Well friends.......I was outbid on E Bay today for an R-2 brass electric locomotive. It was made by Samhongsa. If anyone knows of another that is available, please let me know.
Not being a modeler, I wouldn't know. Did you post this on the model forum for the scale you are looking for? I'd keep trying e-bay. If you found one, there must be others.
There will certainly be others.........but........ I just purchased 2 brass electric locomotives on E bay.....NYC Class P2b.
Hi Hudson Nut.........This morning my two electric locomotives arrived.......and they are beautiful. Both are unpainted and my plan is to color them a very dark blue. They were used for many years by the NYC who painted them plain black. My F-7 diesels will be blue with a broad dark blue stripe and a silver roof. But I think these big electrics would look strange in fancy colors. On second thought.............we'll see. I just packed the locos and tomorrow morning I'll mail them to Tony's Train Exchange to have lights, decoders and Sountrax installed. I spoke with Tony on the phone on Tuesday and I rerserved a "Broadway Limited" 4-6-4 J1e. I know that turns you on. The Hudson is my favorite locomotive too.
Oooooo, 462, please, not the "Broadway Ltd" which was a name train for "that other" railroad in a state just south of New York. Most of us can't even bear to utter it's name. A NYC J-1e would be for the "20th Century Limited" or one of the other NYC name trains. In fact, the Broadway and 20th Century had some famous races between Chicago and NY City.
Yes Jim, I know about the "Broadway Ltd". This is a new manufacturer and I suppose he thought that it is a catchy name. I have heard that most of the time the NYC got into Chicago ahead of .....that other railroad. There was a stretch of mainline where they could really pour on the steam while the.........that other railroad......had to slow down a bit. The rivalry was a great bit of Americana and it disappoints me that I never had an opportunity to ride on those trains.
Tony's has 2 Soundtrax systems.......the low cost which is about $70 and the premium which runs about $150.. For an electric locomotive or a diesel I think that I can get along with just the sound of the bell and the horn........so I'm going cheap. For a steam locomotive I suppose the premium decoder would be nice. That would provide the sounds of all those valves that hiss and squeal and the sound of air escaping etc.
I'm doing a little of both. My layout will model what in real life is the Port Washington branch of The Long Island R.R. which has a station at Bayside, and at Woodside and runs through The Sunnyside Yard.....then into tunnels that pass under the river and winds up at Penn Station.......which is not a terminal. My station deadends........and that created a problem. Our laundry room limits the space so there's no way to turn locomotives around. I recently purchased some electric locos so I'll do it like the real railroads do. Since these locos are models of the NYC's P2b it's quite convenient. So I'll have NYC trains, New Haven trains and my own "North Shore Line".
NYCentral, welcome to TrainBoard and to the NY Central forum! We always welcome new members. Your moderator (me) is not a modeler. I just like the twelve inch to the foot scale, as in real. Worse than that, I am an ancient curmudgeon who only tolerates Steam. Just kidding. Feel free to discuss anything that has to do with railroading here, especially NY Central.
Fitz, Thank you for the welcome, but I have already been welcomed about a year ago. I signed on April of last year, I do not know why I was deemed a "New Member".
462, I do not know why you want to take a perfectly good piece of brass representing NYC motive power and paint it blue? The piece you speak of was not only black but also with "Lighting Stripes" in the locale you plan to model. What color do you plan on painting this new Hudson you speak of, BLUE? RWL
I have photos of the NYC electric locomotives. They were black without the lightning stripes. It was the diesels that had the stripes. My thought was to paint them a navy blue and then weather them a bit. I like my steam engines all grimy black. I don't even like the boilers painted silver. This morning on e-Bay I saw a steam engine painted red and green for Christmas. Very ugly.
462, Please let me know the mfr of the units you bought and how they run. I want one of the P2a but have stayed away not knowing how they perform. I am not looking for a display. For the sound you are having installed, can you turn off all the sounds other than horn and bell? Sure would sound strange hearing EMD diesels in that baby. Gary
Gary.....I purchased 2 locomotives. The smaller one is a T class, the large one is the P2b. I can't tell you how excited I was.......and still am....to receive these locos. Since I'm starting a new layout I have no track laid yet so in order to test them I put a few sections of track together......about 6 feet ....and ran them back and forth. They seemed to run fine. I immediately re-packed both of them and sent them to Tony's. I really don't know what sounds I'm going to get. As an addendum to the story, the seller sent me an E Mail saying that he had another P2b, also new in the box, and I could have it for the same price. He shipped it to me on the same day that I sent the money order. He didn't even wait for payment.
Gary.......I forgot the mfg. The P2b is made by Microengineering Works (MEW). The T class is made by Samhongsa.
462, Thanks for the info. Would you be interested in reselling the second P2a? By the way, the P2a wore both solid black and lightning stripes. Gary
