I ordered one of these and it came in the mail today. When I unpacked it I was surprized at how small it is. When I put it with my Bachmann 2-6-0 and 2-8-0 it almost looked out of scale. Also pulling my Bachmann rolling stock it just looks too small. Is it a model of a 3 foot gauge loco? It runs great is very well detailed but if I had known it was so small I may have passed. I looked for prototypr info but Bachmann has nothing…any ideas???
It is a Mt. Gretna two foot gauge locomotive. It’s main problem is it had 33" drivers which makes it look even smaller. It looks better with larger drivers.
Bowser Trains 69" drivers.
I couldn’t understand Bachmann picking a prototype that is so much smaller than their rolling stock.
Harold
Thanks for the info…wish I had caught the info before I’d bought…don’t know what I am going to do with it now…does not really kit with my C-16’s and 2-8-0 etc…oh well…I’ll find out the info better next time.
Harold, I hate to disagree with you, but it is not the Mt. Gretna engine - look at the driver spacing and domes. Per a conversation I had with Lee Riley at Rosemont, this is a catalog Baldwin, not based on any specific prototype.
I like the look of the engine with the larger drivers!
Hate to disagree with the man who “made” it. But it is close enough to be it’s ugly twin.
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It is the Mt. Gretna engine with a sandbox. And it is NOT a Baldwin or Porter catalog loco.
Harold
That Mt. Gretna engine was one ugly little bug, wasn’t it?
The biggest visual difference to me (besides the dome) is the driver spacing - the Bachmann engine has much more pleasing proportions IMO. But it does look a heck of a lot more typical (and better!) with the higher drivers - much closer to an idealized 4-4-0 for me.
Do you think you’ll be doing a full conversion article on your website? I forecast Bowser is going to have a run on drivers!