Bob S Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 This just showed up on Bachmann USA’s website, in their On30 steam engine section. Pretty cool! Most versions are of the USA WW1 liveries, but this one seems ripe for “local” use. DCC & Sound. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted July 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 12, 2019 What no valve gear? Even Minitrains managed that, and in HO scale. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaScala Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 US$459 with no valve gear? They must be joking. Looks like a poor OO9 effort. Unusual choice too as very few were built compared to the well known 4-6-0 which you might imagine would sell in droves 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted July 13, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2019 The choice of loco makes sense for Bachmann USA as these locos were built for the US Army, the 4-6-0T version was for the British Army. The virtually identical Davenport built ones didn't even leave the USA before the end of the war, some found uses in the USA. Someone on NGRM has spotted that the chassis is in fact from a HO loco, the Alco 0-6-0ST here , which has the wrong wheel spacing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted July 13, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2019 4 hours ago, Nile said: Someone on NGRM has spotted that the chassis is in fact from a HO loco, the Alco 0-6-0ST here , which has the wrong wheel spacing. That's bad news about the existing chassis, and I see it includes the existing cylinder block as well which is wrong for this loco. A shame as the bodywork looks really nice. Locos N Stuff have a project for this loco (and the 4-6-0) in 7mm scale in the early stages of development, see here: https://www.locosnstuff.com/News.php How this new Bachmann model will effect this project I wouldn't like to guess. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted July 13, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2019 Mark has updated his site, the 2-6-2 is on hold, the 4-6-0 is going ahead. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 remember it is On30 not O16.5, so will be a bit small for some. When I started in 3D printing I looked at the 4-6-0 and 2-6-2 locos, but decided I did not want to do them as I could not find a suitable r2r chassis, and I was modelling 1/35 scale so track gauge was near enough spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaScala Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 9 hours ago, DLT said: That's bad news about the existing chassis, and I see it includes the existing cylinder block as well which is wrong for this loco. A shame as the bodywork looks really nice. Locos N Stuff have a project for this loco (and the 4-6-0) in 7mm scale in the early stages of development, see here: https://www.locosnstuff.com/News.php How this new Bachmann model will effect this project I wouldn't like to guess. Seems like a misfire given the OO9 4-6-0 looks superior and tends to negate the "better for the US market" argument. Surely they had all the information on the 4-6-0 and had proved they could get it right? Interesting to see if the alternative goes ahead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 It looks like they've 3D-printed a prototype and plonked it onto an existing HO chassis. I expect that Bachmann will actually make a proper chassis for the 2-6-2. I really wish they would do the 4-6-0 version though since we had a couple here in Australia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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