M line drawings?

[NW Mailing List]

On 1/27/2013 12:30 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> I don't know why one of the model manufacturers doesn't do a rugged 

> 4-8-0 mechanism


That one's simple.  Nobody other than N&W modelers would be interested, 
and since the M classes were not glamorous, nobody except serious N&W 
fans even knew they existed.  Hell, I've been to Strasburg and I had no 
idea they existed until many years later, when I started learning more 
about N&W steam.  Since the 4-8-0 wheel arrangement is one of the rarest 
in North America, the mechanism wouldn't be much use to anyone else.

Now, the Ms and several of Southern's Consolidations shared the ~57" 
wheel diameter, there might be more demand for a decent x-8-x 
mechanism.  The exact wheel spacing probably wouldn't be right for one 
or the other, but it would still be better for all than what's available 
right now.

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Kenneth Rickman
Salisbury, NC
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