jefelectric wrote:And you can still find them on occasion at train shows 'New in the box'.
Also on eBay. The "regular" K4's seem to go for half the origional $400. MSRP, the streamlined version higher than the MSRP (probably because no other "streamlined" versions were made by others). Joe
Ogaugeoverlord wrote:Hobo probably missed it, but in my posting that locked the thread..........
LMAO!!!
Bob Keller
They imported a lot of brass.
Their first few had "teething problems" but after about the 3rd or 4th import things really improved. Their first was a generic 4-6-2, followed by an A-B Baldwin Shark, and an NYC Hudson.
From memory I know they made
PRR: 4-6-2, original, streamlined, and postwar with the headlight behind the generator and a solid pilot.
PRR: 2-8-2, 4-4-2, 0-6-0
NYC: Hudson, Streamlined Hudson, Niagara
A USRA steam engine in a number of road names (I don't remember the wheel configuration but I believe it was a Pacific)
SP: Daylight, Cab Forward
N&W: J
UP: Challenger, Big Boy
and many others.
Their 3 rail version included a smoke unit and had less detail than their 2 rail versions - both, however, were spartan by todays detail standards. They also issued retrofit brake shoes for the PRR 4-4-2, 2-8-2, 4-6-2 and 0-6-0. These required some work (as it re-drilling mounting holes and filing) in order to put them on the engine and, at least in the case of the Pacific they interferred with the truck movements which meant the engine needed larger radius track.
I have the PRR 4-4-2, 4-6-2, and the Shark. Both of the steam engines ran just fine (and continue to do so) right out of the box. The Shark needed tinkering before I could get it to run well.
Regards, Roy
Hobo
Other than the old pw Lionel F3 AA units and an ugly Hudson from the '50s, my Williams O-scale brass Southern Mikados, Ps-4s and N&W "J" Class Northern were my first O-gauge scale size engines after I exited HO for O [again]in the late 1980s. I bought them in Memphis. At the same time, I also bought a Williams A-B-A F7 Southern diesel set[with OTT TRU-Sounds no less].
Also later bought Weaver's brass 0-6-0 Southern Slopeback Switcher and their brass streamlined Southern Ps-4, "The Tennessean".
I was told on a locked forum WILLIAMS did not make any brass structured engines ---- so I went to see if I was wrong ---
WILLIAMS BRASS 7002 SP CAB FORWARD STEAMER & TENDER
O Scale Williams Brass #7001 4-8-8-4 UP Big Boy Steamer
Williams PRR E-6 Brass Loco and Tender, circa 1989
Features:
All Brass Construction
Williams Crown Edition- Union Pacific USRA 2-8-2 Mikado
These are just a couple I found in 5 minutes .....
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