Thank you everyone for the comments and suggestions.
Comments:
I don't like the look of Garrett locos. Interesting but, well, ugly. I sure would like to see someone do that project, though.
To make a 2-6-0, or a 4-6-0 for that matter, and make it look realistic, I would have to trim back (i.e., cut off) a good deal of the metal body over the present rear truck. I can gtrim about an inch but not quite enough. Still, this may be an option . . .
I have a nice UP 4-12-2, so I don't want to make one.
I have thought of buying two and making a Mallet - 4-6-6-4. But to date, I have done all my converisons without removing the body, etc. I could not do that conversion without removing and modifying inside, which someday I may try.
I also plan to scour my parts bin and see if I don't have an extra driver axle of the right size, and if perhaps I could add it as just a free-running set to lengthed the loco in to a 2-8-2 or such. Not sure I do, or that it would be feasible to do . . . but I am still thinking about this.
