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

Posted by John Greenly on Jan 09, 2020; 11:23pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-30-a-C-16-conversion-tp15055p15073.html

Hey Rick,

this is great!  Yes, I was surprised to see that the driver spacing was the same on all the classes B4A-E, despite their greatly differing boiler sizes and weights.  That means, though, that the C-16 chassis could be reasonably used as a starting point for models of any of them.  Hmmm....  

It's nice to hear the background of those NMRA data.  The folio sheets they had must have been different from the ones Jim Courtney posted here in the files section of C&Sng Blog.  Those are missing a lot of dimensions.

I remember when the ad from PFM for the C&S 2-6-0 first appeared on the back cover of Model Railroader.  I REALLY wanted one, but $39.95 was way beyond my pay grade back then.  I didn't know about the Kemtron kit until much later.  I wonder what those cost originally?

I look forward to seeing what you come up with in comparisons!

John