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I am looking for a few engines

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Posted by twhite on Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:54 AM

The last Santa Fe 2-10-10-2 I remember seeing was a Westside brass import, from around twenty or thirty years ago, and even then it was REALLY expensive.   You might check with Caboose Hobbies in Denver --www.caboosehobbies.com--they have an unusually large selection of used and consignment brass. 

I don't ever remember seeing a model of the large-drivered 2-6-6-2 or the original ATSF 2-8-8-2's.  I know that WAY back in the 1950's there was a modeler named Bill Schopp who wrote articles for Railroad Model Craftsman on how to kit-bash brass locomotives into some Santa Fe mallet prototypes--back when brass was fairly affordable.  He bashed a 2-8-8-2 from two PFM 1950 series Consolidations, and it looked really good.  I don't know if those articles are available,but you might contact RMC and ask.   Historically, Santa Fe's involvement with mallets was short-lived and largely unsuccessful.  But again, if these locomotives were ever available, they'd be brass imports and probably pretty rare. 

The only Santa Fe 2-8-8-2 I know of being currently modeled is the Proto, and those are the locos that Santa Fe bought second-hand from N&W during WWII for helper service on Raton Pass.  I understand that the latest run of the Proto's has improved pulling power--boy,I HOPE so, LOL!

Tom Smile [:)]

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Posted by selector on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:13 PM
I am pretty sure your last interest is going to cost a lot 'cuz it'll be in brass.  The others, if they are available, will be had at trainworld.com, modeltrainstuff.com, internethobbies.com, toytrainheaven.com....there are more, but that should get you humming.
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I am looking for a few engines
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:09 PM

I don't trust ebay anymore so it thought i would ask aroudn here. I am lookign for:

ATSF 2-8-8-2 (not proto)

ATSF 2-10-0 (spectrum)

ATSF 2-6-6-2

and if anyone has one a 2-10-10-2

Thanks for any help and offers, i just can't trust ebay anymore so thats why i ask her, after being caught up in a fith ebay scam i stopped ebaying.

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