My Two Favorite LGB Locos

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Steve:

Alas, I sold these engines about ten-years ago! 

what a shame,  I would of loved to see it in action. I'll have to research it and see?

NOTE: The LGB  RhB Kroc and the 0-6-6-0 mallet were done in several configurations and liveries over the years and not all had digital sound! The DR mallet with sound that I owned had a black livery with red trim. My Kroc was the standard RhB chocolate brown.

NOTE: LGB also produced a red, a green and a blue RhB Krok. The prototype RhB  Alpine Classic Krok was painted blue to match the four-car cream/blue passenger cars it pulled.

Almost all of LGB's locos performed flawlessly.  I've had a good selection over the years.  What I still have are a few Stainz steam locos, a Center cab dual motor diesel, #50 D & R G Catipillar and a few 2090 KOF shunters.   

LGB's  7-Pole Buehler motors were smooth running and quiet.

https://youtu.be/vgnt7Lfa__8

The original alpine classic crocodile. Original sound with a dcc board installed. The red engine is a Ge 6/6 II.  It replaced the croc on many trains.

Tinplate Art posted:

NOTE: The RhB Kroc and the 0-6-6-0 mallet were done in several configurations and liveries over the years and not all had digital sound! The DR mallet with sound that I owned had a black livery with red trim. My Kroc was the standard RhB chocolate brown.

NOTE: LGB also produced a red, a green and a blue RhB Krok.

We had the original dr mallet as well, the one from the early 80s with no sound, but eventually sold it in favor of more Swiss lgb.  The mallet was a fantastic model, but doesn't fit in with our other stuff. Back in the 80s that wasn't a problem, as g gauge product was limited and one had to take what lgb made. There was not a complete line of cars and engines for any one road.  

Glenn:

Awesome models!  THANKS for sharing!

I well remember importing two of the first-run LGB 0-6-6-0 mallets from a hobby shop in Germany and paying the import duty on these engines at our local US Customs Office. One was for me and the other for a friend. The later black DR version with digital sound was outstanding - purchased it from Watts. 

I mixed and matched Austrian, German and Suisse LGB models just for the pleasure of watching them run! I was never fortunate to have had any high-end stuff like Fulgurex or Kiss metal loks!

Someone once said "I never met a train I didn't like". That is true for me, especially with LGB. I never met an LGB train I didn't like!

I've got one said, I've come very close to buying more but with no place to run them, it is hard to justify the cost. I do like to buy old LGB catalogs when I see them. I enjoy window shopping. I also have a home movie of our local LGB dealer (long gone now) of the unbelievable indoor western theme layout. Floor ceiling valleys, mountains, 6 trains at once. About 5 tons of REAL stone as well. 

My favorite LGB loco is their Uintah #50, 2-6-6-2T, which I added sound and NiMH batteries (Locolinc controlled) and got a custom made Uintah water tank car #021, which I had a large speaker installed.

Second favorite is LGB Union Pacific Mikado with sound, also added NiMH batteries and changed decals to ACL.

I'm in the read, study, plan and accumulate phases of a small garden layout starting this spring. I enjoy reading every post where the subject comes up about LGB and G trains in general.  For me it is a much different world than my O gauge and I'm finding it a challenge and interesting. Almost like starting over completely in some ways.lol

 Here is a picture of two engines . Both LGB

Larry

I have loved all my LGB engines, don't have many now as I have gone to USA mainline style engines.  If I find one of thier ATSF F units for a good price later this summer I might pick one up.  All the LGB I have owned has run excellent. Wish they had not gone bankrupt as they were working on a USRA 0-6-0 at the time that would have been perfect for my small railway.  Shame that the reborn LGB never has finished the project.    Mike

Tinplate Art posted:

Glenn:

I mixed and matched Austrian, German and Suisse LGB models just for the pleasure of watching them run! I was never fortunate to have had any high-end stuff like Fulgurex or Kiss metal loks!

We have one brass Kiss loco. The one shown in the movie is actually plastic with a metal frame. Nice, but LGB locos exceed it in many aspects. If lgb made all the prototypes I wanted, that's likely all I would get.  

Larry Sr. posted:

I'm in the read, study, plan and accumulate phases of a small garden layout starting this spring. I enjoy reading every post where the subject comes up about LGB and G trains in general. 

 

 Love the 2080 Harz loco there. I've had one since the early 80s, although the original dates from the 70s. My friend has a 2080s sound loco, which has an impressive electronic sound unit considering it dates from the 80s.  

Once had the early version of the Harz tank lok without sound.

Good runner but poor smoke output!

Mount that set of horns to the floor and give er. Sweet set sir!

I own LGB 4/4 ll loc # 24430 as well as the blue Krok, both with sound.  I agree they run like a Swiss watch.

Bob

The RhB Krocs were truly one of the greatest achievements of the German made LGB! All were smooth runners and ran fine under catenary.

As with anything LGB made I the 80s, those Crocodiles and Mallets were amazing runners. The crocodiles were available in brown, green, red and blue; with green and brown being more prevalent. Both sound and non-sound models were available. The Mallets were available in the original green, then black and there was a relatively rare blue version. Again, some had sound and some didn't. Watching the articulation on that locomotive was a real treat. My ex-wife scored some really good stuff.

The LGB crocodile and mallet engines were two of my dad's favorites.They can both be seen running in the the video I made last Summer of his G scale collection.