QUOTE: Originally posted by wjstix It depends which you're trying to do. Many 2-6-0's had the drivers spaced out unevenly - two pair of drivers up near the cylinders, then a space, then the last set of drivers. It shouldn't be that hard to removed the 3rd set of drivers (from the front) from a 2-8-0 and fill it in and add a longer siderod. Mantua in HO did that with their 4-8-0 and 4-6-0 for example. However, a "ten wheeler" is a 4-6-0 not a 2-6-0 (that's a "mogul"). That would be possible but a bit harder, changing the 2 wheel pony truck to a four wheeler, and rearranging the drivers etc.
QUOTE: Originally posted by wjstix 4-6-0 or 4-6-2 ?? [%-)]
Ray Breyer
Modeling the NKP's Peoria Division, circa 1943
QUOTE: Originally posted by CNJ831 Don is correct. Simply dropping out the third set of drivers on a 2-8-0 to make it a 2-6-0 (or a 4-6-0 by changing out the pilot wheels) will only result is a very strange and unprototypical looking machine. While many 19th century 2-6-0s and 4-6-0s had the last set of drivers separated from the first two sets by a significant spacing, this spacing was not usually nearly so dramatic on early 20th century ten-wheel locomotives. Better to run the 2-8-0 as is than attempt to morph it into something it definitely is not. CNJ831
Modeling the D&H in 1984: http://dandhcoloniemain.blogspot.com/
QUOTE: Originally posted by scoobster28 Atlas makes a 2-6-0 that might make a good starting point. You would have to modernize it a bit, but it is possible.
Larry
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Summerset Ry.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by BRAKIE Why not make a frame out of ABS plastic(check the shapes-not the flat sheet) for a 4-6-0 and use parts from a exsisting steam locomotive?? You*could* use the 2-8-0 frame by slicing the frame by one wheel set. There are ways it can be done but,not by taking the easy way out. Look into a 2-6-2 as well. That might be a starting point.