@D500 posted:As an aside, years ago i saw an article on an S-scale (not Tinplate or even Hi-Rail) layout where the builder had used a PW AF USRA 0-8-0 to emulate the BC&G 2-8-0. Those 2 locos share some proportions and some visual cues, as I recall. He, of course, made it a 2-8-0 (not an overly hard thing to do if you have a little bashing experience), and re-arranged some detailing as appropriate. It was a "close enough" model, not a 3-year project, and it did the job nicely. The tender was replaced or changed; I forget.
That would be Brooks Stover. He has since replaced the converted Flyer 0-8-0's with redetailed S Helper Service B&O 2-8-0's.
The track on the old railroad was code .148, so it was officially Hirail. His new railroad uses code .135 track and is still HiRail. His modeling is however is otherwise scale.
Rusty
