Speaking of really big Hudsons . . . Has anyone made modern (PS2, Legacy) scale models of the Alco F-7 or E-4 as made for Milwaukee Road and Chicago and North Western, or Baldwin's 1942 L-2 and L-2a as made for C&O? These were apparently the heaviest and biggest Hudsons ever made - and since all were made in 1938 - 1942, they were contemporaries of the Baldwin ATSF 3460s and the Lima NYC J3s - so among the most advanced designs, too.
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Wrong F7...
Rusty
I think that is right - they did EMD F-7s, not the Alco steam 4-6-4 Milwaukee Road F-7, correct? I can't find any . . .
Lee,
Mike's Train House has done the C&NW E-4 twice, the first in 1999 with PS1 and the second in 2008 with PS2.
Lee,
Mike's Train House has done the C&NW E-4 twice, the first in 1999 with PS1 and the second in 2008 with PS2.
Thanks, I googgled but did not pick up on the PS-2 version. That is recent enough I may consider it if one comes up at a good price.
MTH has done the Milwaukee Road F-7 Baltic 4-6-4 a total of four times: twice in Premier, once with PS/2 and once with PS/3; and twice in Rail King, once with a choice of PS-1 or just a whistle, and once with PS/2. If you are looking for a PS/3 Premier engine, you need to be careful; the most recent version was cataloged with PS/3 but this was when MTH was making the switch from PS/2 to PS/3 and there have been reports that some models shipped under the new stock number had the older system.
I have the Premier with PS/2 and the RK with PS/1. Both are good running engines. The Premier engine had to have its speaker replaced after a few years; it was among the many MTH engines whose speakers deteriorated. Fortunately it was a cheap, easy repair. Here's a picture of the Premier engine.
Oh that is a nice engine. And the fact that is was almost certainly the fastest Hudson ever built over here, maybe anywhere (okay, the fastest it went was 3 mph less than Mallard, but . . . )makes it a must-have. Gotta find one of those.
Does anyone know if it was ever used, even once, to pull the City of Los Angeles? I know Milwaukee Road ran those for UP for a while. That would be even better. I gotta lot of UP stuff.
Sunset announced a C&O Hudson a few years ago, but it didn't get enough reservations to be made, which is a shame....
Jeff C
Since you brought it up Lee and knowing I'll never be able to match your talent for conversions. Let me take this moment to introduce my conversion at about 1:30 in the video.
I believe the RailKing Imperial Milwaukee Road 4/6/4 Hudson Hiawatha Passenger
set 30-1489-1 was cataloged in 2006
Oh that is a nice engine. And the fact that is was almost certainly the fastest Hudson ever built over here, maybe anywhere (okay, the fastest it went was 3 mph less than Mallard, but . . . )makes it a must-have. Gotta find one of those.
Does anyone know if it was ever used, even once, to pull the City of Los Angeles? I know Milwaukee Road ran those for UP for a while. That would be even better. I gotta lot of UP stuff.
Wrong F7...
I always make make that mistake.
and i would really go for one of THOSE F7's.
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