banjoflyer posted:Dave Olson, one more thing. In the Ryan and Dave American Flyer video you mention the addition of sound and a newly tooled fuel tank for the AF Baldwins. Would it be possible to add some railings to these engines? That doesn't look like too pricey of an addition and these engines look far better with the prototypical railings:
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Also, what is the possibility of making a Baldwin switcher "set".....?
That is a pair of Baldwin S-12's that would be operated as a "pair" of engines similar to the operation of a AA unit pair as in the LionChief + line on the O gauge side? The engines could include a DPDT switch on the bottom which would determine the initial starting direction of the engine. One engine would start in "forward" and the other in "reverse" and both would respond to the remote signal at the same time just like the real switcher pairs do. Here's a picture of one configuration and a "new" paint scheme I really want in the next run of these engines:
That "Katy" paint scheme has a lot going for it with the bright red color similar to the colorful Patapsco and Back Rivers paint scheme. The real prototype was an EMD NW-2 but that paint scheme will look just as good on a Baldwin S-12 like the one on a Bowser HO engine shown.
Here's the EMD NW-2 in the "safety" paint scheme:
So Dave, would it be possible to offer a pair of FlyerChief engines that operate both singly and as a pair?
Thanks,
Mark
Mark, You are a pretty handy guy, seeing what you have done with some of your projects. I can see you adding that switch to one of a pair of these locomotives, it would just reverse the wires to the motors, I would do the same with a pair of Milwaukee Road Baldwins.
Ray
