I'm trying to hunt down the particular types of speeders that were used by Southern Pacific in the 1950s. And if there are HO models available. Google Images seems thin or ambiguous with the SP 50s parameters.
Thanks,
John
I can't specifically say the SP used them but the Fairmount M-19 or MT-14 was a common machine in the era. Durango Press makes, or at least did at one time, a decent white-metal kit of one:
IMG_2578_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
If you can find one, there are three different speeders plus trailers in this Durango kit:
https://www.walthers.com/track-crew-work-train-kit-includes-3-speeders-nonpowered-2-trailers-trailer-w-small-crane
Walthers includes a rather rudimentary one with their trackside structures kit. It's OK for a background model but not much else.
https://www.walthers.com/trackside-structures-set-kit
Good Luck, Ed
GHQ, custom-finishing, shapeways, and JL innovative make different speeders. Maybe one of those matches?
shane
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
I have a bunch of these, from Tichy...
The orange one, left-most, below, of the three that are together, is definitely from the '50s, as I bought it in the '50s, as part of a Revell kit for a fueling and sanding facility...
This black & yellow one, at the bumper, was a cast-metal kit, but I don't recall the manufacturer...
...I guess if I had found this photo earlier, I could've skipped the previous ones.
Wayne
I got this off the ESPEE Modelers Archive.
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