B&O Docksider
This should be familiar to most model railroaders. Technically it is a Baltimore & Ohio C-16 class 0-4-0T, one of four such engines built by Baldwin in 1912. This model shows #98 as it appeared in the late 1940s and early 1950s. kuid:96914:1698
Northern Pacific F1
When the Northern Pacific's F1 class 2-8-0s were first built in 1888, they were some of the largest engines in the world. 33 were built over a period of two years. These engines were initally designed to work on Cascade Pass as helpers. Over time, the class spread out over the NP's Pacific Northwestern lines, doing all sorts of branchline jobs, often hauling log trains, or switching in smaller yards. 7 members of the class were sold to the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle.
Thanks in part to their low 51 inch drivers and high tractive effort, the F1s enjoyed a long life. While many had been scrapped in the 1920s, the first of the class lasted until 1947, and some others lasted into the mid 1950s. kuid:96914:4850,4851
Northern Pacific F1 reskins
A few of my own reskins of the NP F1. I encourage others to reskin it, as well. The included reskins are C&S, CS&CCD, CM and D&RG, all circa the 1890s. kuid:96914:4852-4859
Gold Spike Set
This pack contains Union Pacific's #119, and Central Pacific's #60, Jupiter. These two locomotives were present at Promontory Summit on May 10th, 1869, for the joining of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific. kuid:96914:6960, 6961, 6919, 6920
Harriman 4-4-2
A basic Harriman Standard 4-4-2. Harriman standard locomotives were used by Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Illinois Central, Chicago & Alton, and Gulf & Ohio. Lettered for Union Pacific. Templates for reskinners included. kuid:96914:4810,4811
Baldwin Light 2-8-2
A light Baldwin 2-8-2, common on logging lines and short lines. While built in the 1910s-1920s, some remained in service on shortlines well into the 1960s. Unlettered. Templates for reskinners included. kuid:96914:4820,4821
ALCo Stock 0-4-0T
Requires Whistle by Tony Weber. (trw1089)
An 0-4-0T, typical of the hundreds ALCo built for stock in the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s. kuid:96914:4
Norfolk & Western Class J
Requires Whistle (kuid2:126323:54750:1) by Tony Weber. (trw1089)
Around the turn of the century, the Norfolk and Western was seeking faster passenger motive power. The engines in service were several classes of Americans, along with the V and A class Ten Wheelers. In 1903, the railroad purchased a group of six Atlantics, which were assigned numbers 600 to 605 and class J. These Atlantics introduced the N&W to the wide firebox over a trailing truck, which would be employed on many future locomotives. In addition, the class J employed the largest driving wheels that would ever be used on the N&W. In December 1904, the class grew to seven locomotives with the addition of engine 606.
The Atlantic type, while very popular at the turn of the century, quickly fell out of favor due a lack of tractive effort. Only fifty-one percent of the locomotive's weight was on the drivers. The large drivers made the problem worse. As trains grew longer and cars became heavier, most railroads replaced their Atlantics with Pacifics, downgrading Atlantics to local or commuter service. Even though the Pacific type was introduced to the N&W in 1905, the J class continued to operate expresses on the level sections of the system for years, until the introduction of the E3 class Pacifics in the early 1930s. The final J was retired in 1935.
Just as the retirement of a group of 1870s vintage Americans left class J open for the Atlantics, the retirement of the Atlantics left the class designation open for a group of streamlined Northerns put into service between 1941 and 1950. kuid:96914:6060,6061
This page last updated Apr. 1, 2009
Copyright B.D. Neal
