Drooling around various sites with no intent to buy anything , I come upon a new brass offering in 2009, a beautiful 2-10-4 Selkirk T4A exp. #8000, what a beautiful locomotive, never thought they would make a model of a one-off locomotive, this thing is magnificent, it’s by Precision Scale and it’s only $2,000.00 u.s. (that’s $24,950.00 Canadian). Canadian model trains has it on it’s site.
A true one of a kind.
http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_153/f_09356.gif
I still prefer the T1a,
http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_153/g_06667.gif
The detail on that one is nuts—I’d love to have one but where to put it-----
Well, that 5901 sure looks good, far better than the goofy “Royal Hudson Look” they cladded the later versions with, it totally ruined the classic lines of a great locomotive.
As the very proud owner of one Precision Scale HO brass steamer–a Rio Grande F-81 2-10-2, all I can say is that it will probably run quiet like a pussycat, pull like an ox and require an ABSOLUTE 32" minimum radius. Those incredible brass locomotives are built to almost prototype tolerances.
But believe me, with PSC you get every cent of what you pay for!
Tom [:P]
It would be a beauty to own but you would have to build a Stoney Creek Bridge to go with it. [;)] See the link.
http://www.islandnet.com/~pacific/jac-04.html
Brent