I’ve always been interested in “small” articulated locomotives and see that Bachmann has a 2-4-4-2 in On30. As I understand it, On30 runs on standard HO gauge track. Obviously, the cab & likely the tender on an On30 loco would be way too big for HO but I’m wondering if one could replace those on that 2-4-4-2 and hae a reasonable looking small articulated?
Aside… with my luck, if I went that route, Bachmann would come out with an HO version using the On30 mechanism. When I bought my first brass loco, a USRA 2-6-6-2, Bachmann came out with a high end plastic one about a year later. Then they turned around and did the same thing when I bought a brass EM-1!
Hi there. The cab, bell and domes are definitely oversized - I guess it would depend what is your tolerance levels about these things and the effort you are willing to put in to do the conversion. Have you thought about getting a Mantua 2-6-6-2?
The cylinders will stick out too far, and all the details will be wrong.
If you want to do an RDGCasey (Anthracite Modeler) style project, it would make a good starting point.
Otherwise, there was an HO scale brass hybrid model of a 2-4-4-2 inported by Oriental in their Powerhouse series. I would look for one of those if I had to have a 2-4-4-2.
