4-6-2 loco IDEAS??

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4-6-2 loco IDEAS??

Post by Crackingjob » Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:08 pm

I have the good fortune to obtain cheaply this scratch built 4-6-2 O gauge chassis

I am seeking ideas

I have thought SAR 3 type loco or Swilley tank or even Hawthorne Dubs type tender loco ie SAR or Darjeeling....or even Emett aka Stowell

Ideas??? only thing I run SM32 so 15/16mm scale probebly battery powered

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Wonderful work by Mr Stowell in praise of Emett

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Post by Narrow Minded » Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:35 pm

Is that "Bigfoot" standing behind the woman in the SAR3 photo? :D

My vote goes with the Hawthorne, I like the look of that!
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Post by Sir haydn » Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:58 pm

Put my vote for a stowell

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Post by taliesin001 » Wed Nov 03, 2010 3:23 pm

i agree, go for the stowell

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Post by SillyBilly » Wed Nov 03, 2010 3:35 pm

As it's you David, it's got to be an Emmett style engine!

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Post by Matt » Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:07 pm

I can't see the pics as there are blocked where I am, so I'm going to vote Darjeeling, as I know what that looks like, and i like it.
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Post by Sir Clothem Cap » Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:13 pm

The darjeeling matches the wheel sizes the best

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Post by Pendo Pilot » Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:07 pm

Hawthorne would be my vote...obviously. But seriously looks like a nice loco to me.
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Post by mhlr » Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:58 pm

I am with Pendo on that, I like the Hawthorne too. Would be quite different, which fits your bill mate. :lol:
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Post by TommyDodd » Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:00 pm

2 other 2' gauge pacific possibilities spring to mind.

1) SAR NG10. Baldwin-built american style 4-6-2 tender engine. South African railways had several, and one was supplied to a cement co and is now at the Brecon Mountain Railway.

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2) SAR NG42/3. Two personal favourites. These 4-6-2Ts were supplied by Bagnall for commuter operations on the Walmer branch (a 6 mile branch off the vast Avontuur line), and were based on the 4-6-0 B class, which was in turn based on some Baldwin 2-6-0s for the hopefield branch, so they were a British-built engine with colonial accessories (HUGE headlight, cowcatchers) based on american design practice (bar frames, cylinders and smokebox saddle cast in one huge lump)

Couldn't find a picture anywhere on the web- I've only ever seen two in print, but a thumbnail sketch with leading dimensions appears in Moir's "24 inches apart"

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Post by Crackingjob » Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:06 am

Thanks for the advice....I would love a tender loco but have tight curves...BUT might be able to work something

Stowell/Emett SAR NG10 sounds interesting!

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Post by TommyDodd » Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:14 pm

Apologies for thread necromancy, but thanks to an email on the 16mm Association I've located a picture online of my other 4-6-2 suggestion, the CGR/SAR Walmer branch Bagnalls.

http://www.sarsteam.co.za/steam_specs_2 ... p?locoid=7

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Post by MuzTrem » Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:49 pm

Sorry to bump the thread again, but another very interesting 2' gauge pacific has recently surfaced in Belgium...
http://s9.zetaboards.com/MRW_Forums/topic/7252157/1/

The fact that she is inside-framed would make it a particuarly suitable for you chassis, methinks...

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