Durango & Silverton

[MRL]

I dont mean to ask a obvious question, but I was wondering who makes a model of this type of narrow gauge steam engine in n scale.?

[BoxcabE50]

Good question. Am not sure. I know there have been models to represent C&S narrow gauge. And some logging stuff. But speciifc D&RGW, I can't recall.

Are you thinking of building something?

:D

Boxcab E50

[HemiAdda2d]

Aspen Models..
http://www.aspenmodel.com/

They ARE pricey, but sure look great!

[HemiAdda2d]

I cannot say I have ever seen a turnout like this before.. Look closely at the points....
Aspenmodel pic:

http://www.aspenmodel.com/pictb/p00395.jpg

[DiezMon]

Originally posted by HemiAdda2d:
I cannot say I have ever seen a turnout like this before.. Look closely at the points....

Well, technically, that's not a turnout, is it? ;)

[r_i_straw]

Originally posted by DiezMon:
Well, technically, that's not a turnout, is it? ;) Looks like one but there don't seem to be any moving parts. Man I am having enough challange with one gauge or the other. I don't plan on going dual gauge on the same layout.

As for who makes locomotives, Republican Locomotive Works sells kits to convert Marklin Z guage engines into Nn3 locomotives. So far I have built a Denver & Rio Grande K-37. The Durango & Silverton had one of those for a while but traded it to the Cubres & Toltec for a smaller engine.
http://www.railimages.com/albums/russellstraw/agz.sized.jpg

[BoxcabE50]

Originally posted by HemiAdda2d:
I cannot say I have ever seen a turnout like this before.. Must be Nn3???

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Boxcab E50

[Kez]

It's for when your narrow and standard guage rails follow the same path, and share a rail. The narrow is exiting the main line toward the bottom of the picture.

I know what it's for, but I can't explain it in technical terms. Someone will come along and clear it up.

And yes, it's for NN3 running off a standard N main.

[r_i_straw]

I have seen the real thing in Colorado where the Cubres & Toltec interchanges with standard gauge in Antonito. This photo shows some even more complicated stuff. Thank goodness there was nothing like that around Durango that I would have to model. The standard gauge track down to Farmington had been converted to narrow by the era I model.
http://www.railimages.com/albums/Historic-Prototype/aci.sized.jpg

[HemiAdda2d]

What a section man's nightmare!!
Wow!

[BoxcabE50]

Originally posted by HemiAdda2d:
I cannot say I have ever seen a turnout like this before.. Look closely at the points....
After looking at this again- Is it actually a switch? (Doesn't appear to be.) Or just a place for the two gauges to diverge?

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Boxcab E50

[Ironhorseman]

Someone in here once asked, what's at the end of a dual-track stub? How do they keep the cars from going off the ends? Do they just use a wheel block on each rail? smile.gif