I've always assumed the main reason for the popularity of large engines is
due to the ease of installing the motors and drives in the larger spaces.
Small locos have very little room for what has to go inside. The little
K-2, for instance, barely has room for the small parts needed to make them
run, and no place to add weight to make them pull. The advent of on-board
modules for digital control and sound add to this problem. Dale Reeves
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] New Q steam
> We have to blame ourselves..... that is what sells.
> While there is a lot of discussion about smaller locos being better suited
> to modest home layouts, the articulateds, Northerns, etc. continue to
> sell.
> Part of the reason is that there is a tendency for people to think that
> you
> should pay by the wheel for steam. An Atlantic should cost almost half as
> a Northern..... and it don't work that way. Small steam costs as much to
> make as large steam. The extra length of boiler and a couple more
> drivers
> don't materially add to the MSRP of the final item.
> There will be small steam, but the fact remains the well-known and popular
> locomotives tend to be the large road engines. Even in diesels road
> engines
> tend to sell better than switchers.
> Go figure!
> Charlie Vlk
>
>> This is a common problem in O Scale, too (where you need a gymnasium to
>> turn the really big ones). Big Boys, Challengers and Northerns are
>> common,
>> but switchers and small locos hard to find. I have grumbled about this
>> before, and the only answer I get is that they make most for display and
>> collection and not for operation. Tom Burg
>>
>
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