226e added to the prewar fleet

Nice acquisition!! The 226E is, IMO, one of the best of the prewar era; it's rock-solid and a great runner.

Very nice indeed; looks like a "souped up" version of the 1666/2026 (the only PW power I kept when I switched to 2 rail)...very handsome engine. 👍

Mark in Oregon

glad you found one!

@Dave Koehler posted:

glad you found one!

Thanks Dave. Still need a tender for it though.

@Donnie Kennedy posted:

Thanks Dave. Still need a tender for it though.

they are pricey

Added marker jewels!

Very nice, love those engines, congratulations. I agree the tenders are pricey, I found a Williams replica of the 2426W for around $80 but had to replace the engine trailing truck with one from a 726 that is equipped with a drawbar.

I almost bought a Williams , but luckily a fellow forum member had a 2226w they sold to me at a very fair price. Pictures to come when it arrives!

And here she is with her 2226w tender!

Wow... that tender looks huge. 😳🙂

Mark in Oregon

@Donnie Kennedy posted:

And here she is with her 2226w tender!

Glad you found one

@Strummer posted:

Wow... that tender looks huge. 😳🙂

Mark in Oregon

It  should, its the same as a  763

@Strummer posted:

Wow... that tender looks huge. 😳🙂

Mark in Oregon

It weighs almost as much as the engine. Lol

@Dave Koehler posted:

Glad you found one

Thanks Dave!

Nice tender; I'm glad you found a good match!!

Great loco, Here is the one I picked up last year in an antique mall in Sw New York while traveling for work. Still needs a few things, but video with it hauling the factory passenger consists it would have been sold with in 1939, 1940, and 1941 plus a what if set....

Great looking engine and cars! Now you got me thinking about getting passenger cars for it. Thanks. Lol

It is big, the same shell used on the 2426 postwar.  I think it looks good with the 226e.    Mine does.

Watch out for that slippery slope.   I bought a TMCC k-line Circus train engine and now I have a box of Circus cars that showed up on my door step.   Funny how that happens.

@VHubbard posted:

It is big, the same shell used on the 2426 postwar.  I think it looks good with the 226e.    Mine does.

Watch out for that slippery slope.   I bought a TMCC k-line Circus train engine and now I have a box of Circus cars that showed up on my door step.   Funny how that happens.

I really like the look of this tender. The whistle works great! Thanks again for the great deal. I actually saw another tender on the bay that went for almost the same as I paid for my  engine and the tender. And  that  tender was missing parts and not nearly as nice.

Well I was inspired to get the passenger cars for my 226e. They're the MTH versions of the 2613,14,15. They  were brand new and unrun. I couldn't pass up the deal!

Very nice, although I must say...

... it's too bad those late pre war engines are SO nice, but for the most part the trucks and couplers (and the rolling stock in general) from the same era are not... great. It's an odd mix of scale-like locos pulling toy-like cars.

Please don't boot me off this Forum for having said that! 😐 😁

Mark in Oregon

@Strummer posted:

Very nice, although I must say...

... it's too bad those late pre war engines are SO nice, but for the most part the trucks and couplers (and the rolling stock in general) from the same era are not... great. It's an odd mix of scale-like locos pulling toy-like cars.

Please don't boot me off this Forum for having said that! 😐 😁

Mark in Oregon

Oh my gosh, no way I'd ever try to boot someone off for having an opinion. Definitely understand where you're coming from on the rolling stock. But, it appeals to me. I do actually have modern MTH passenger cars i hook my 226 up to with the adapter. It looks pretty good. I'm personally not a huge rolling stock guy or too picky about it. I really like a nice running engine. It's a shame that the prewar rolling stock that was made more scale or fitting that was made from bakelite plastic are hard to come by. Or so outrageously priced. Like the passenger 2623 cars I believe. Those are impressive for the prewar era. Again, I like others opinions and would not argue with it.

Donnie

Thanks for your thoughtful response. 🙂

I'm currently playing around a little with old Standard Gauge stuff, and all that is pretty "toy like", so it seems to go together.

Late prewar O gauge, on the other hand, is a curious mix of "scale" looking and "toy like". Nothing wrong with that, simply making an observation. 😁

Now that I think about it, it's equally interesting in that the 00 scale/gauge stuff they made in that same era was pretty nice...scale-wise!  That's something I have not dabbled in... 🤔

Mark (still) in Oregon

Mark I've been checking out your Standard guage from a distance. I'm trying not to get sucked into or influenced into getting into other gauges. Lol. You guys are a bad influence!