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"30 inch" Prototypes for the On30 C-16 and Mogul

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"30 inch" Prototypes for the On30 C-16 and Mogul
Posted by hminky on Sunday, May 16, 2010 6:45 AM
Found these Finnish 1899 750mm gauge locos that come close to the BLI C-16 and Bachmann Mogul







Now we can tell those snarky rivet counting On3 guys the locos are prototypical.Big Smile

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Sunday, May 16, 2010 7:24 AM

mmmm----almost K-27ish ---another type of mudhen

but this would be challenging their "knowing" status--MischiefWhistling

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Posted by hminky on Sunday, May 16, 2010 7:33 AM

blownout cylinder

mmmm----almost K-27ish ---another type of mudhen

but this would be challenging their "knowing" status--MischiefWhistling

 

There is a lot more to narrow gauge than Colorado, fortunately.Evil

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Posted by CNJ831 on Sunday, May 16, 2010 7:37 AM

I don't think that there was ever any question about there being 30-inch gauge prototypes in Europe and other far flung corners of the globe, Harold. The point of complaint was that they were extremely rare in the U.S.A., where either 24-inch or 36" gauge were the norm for narrow gauge railroads.

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Posted by hminky on Sunday, May 16, 2010 7:46 AM

CNJ831

I don't think that there was ever any question about there being 30-inch gauge prototypes in Europe and other far flung corners of the globe, Harold. The point of complaint was that they were extremely rare in the U.S.A., where either 24-inch or 36" gauge were the norm for narrow gauge railroads.

CNJ831 

 

 

Having been in On30 since Bachmann started the "New Age" and even earlier, I believe I know the "complaint"  against the C-16 and Mogul. It is difficult to "proto-freelance" if there is no similar prototype. What if narrow gauge in the USA came from a different seed, say  Upper Silesia rather than England:

http://polishrail.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/narrow-gauge-pioneer/

 Maybe they all would be 30" gauge? Just "what if'in". Both Finnish locos are Brooks prototypes. I didn't know there were inside frame "30inch" locomotives that size.

Harold

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