Just got an email from Trainworld. BLI is going to produce 4 truck shays, Paragon sound and smoke. Preorders
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Any mention of what road?....I know of only three ever 4 truck shays: Hassinger Lumber, C&O/WM#5, and Mower Lumber co. All were previously done in brass and quite good, but none came painted. If offered in paint with full DCC, I'd guess this would be a sell-out for sure and then some. I need another large shay like I need a 25 pound carbunkle on my butt.....but if not to over priced, I'd bite!
Hey Howard, long time no see. I did not know there were 4 truck Shays. MSRP $599, Trainworld preorder $479
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i don't know anything about the four truck version, but i do know the two and three truck versions [primarily bachmann spectrum] were very reliable with only one small breakdown [covered under warranty] .. i had a couple of brass but i don't recall the brands
Any new Shay brought to the market is great news for the hobby. I read the description on the Internet, I did not see whether the gears will be made of plastic and/or metal. Plastic gears for such a high priced model would be disappointing.
Simon
There were 20 Class D 4-truck Shays built, 18 of which were the 150 ton version.
This site is an exellent resource: https://www.shaylocomotives.com/
****.... at that price I may have to purchase one if they are brass hybrids. I am a brass guy, but I do apprecaite other mediums as they allow many to play choo choo for decent prices. I do have some BLI and MTH locos in my stable and hey are just great...not only for the reasonable costs, but inherent quality. I do draw the line with modern diesels as to me they look like bricks on trucks, albeit running well. Also when I sold personal brass when I changed to northen Jersey operations, I did not lose any money as all were brass. Had they been constructed from other mediums...most likely I would have taken a bath and not the Saturday night kind.
They are not brass hybrids. From BLI's description:
"Our models have die cast locomotive and tender bodies for maximum weight and tractive effort."
JW
Interesting that, after recent announcements by BLI to make more DC-only locomotives available to customers, BLI has apparently decided NOT to include any with their Shay. It's sound & smoke, as usual...
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
wvgcai don't know anything about the four truck version, but i do know the two and three truck versions [primarily bachmann spectrum] were very reliable with only one small breakdown [covered under warranty] .. i had a couple of brass but i don't recall the brands
I have a Bachmann Shay, I picked it up at Timonium for a good price. They had a well known plastic gear problem, solved by NWSL metal gears. I moved since I bought it and it has had no real run time, so I have not replaced the gears.
tstage Interesting that, after recent announcements by BLI to make more DC-only locomotives available to customers, BLI has apparently decided NOT to include any with their Shay. It's sound & smoke, as usual... Tom
Trainworld lists
BLI #7810-7824 are Paragon 4/DCC/Smoke for $479,
BLI #8252-8262 are No Sound/DCC-Ready models for $399
Thanks, jpg. I was only going by the BLI link that Henry provided and all those showed only the Paragon4 and smoke models.
Hope it's a good locomotive for BLI and customers...
So we've got that and the 2-truck Shay coming from KR models soon. Now we just need someone to make a powered class A!
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It is interesting that from BLI's description of the prototype that they were no more powerful than three truck shays. They just had a larger water and fuel capacity.
If that was true, why run gears to the fourth truck? An idler truck would have allowed increased fuel and water at a lower expense.
What am I missing?
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Going up a steep hill, it would probably have more traction even if it wasn't any more powerful overall.
SeeYou190 It is interesting that from BLI's description of the prototype that they were no more powerful than three truck shays. They just had a larger water and fuel capacity. If that was true, why run gears to the fourth truck? An idler truck would have allowed increased fuel and water at a lower expense. What am I missing? -Kevin
Depends how you define powerful. The added driven truck would provide added tractive effort IMO.
Peter
Extra axles, more weight in water and fuel, more adhesion.
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