Please oh please oh please oh please do the USRA heavy 2-10-2. The C&S
sometimes pressed them into passenger service, and that lets you put
"Burlington Route" on the tenders. Ask Life-Like: Burlington sells.
Otherwise it seems like UP challengers got around on other roads and often got
into passenger service. But the heck with them: do the heavy 2-10-2.
Rich Townsend
Lincoln City, Oregon
okt@j... wrote:
>
>Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 12:23:05 -0600
> From: "Charlie Vlk" <charlie@k...>
>Subject: RE: O5 kitbash
>
>I would like to do the Heavy USRA 2-10-2, but it is a freight loco and I
>need a passenger loco so I can have an excuse to do some heavyweights.
>Still trying to figure out a good prototype that could be painted for
>more
>than one road. USRA Pacifics & Mountains all are nice machines but no
>Major
>roadnames to speak of. A real puzzlement.
>Charlie
>
>
>
>Passenger-smassenger, do the Santa Fe. In fact it seems like the
>railroad they are named after used them on passenger trains going to the
>Grand Canyon.
>Or, just do the O5A and save me the trouble. One suggestion though, seems
>like the B&A had some Mountains that got peddled to other RRs, I know
>ATSF had some, N&W also sold some engines (I think DRGW got some
>Northerns). Might be worth checking.
>Terry
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