I am a Back to the future nut and have alaways wainted to build the Central Pacific Railroad #131 I belive it was a 4-6-0 wood burner the actual loco was like this http://bttf.wikia.com/wiki/File:SierraNo3.jpg. And has anyone ever seen a De Lorean DMC-12 in HO scal?
Thanks!
Can’t help you with the Delorean. Tyco/Mantua made a somewhat oversize model of Sierra Railway #3 in the 1960s as a tribute to the Hooterville Canonball of TV fame. They also made some passenger cars to complete the set. Both cars and locomotive were available as kits and RTR at one point. These can be found on eBay and at train shows. I believe the locomotive is still in production by Model Power as a Mantua Classics 1890s Rogers 4-6-0.
Sierra Railway #3 starred in many TV shows and movies. I believe that brass importer(s) have also brought in models of #3.
hope this helps
Fred W
"308 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler - Based on the Sierra’s No. 3, a loco used by Hollywood in many films. It was also featured in the TV show, Petticoat Junction. The loco was originally built by Rogers in 1891. In 1929, it was seen in Gary Cooper’s The Virginian, but then put into storage until after WWII. In the '50’s, when mainline steam was gone, it was brought back out for the camera for High Noon, The Great Race, Lassie, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Wild Wild West, and Little House on the Prairie. Currently (2006), the prototype is in pieces and needs funding to be restored.
Unfortunately, the model was made to OO scale (1/76) rather than true HO (1/87). Biggest problem with this is that the cab is little oversized.
The last driver is spaced quite far back from the other two, which on the prototype was a common practice for ten-wheelers in order to fit the firebox in between. On this prototype, it was spaced much further apart than other examples."
NEB&W Guide to Mantua Steam Locomotives.
Also check out:
http://www.bttf.net/Johnny_Lightning_Back_to_the_Future_slot_car_p/52051-1.htm
