Re: (erielack) Re:Erie Brass Pacifics

["Tony Horn" <"horn_@_HUB.ofthe.NET">]

Some of the original drawings done for Alco Models for the N-1 2-8-2s used
the plans in Eastern Steam Pictorial as a start.  These plans were of the
engine as originally built.  Photos and other data from the Library of
Congress were used to complete the final drawings.  These were sent to Alco
Models who intended to produce the model (a follow-up to the 2-20-2), but
Bruce Giles, one of the partners, died from cancer and the firm did not last
much longer.  Where Nickel Plate Products got the plans for the 2-8-2,
4-6-2, and 4-6-0 I don't know.  Plans for the 0-8-8-0 camelback had also
been drawn for Alco Models, but this was later produced by Custom Brass.
Whether any of these plans were "left-overs" from Alco Models, I don't know.
I did get mine out of the boxes into a display case, but they are all
waiting for paint jobs.

Tony Horn
ELHS #2

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill K." <"pontiac_@_dreamscape.com">
To: <"STGCOMM_@_aol.com">; "Mailist ErieLackawnna" <erielack@internexus.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 2:36 PM
Subject: 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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