Back around 1978 one of the O gauge brass importers offered the Virginian 2-8-8-8-4 and later an O gauge model of the rebuilt 2-8-8-0.
I remember seeing one of the first brass models on a US prototype club railroad in Japan in the early '60’s.
Like its prototype, it didn’t run very well.
If they are still available on E-bay, the models have lasted a lot longer than the prototypes, which went from erecting floor to storage in ten years or so, then to scrap in less than twenty.
MTH has actually made three sets of Triplexii if I remember correctly.
The first set they did was a Premier O scale 2-8-8-8-2, in Erie.
The next set was a Railking “Imperial Series” semi-scaled 2-8-8-8-2, in Erie.
And the most recent set is an expansion of the Railking line, with 2-8-8-8-2s available in four schemes. If I remember correctly; Erie, Virginian, B & O, and Great Northern.
Jim, I’ll try to do photo soon.
Hal
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thanks again for the replys.
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Here’s the pic, I hope.
Hal
One more try:
Hal
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If no pic, either this browser won’t do it, or I havn’t figured out
how, sorry.
Hal