Re: C&S #30, a C-16 conversion

Posted by Rick Steele on Jan 08, 2020; 7:06pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-30-a-C-16-conversion-tp15055p15062.html

From the research that I have done, and from what others have said, the C&S Baldwin 2-8-0's 30-36 (B-4-A) were, according to the folio sheets of a slightly different wheelbase than the D&RG Class 57 (C-16).

I read and seen a comparison of the C&S B-4-A's and the D&RG Class 56, and they seem to be a match as far as the mechanical specifications go, including wheel spacing, wheel diameter and boiler diameter. It would not surprise me if they were a stock Baldwin Design and all of them were initially built to the same spec's.

There is a beautiful photo of an early version, DSP&P No. 56, sporting a two panel cab and typical Baldwin domes and a huge Nesmith stack in Mal Ferrell's South Park book on page 86. Note the typical Baldwin Light brackets under the headlight. On the page opposite, page 87 of Ferrell's Book, there seems to be the same class of locomotive at Hancock with the photo taken from the Fireman's side. Of note is no sort of Air Compressor whatsoever.  Of course as time went on, the South Park ones later had the typical larger Sandbox and McConnell Stack. A photo of DSP&P 51, on Page 99 of Ferrell's Book, the same Baldwin Class also shows the two panel cab, Baldwin light bracket and same general configuration as DSP&P 56 shown a few pages earlier.

When Kemtron was considering making a C&S version of the C-16 in HOn3, they cast a Steam and Sand Dome specifically for this variation as well as the large Congdon stack. The cabs, during the DL&G days seemed to sport the four panel cab sides below the window line. After the advent of the C&S the Metal Plate was placed over the side of No. 30's cab and of course moving the Air Tank from the back of the Tender to over the boiler.

But I gotta tell you, that C-16 conversion looks good.

Rick