Streamlined "O" Steam Locos - Suggestions?

@Andrew-Porter posted:

I've been acquiring streamlined steam locomotives in the last few years and I think I might have reached the limits of the genre. I have been following Fred Van Der Lubbe's website with its streamlined collection posts.

Question: Did K-Line, Weaver, Williams, etc. produce streamlined steam models? I already own an Ace Coronation, a K-Line PRR 4812, a Weaver Yellow Jacket, a Williams Hudson, a 3rd Rail NYC Mercury.

Here are a couple of photos of the models I already have:

What about the Pennsylvania S1 and T1??? I have both that Lionel made, some of the other manufacturers may have as well.

Off the top of my head...

N&W "J": Williams, MTH, Lionel

CP Royal Hudson: Weaver, MTH

CP Selkirk: 3rd Rail

NYC 20th Century Ltd. Dreyfus: Lionel, MTH

NYC Empire State Express: MTH

UP 49er Pacific: Weaver, MTH RailKing

New Haven I-5: Weaver

SP Daylight GS4: Lionel, MTH

SP GS6: Lionel, MTH

Rusty

Weaver, Lehigh Valley, 4-6-2, "Black Diamond".

MTH, Canadian Pacific, Hudson.

Nice examples, Andrew.

Weaver made a New Haven Railroad I-5 Hudson. I assume you already have a Norfolk & Western J-Class #611 made by MTH and others.

MELGAR

Weaver also did the streamlined B&O Cincinnatian.

Sunset 3rd Rail had short run for B&O P-7e 5315, which had a smooth faced pilot and running board side skirting. But I guess that's more semi-streamlining than a full measure job.

Sunset 3rd Rail also had planned to do the B&O's first Otto Kuhler streamlined bullet nosed, Royal Blue 4-6-2 and a set of cars for it but dropped the project for lack of interest.

S. Islander 

Under "semi-streamlined," Weaver also made a Santa Fe Valley Flyer.  Lionel also cataloged a less accurate version in the last catalog.

Rusty

You could add a prewar Lionel 238, 4-4-0 Pennsylvania torpedo from the 1930s if you want to go that far back.

Charlie

You have a long way to go - here are some additional engines

Scale Models - Weaver

Hiawatha (note there is the 4-4-2 version too)

PRR

Lehigh Valley - Black Diamond

Lehigh Valley John Wilkes

...and if you decide to expand into the more toy like realm there's even more...here's a few examples

Lionel

American Flyer

Marx

JEP

etc.

Add these (all Pacifics):

Weaver Southern Tennessean

Williams PRR K4s #1120 bullet-nose

Weaver B&O Cincinnatian

Weaver UP 49er

also Weaver CP F1A Jubilee 4-4-4

You're not even close. Some that were missed in the above collections.  Here's a few that I have.

The Reading Crusader.

C&O M-1 Coal Turbine

How about the Union Pacific M10000?  Wait, that's a diesel, but it's cool.

Let's add the Southern Tennessean and the Reading RR's Crusader with those neat passenger cars. Both made by Weaver.

Gerry

@Apples55 posted:

What about the Pennsylvania S1 and T1??? I have both that Lionel made, some of the other manufacturers may have as well.

I have the PRR 6111; bought it from Mr. Muffin.

@Rusty Traque posted:

Off the top of my head...

N&W "J": Williams, MTH, Lionel

CP Royal Hudson: Weaver, MTH

CP Selkirk: 3rd Rail

NYC 20th Century Ltd. Dreyfus: Lionel, MTH

NYC Empire State Express: MTH

UP 49er Pacific: Weaver, MTH RailKing

New Haven I-5: Weaver

SP Daylight GS4: Lionel, MTH

SP GS6: Lionel, MTH

Rusty

Good suggestions. I've got the Dreyfuss, the 49er, the GS-4. Just bought the Lionel 6-38000 NYC 4-6-4 Empire State. Came in this week from Trainz. I don't yet have the John Wilkes, but do have the Crusader. I don't want to collect anything but "O", so no S or toy trains.

I will have to Google the others.

Some more images of my engines:

I also have other, nonstreamlined trains, including the Lionel trains I got from my brother from my childhood, and others I bought before I decided to specialize in streamliners.

I live in a 1-bedroom apt in NYC, and with my thousands of books, plus original SF artwork, trying not to start looking loke a hoarder!

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

You're not even close. Some that were missed in the above collections.  Here's a few that I have.

C&O M-1 Coal Turbine

How about the Union Pacific M10000?  Wait, that's a diesel, but it's cool.

The Coal Turbine: thought about it, but decided to pass. The UP M1000 is cool, but to gain the full impact, you need the passenger cars. The only passenger cars I have are the ones I got from my brother, the Lionel 2400, 01 and 02.

Her's another photo, my custom-built (from Classywoods; he's out of business) shelves:

On top of the shelf is a plastic 1:50 model I built from a kit decades ago.

@gmorlitz posted:

Let's add the Southern Tennessean... made by Weaver.

Gerry

Thanks. Didn't know about the Southern Tennessean. Will definitely acquire that!

Did Weaver ever do catalogs, and are they on line anywhere?

I want to say a big Thank You to everyone who has commented so far. These are wonderful suggestions, and I'll follow them up. As soon as I play musical books, move things around, sell off more of my book collection!

And speaking of toys, I was given these as a child in that early 1950s. Wooden toys from Strombecker, which I only identified by going to the N-Y Historical Society:

Bob mentioned the K4 1120 by Williams.  A lot of folks do not know about this Pennsy engine and the three others that were streamlined.  Most know about the K4 "Torpedo", which is much different looking.  In fact, I like the looks of the streamlined engines better than the Torpedo.  Here is Williams #1120.

You'll have to build this one, once you are through with your "as-is" collection (just make sure you at least have the Century and ESE Hudsons, and the Southern Tennessean Ps-4). I started with a 1980's Williams brass Heavy USRA 4-6-2 and an old 1940's Lobaugh(?) tender.  Train America TMCC/RS.

The Louisville and Nashville had 3 of these stream-styled Pacifics (there were differences between them).

BTW, both below Otto Kuhler-styled. It shows. I don't have the LV locos, alas.

@Andrew-Porter posted:

I have the PRR 6111; bought it from Mr. Muffin.

Nice, Andrew. Both the T1 and S1 were streamlined by Raymond Loewy. If you’ve got the room (it’s a beast - almost as long as my Vision Line BigBoy), the S1 would be a great addition!!!