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Re: (erielack) Re:Erie Brass Pacifics



A hobby shop I frequent picked up in an estate an older brass Southern
Pacific 4-6-2 that someone painted up as an Erie locomotive... in the wrong
box, I did the detective work to figure out what it was.   If you changed
the tender for an MDC short vandy modified to have a coal bunker, this would
be a fairly credible conversion - the locomotives themselves are fairly
similar.   These older engines are not worth a lot either, so it might be
more economical to convert one than to find the actual Erie model.  Even
with the longer SP tender, the engine didn't look too bad; I can't remember
what other details weren't correct on it and I didn't have drawings of both
to compare, but again it would look "right" which might be good enough for
you.

Bill K.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Lee" <"vincejlee_@_yahoo.com">
To: <"STGCOMM_@_aol.com">; "Mailist ErieLackawnna" <erielack@internexus.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:36 AM
Subject: (erielack) Re:Erie Brass Pacifics, was Stillwell Coaches


> "STGCOMM_@_aol.com" wrote:
>
> >From posts here before, I have gathered that some of
> >the Pacific models are not accurate
> >to the Erie prototype (wrong tender, etc) I'm not
> >"rivet counting", but would
> >like reasonable accuracy.  What is the best Erie
> >Pacific model available
> >commercially?
>
> Nickel Plate Products did a K-1 in several headlight
> variations in the early 1980's. It appears that this
> model was slightly oversize. Another flaw was that the
> mechanism was not engineered too well, resulting in
> the cylinders being too wide, and projecting beyond
> the running boards. One was available on e-bay within
> the last week or two. The G-15 4-6-0 common on the NJ
> commuter lines that NPP did at the same time was quite
> nice, except for correctable mispositioned front
> marker lights. I have both of these sitting in boxes
> waiting for a (someday) paint job.
>
> The various K-5s done by Key Models in the middle
> 1980's are better detailed and good runners, if
> somewhat short on pulling power.
>
> Several of the Mark I video tapes on the Erie contain
> sequences of steam on the NY & NJ.
>
>
> Vince
>



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