N&W Steam Locos

I sent Scot Mann an email last night asking if there where any M1's available, and if not, any plans to rerun the engine, so far no reply. I would be reluctant to try to re identify an engine. Also, I have a GGD and 7 Lionel engines all running via TMCC would a MTH run in that environment or would I have to wire up a TIU? Thanks for all the info, very informative so far.

dickkyle posted:

I sent Scot Mann an email last night asking if there where any M1's available, and if not, any plans to rerun the engine, so far no reply.

I believe Scott may still be in China, thus his replies to you may be at odd times. However, I can tell you that Scott RARELY does reruns of steam locomotive models. You may just have to resort to watching eBay for a 3-Rail model to popup. 

I would be reluctant to try to re identify an engine. Also, I have a GGD and 7 Lionel engines all running via TMCC would a MTH run in that environment or would I have to wire up a TIU? Thanks for all the info, very informative so far.

dickkyle posted:

I sent Scot Mann an email last night asking if there where any M1's available

Once again, 3rd Rail made the Class "M"....NOT the M1. M1's were a bit different

dickkyle posted:

I sent Scot Mann an email last night asking if there where any M1's available,

Pretty sure that those sold out in advance.  You see one now and again on eBay

and if not, any plans to rerun the engine, so far no reply.

Not often that he re-runs stuff, but given that it sold out, I'd think that there is some potential there unless the number produced was spot on to the market.

I have all of these but I didn't want to go into the train room to take new pictures:

I have one of the Weaver N&W Class W.

Yes, N&W had a Shay at one time. MTH even got the number right.

Railking 0-6-0 is pretty good as well.

The Lionel 0-8-0 is a pretty good representation of a N&W S1
http://www.collector-modeltrai...tem/?my_item_id=2924

The 3rd Rail streamlined Class K

Scott Smith

I'm trolling The Bay right now and I spotted a shiny Williams 2156 Pacific in N&W paint.

And then I saw: Precision Scale model # 15876-1. N&W 0-8-0 Class S-1-a

pennytrains posted:

And then I saw: Precision Scale model # 15876-1. N&W 0-8-0 Class S-1-a

Precision Scale models are only offered in 2-Rail.

pennytrains posted:

And then I saw: Precision Scale model # 15876-1. N&W 0-8-0 Class S-1-a

pennytrains posted:

I'm trolling The Bay right now and I spotted a shiny Williams 2156 Pacific in N&W paint.

I just looked on eBay at the #15876-1 box. It's HO, whew! Price would have been great if it were O Scale. Yes, I know it's listed in the O Gauge section.

The Williams looks pretty nice. Probably  a good candidate for a command control upgrade. One very little problem, 2156 is a Y6a. 

Here are pictures of my W2

It's Friday AM and just ordered the MTH 2-8-0 from North Carolina so it's inbound to Long Beach. One concern is the guy said I would have to install a TIU since it would not run in the TMCC system?

You have three options:

• Conventional: It will run with the throttle on your transformer.
• MTH 50-1033   DCS Remote Commander: Provided the locomotive has a FACTORY RESET (easy to do w/ a full DCS system). If it is new out-of-the-box, you're good to go. $60 list 
• DCS: Yes you can pony-up for a full DCS system. You'll also want MTH 50-1032 cable $25 list. This connects the TIU to the TMCC Command Base.

The rule of thumb is; you can run TMCC w/ DCS, but you can't run DCS w/ TMCC.

Thanks for all your input. I have the hardware to install DCS so its off to the Train Shack to get the TIU updated and whatever else I need.

Gilly@N&W posted:

Here are pictures of my W2

That one goes on my "lottery list"!  Behind the Y6b, A, and J but ahead of anything from any other railroad! 

TM Terry posted:

I see they had some 0-8-0 steamers too.

A N&W expert would know if any of their 0-8-0's were USRA Yard Goats. Lionel made some great USRA Yard Goats scale and in Legacy. (I think mine is one of my favorite locos). If so, you could look into what is involved in changing the decals, or send it to a professional.

 

TM Terry, the N&W 0-8-0's were copies of several Chesapeake and Ohio C-16b that N&W received in 1950, and the C&O had a different design than the USRA. The Lionel model is fairly close but some modifications would be needed if one wanted it to be accurate. For N&W, they had the headlight centered on the smokebox, had the coal bunker built up, and I believe had a slightly different cab. Precision Scale Company has a lot of brass and plastic detail parts that can be added to a Lionel or other manufacturers 0-8-0 and it would look much closer to an N&W S1 or S1a.

N&W also added a clerestory on the tender for increased water capacity, over-fire air jets and a cinder screen on the stack.  Not to mention that under new ownership the locos got washed more regularly.  It would be great to have a loco with all of those refinements.  But personally I'm satisfied enough for now with my MTH 0-8-0 with the headlight in the wrong place and the wrong tender. 

MrMuffin’s Trains is currently taking pre-orders for a limited run of N&W 2-8-0’s! The cab number will be 917 after the W2 that’s still in existence, here’s a link: https://mrmuffinstrains.com/pr...riant=40492522864792

The picture is just a quick photoshop job I did…