Yesterday I was perusing another O scale magazine and noticed their basic add. I hadn't been to their site in a long time so I was pleasantly surprised to find that they are desiring to make two EBT engines, the standard gauge 0-6-0 and an 2-6-2, if they can get 15 reservations for each.
http://stevensonpreservationli....php?products_id=780
I had only been aware of Bill's Train Shop's efforts to produce new, previously non-manufactured engines. I have their EBT #12 2-8-2.
Jan
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I think both prototype EBT 0-6-0s still exist. ONe for sure was still in the engine house in Mount Union a few years ago when I was traveling in that area.
The other for years was running on the Whitewater Valley tourist line for years and then was taken out of service for rebuild. I think it is still on site but I don't know for sure.
Unfortunately the 2-6-2, #11, was scrapped just prior to WW II I think. It was the forerunner to the "modern" 2-8-2s starting with #12
That was two years ago. Check with Bob. Ambitious project, but he has done this before. Well thought-out kits.
......... if they can get 15 reservations for each.
That might be the sum total of modelers that are willing to and are capable of building such kits.
I got a call from Bob today. He called to give me an update of his plans. He has enough reservations to begin production with a goal of the first engine kit being available in about six months. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Jan
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