Re: C&S Brass, Any Scale, Listed on eBay

Posted by Jim Courtney on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-Brass-Any-Scale-Listed-on-eBay-tp12787p16032.html

To avoid misadventures when trying to purchase Overland C&S 2-6-0s online, one needs to check the product label, located on the end of the green boxes:

First run 2-6-0s of 1985:
Number 9   = #1700
Number 22 = #1704 (1918 version, with old style tender)

The much better running and detailed 2-6-0 imports of 1990:
Number 5 = #1650 (early version c. 1912-1915, shotgun stack, no spark arrestor, old style tender)
Number 6 = #1651 (1930s)
Number 8 = #1652 (1930s)
Number 9 = #1653 (1930s, with butterfly plow)

Number 21 = #1654 (early version, c. 1913-1918, with Como spark arrestor, old style tender)
Number 22 = #1655 (1925 version, with Ridgway spark arrestor, intermediate tender).

And I agree with Ned, the C&S number 74 from Overland compares well with the PBL import. but you have to paint it and ad DCC / sound).