General Discussion (Model Railroader)

Does anyone know if HO models were produced for the 1000hp and 1200hp Lima switchers?  I think Lima's designation for these switchers were LS10a, and LS12a.           Thanks

                                                                                                       R. Staller

 R,

The first thing I thought of was Bowser-Stewart, but only Baldwins, no Limas. Perhaps the Baldwins could supply shells that could be used for bashing a Lima switcher?

Other than that, maybe in brass? I;'m not close to my old Brown Book, so I'm not sure if that's an option. It's possible that someone does a resin casting of the shell?

Alco Models imported a brass switcher back in the 1970's but I have only ever seen a few on E-Bay, and they go for a lot of money.

JJL Models makes a resin kit, utilizing a Stewart Switcher Mechanism and it goes for $198.50, RMC had a review of the kit a few months ago.  You won't see a review in MR as it is a kit and not RTR as MR is now in the train set market.  Here is the web site for JJL Models.

http://www.jjlmodels.com/index.shtml

Regards

Rick

 There have been a few brass offerings over the years but in 47 years in the hobby I don't recall anyone ever offering a plastic body model.

I don't expect it but I would be in the market for a couple if produced in N-Scale; one of my big hopes for the future is for Baldwin switchers of any and all kinds.                        

dti406:

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JJL Models makes a resin kit, utilizing a Stewart Switcher Mechanism and it goes for $198.50, RMC had a review of the kit a few months ago.  You won't see a review in MR as it is a kit and not RTR as MR is now in the train set market.  ....

Regards

Rick

A quick review of the March, April and May 2009 issues show they all have reviews of kits in them.  Stating that "You won't see a review in MR as it is a kit and not RTR as MR is now in the train set market" is not correct or fair to MR.

The "ALCO Models" is the only one I know of in HO Brass. JJL has the cast resin body version. Both are extremely nice. The JJL has the advantage of a better drive from P2K or ATLAS??

I have the ALCO Models LIMA switcher in brass. Even harder to find is the LIMA RS 1200 Road Switcher, I do not think anyone has done this landmark road switcher. This looks a lot like an ALCO RS-3. I bought two JJL models LIMA switchers and am kit bashing them to go on an ATLAS RS-3 Chassis. So far so good. I will post pictures when I get a moment.

My LIMA RS 1200 Road Switcher will be a Penn Central with the EMD prime mover re-power stacks. NYC had these originally and repowered them about 1957.

The LIMA switcher will be painted in B&O. Both units will work the "city line" on Delaware Avenue on my Reading Philadelphia waterfront layout.

Chris

Reading an earlier post the JJL Models LIMA's go on a Stewart drive. The fidelity of the JJL models version is excellent. The "ALCO Models" version is above average for ALCO.

Thanks for all the tips, I'll be checking them all out. Randy Staller