real one!

I might be with Vincent on this one; it looks to me like the ultimate kiddie car of trains. I'd be the envy of the neighborhood...

@Dennis Holler Above is what you need to do with the MTH chassis 😎

Still not an obnoxious enough green to say no Vincent 😋

Palallin, how much to rent a corner in that hotel?🤤

Is this the equivalent of poking me with a stick to see if I still kick or something?😉

The price on Phantoms doubled as soon as I showed interest. I think this was already near done when I learned the Phantom had been made. 

Mine smokes better

Yes, it's real! A Garratt is a three-segment articulated locomotive. They allow a railroad to put a more powerful locomotive on lighter tracks, and they excel in providing powerful locos on narrow gauge tracks.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garratt#United_States

Adriatic posted:

Palallin, how much to rent a corner in that hotel?🤤

 

Passes available to OGR Forum members; just be prepared to shovel some . . . coal.

Another photo of a Garratt.

I read somewhere that Beyer-Garrets were used on every inhabited continent except North America.

The tractor in the foreground--Yes. The railcar in the background--no big deal.

T  

PRRMP54 posted:

I read somewhere that Beyer-Garrets were used on every inhabited continent except North America.

That's because the Beyer-Garratt offered no advantage over a North American articulated locomotive.

Rusty

My favorite: East African Railway Class 59

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9judxRz41_k

Readingfan, that is a beautiful video of a fantastic locomotive!

Incidentally, there is one used Garrett in service in the US on private property. Garratts were rejected by US railroads mainly because they could do better with two locomotives or with already-existing articulated locos.

A hobby shop an hour away from me advertised this, but it was gone when I got there.

Vincent Massi posted:

A hobby shop an hour away from me advertised this, but it was gone when I got there.

 

You understand that was a Mantua HO model.  Perhaps since Lionel bought the Mantua line from MRC, they will reissue it.

Rusty

Yes!

Vincent Massi posted:

Yes!

The "Red Devil" 3'6" gauge South African Class 26 4-8-4.  Who says that narrow gauge trains have to be small.

Stuart

Rusty Traque posted:

Vincent Massi posted:

Needs some touching up. I suddenly realized that this might be a passenger car instead of an electric trolley.

It's not a passenger car.

It's a Pennsylvania Railroad DD1 electric locomotive...

Rusty

I'd not only buy one, I'm thinking of making this my next scratch building project.  I've lined up some drawings and photos, along with photos I took of these units taken a year or two ago. 

It would be unpatriotic to refuse. During WW2, the US Army designed 2,120 2-8-0 steam locomotives for the war in Europe. Designed for building efficiency, they had some built-in problems that required extra maintenance, but they served well in Britain before being shipped to continental Europe.

Czechoslovakia removed its last one from service in 1972. Many were modernized, and China retired its last modernized one in 1997.

Vincent Massi posted:

It would be unpatriotic to refuse. During WW2, the US Army designed 2,120 2-8-0 steam locomotives for the war in Europe. Designed for building efficiency, they had some built-in problems that required extra maintenance, but they served well in Britain before being shipped to continental Europe.

Czechoslovakia removed its last one from service in 1972. Many were modernized, and China retired its last modernized one in 1997.

USATC 2-8-0 1702 (originally stationed at Fort Bragg, sold to the Reader Railroad in 1964) operates at the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad in North Carolina.

Rusty

Vincent Massi posted:

It would be unpatriotic to refuse. During WW2, the US Army designed 2,120 2-8-0 steam locomotives for the war in Europe. Designed for building efficiency, they had some built-in problems that required extra maintenance, but they served well in Britain before being shipped to continental Europe.

Czechoslovakia removed its last one from service in 1972. Many were modernized, and China retired its last modernized one in 1997.

ETS model:

Regards

Fred

No.

Yes.

What about this beast? Heart transplant GE. Photo from trainorders...

Twice the hobbies in half the space!

 Real train, no gauge.

Vincent Massi posted:

Folks I like researching the web, and I have collected some fascinating photos of real locomotives and rolling stock. I'd like to show my most interesting ones and of course, everyone is welcome to post their own interesting photos.

Question: "Would I buy a model of this?"

Answer: Where's the "Hell No" button?

Andre

laming posted:

 

Question: "Would I buy a model of this?"

Maybe Jimmy Durante would.

laming posted:

Vincent Massi posted:

Folks I like researching the web, and I have collected some fascinating photos of real locomotives and rolling stock. I'd like to show my most interesting ones and of course, everyone is welcome to post their own interesting photos.

Question: "Would I buy a model of this?"

Answer: Where's the "Hell No" button?

Andre

Oh, I don't know...  Not a whole lot different than this thing:

Rusty

I would like a model of this

From 1901 to 1958, the "Ma & Pa" Railroad ran a successful short-line railroad in Pennsylvania with a line running into Maryland. Using antiquated equipment, it ran a popular passenger line that meandered through scenic mountains. It carried freight and serviced quarries in its area.

It had to abandon its Maryland line, followed by other lines in Pennsylvania. It got bought out and actually purchased a new line afterward. The holding company got bought out, and it was eventually merged into the York Railroad.

Yes, I would definitely buy a model of this beloved railroad.

Yes, although it is not literally the first electric train.