Can anyone give me some information on this HO model. Have you ever seen one. I recieved it from a friend, was told that it is a model of the State Fair train.It was never put into service because when it was being move to location it was so wide it was taking out platforms along the track. I do not know the manufactuer all help would be greatly appreciated
Hooty
Do you mean the S1 6-4-4-6 #6100? There is a thread on this loco on the Classic Trains forum.
http://cs.trains.com/ctr/f/3/t/119405.aspx
Not sure who made this loco other than the old GEM done in brass.
SB
Might you also be thinking of the 6-8-6 S2 steam turbine?
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
Pretty certian the loco in question is the S-1 6-4-4-6. This would be the loco that was displayed at the NY World's Fair in 1939 and subsequently not ever really used outside of experimentation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRR_S1
Only HO one I can find is the GEM brass. Samhongsa did it in N scale, and Sunset did an O scale brass one.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Your right SB thank you
Randy you are the Man. right on Thanks much for the feedback.
Now what to do with it. I not a steam guy and it won't go on my 36 inch radii
MTH or Lionel did a 3 rail version recently.
As for what to do with it. Ebay? If it is brass and you have the original box, check brasstrains.com for the current value of the item.
The S1 was used in mainline service (and hit some speed records which while not meeting certain agreed on standards for speed record verification nonetheless seem highly probable). It should be regarded as an experimental testbed for what eventually became the T1 4-4-4-4. Both locomotives suffered from slippage at speed because the two sets of drivers were of course not connected.
But the S1 was indeed used in passenger service on the western end of the PRR.
There are some views of the engine in this old film of the World's Fair. I thought I had seen film of the engine at speed in regular service but cannot seem to locate any on YT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NySKJczYKUQ
Dave Nelson