I know that equipment can be found for Sn3 at Caboose Hobbies of Denver. However, are there other suppliers for this scale? My interst would be for the Rio Grande Southern. However, this line used seconda hand equipment form most of the other 3 foot gage lines.
NP 2626 "Northern Pacific, really terrific"
Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association: http://www.nprha.org/
If I were you I'd go out to eBay and do a search for Sn3 under Model Railroads and trains. Not only is there a lot of lot of stuff you might be interested in, you will be able to get some names of the various manufacturers. Of course the issue with eBay is that at least some of the offerings are from manufacturers that are no longer in existence, still you might get lucky.
Other than Caboose Hobbies of Denver, two of the other more prominent S-scale suppliers are Portlines Hobbies of Newburyport, MA and Hoquat Hobbies of Greenbroo, NJ. Both are on the web.
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
The National association of S Gaugers has a resource page on their website that lists suppliers/manufacturers of S scale equipment, including narrow gauge: http://www.nasg.org/Manufacturers/Equipment.htm
A good place to start when looking for dealers is the Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette. Best place to look is Sn3 Modeler, by Heimburger House. I actually used to print it in a brief earlier career as a printer's devil. I am acquainted with Don Heimburger, as he and a fellow I used to work with grew up together, and have met him several times over the years.
Sn3 is a bit specialized, even for narrow gauge. Here are some leads...
Rio Grande Models makes kits primarily of cast metal parts. Available through dealers, they also sell direct: http://www.riograndemodels.com/S.htm
Southwest Narrow Gauge carries some Sn3: http://www.i-sng.com/Sn3/sn3.html
I'm sure you know about these folks, but for the record: http://www.p-b-l.com/
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Mark,
Sounds like someone has been bitten by a bug! LOL.
Have Fun!
Frank
Sn3? You REALLY need to contact Bill Peters at PBL. They are THE Sn3 Specialists!
http://www.p-b-l.com/
Roger Huber
Gotta love Sn3! I can only add one to the list...Keith Wiseman's site. Lots of stuff for the narrow gauger.
http://www.locopainter.com/
Here are a couple of Sn3 kits that I recently completed...these are old Overland kits from the 80's-
This is a comparison of a Micro-Trains HOn3 gondola and the OMI Sn3 gondola...
Chuck - Modeling in HO scale and anything narrow gauge
I would like to thank everyone for their input. I'm enjoying looking into the prospect of a new railroad to follow. It is likely the idea of something new and exciting to learn about that has got me going. The RGS has always been a favorite of mine and having just ridden the Durango & Silverton sparked this line of thought. In my previous thread on the D&S, someone mentioned it's the fact that the trains run through mountains and along streams that has such a great attraction to us model RR types. Spindly trestles, tunnels, winding track, steep grades, and tracks along cliffs like the highline on the D&S are all very interesting aspects to model. Also, the narrow gauge lines used very interesting equipment.
It dawned on me that the above is how I built my present layout portraying the Northern Pacific running through the mountains over precisely the same terrain, over many bridges and trestles and through many tunnels. In fact the terrain on my layout is complete fantasy and although the N.P. did run through some territory such as what I have modeled, a real railroad probably would have avoided the areas I modeled like the plague!
So at this point, although I haven’t completely ruled out building a new layout, as there would be benefits to doing so, I feel staying with the present layout makes quite a bit of sense!
Again, thank you all for your input!
Mark