I was looking through a hobby shop recently and came accross a ho gauge loco for sale an Super Hudson J3 for the NYCRR. I was wondering who makes those beutiful locos. Thank You.
Rivarossi made Streamlined NYC Hudsons a while back. They’re ok, but not the best.
Currentley, BLI makes NYC J1es, but they’re not streamlined.
It’s probably a Rivarossi–they made streamlined Hudsons in NYC, Milwaukee and Santa Fe (Blue Goose). Jonathan’s right, they weren’t the best runners in the world, but I know of guys who have replaced the Rivarossi motors with NWSL cans, and improved the running qualities by about 80%. Just be sure that you look for the ‘newer’ Rivarossi without the NEM wheels–they’re too deep to comfortably run on anything less than code 100 track, and will climb right out of a code 83 turnout. The ‘newer’ Rivarossi’s have wheels just a little deeper than NMRA specs, but they’re okay on code 83. They also have a traction tire on one of the drive wheels that can get problematic with sudden temperature changes.
Tom