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What bugs me about the current state of the two-rail market (aside from the shortage of track) is the erratic nature of the locomotive market.

 

two-rail O lacks a basic “bread and butter” locomotive that is available year in, year out. Instead, it has import runs with waiting lists and, as often as not, requiring wide curves and wide spaces. I can see why someone with deep pockets and a passion for big engines might want a 2-10-4 or a massive articulated, but those with smaller living spaces can’t fit them in.

 

I have watched the D-FW O scalers and their layouts for years.  I also started reading British modeling magazines. I think there is a way for two-rail to expand its niche:: smaller locomotives capable of navigating tight curves. (Think common diesel switchers or smaller steam locomotives like the 4-4-0s and 2-6-0s still used by Class Ones in the 1920’s or the smaller rod locomotives used by logging lines Sierra RR 28 or the rod engines used by WT Carter).

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