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I have to agree that the most likely way to get an engine like this is to have it custom built. Roger Miller built the Prairie below, and later sold it to Jerry Lundeen. Roger had many brass casting made specifically for this model and others, including the dome, the freight pilot, the bicycle trailing truck gear, and other parts. He did, indeed, start with the Balboa AT&SF 2-6-2 for this model. I purchased this from Jerry several years ago, and had it sent out for DCC, sound, and directional lighting. It's numbered 2151 and it's serving as the switch engine for Oregon, IL and Mt Morris, IL to switch both the town, and more importantly, the Kable Brothers printing plant. In Zephyr #47 (available to members on the website) Jim Singer's excellent article on Oregon and Mt Morris covers these two towns well. Steve Holding also had excellent coverage of Kable Brothers printing in Zephyr #67. Because there was no way to turn the Oregon switcher, the steam engine had to run around the train, and with it's nose facing eastward, pull the train up to Mt Morris backwards. I'm currently working on the scenery for Mt Morris on my December 1950 layout. Rich G On Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 06:52:05 PM CDT, CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> wrote:
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