Large model Class J for sale

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N&W photo: Bristol Centennial parade with N&W Class J float. Have no idea if it still exists.
 
JL Sanders
 

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BTW – Back in the 1950s a shop man in Bluefield (Dowling?  Cowling?) 
built a large scale J – at least 1.5 to the foot.  I saw it carried on the 
back of a truck at Bristol’s Centennial Parade in 1956.  I can’t recall 
seeing it since.  Does anyone know where it is? 

EdK 

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 Mr. 
King, 
I 
stand corrected, but you know what I am talking J. I 
can only describe them as beautiful works of art. 
John 
Lisica 
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I believe 
you’re talking gauge, not scale.  The Scale would be 1.5 inches to the 
foot. 
  
Duncan 
Herring in NC has built a 1.5” 611; I’ve ridden behind it on Bill Bryan’s 
railroad in Canton, Georgia.  Herring has an N&W 1238 that he’s run on 
air and hopes to have it going this Autumn sometime.  The 611 is gorgeous 
and the 1238 will be a real monster.  I believe Herring has a website, 
something like Herring Machine Works. 
  
EdKing 
  
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I 
believe a number of years ago, I saw an article in Trains about a club in  
the UK that had an “A” and a “J” in 7 ½” scale. Absolutely beautiful. The detail 
was amazing. 
John 
Lisica   
  
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Walt

The 8 tons would become a much larger number if 
the model had a steel boiler.  I would also guess that a 15 in gauge J in 
steam would have had an astronomical price tag.  $500K would only put a 
dent in it.  In the UK at Stapleford Miniature Railway, 
they operate a 
live steam NKP Berkshire and NYC Niagara on 10 1/4in gauge track [1:5 
scale].  Unfortunately no N&W J.  Please see ==> http://www.fsmr.org.uk/

I assume the 
power plant is there for moving the loco off the trailer to the display 
track.  It makes a nice exhibition piece.

Jim 
Stapleton
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On 8/28/2013 10:01 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:  
It's not a steam engine but a camouflaged diesel!! Go figure…  
  
  
Walter 
Gay 
 
  
On Aug 28, 2013, at 6:59 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:  
  
Don Guill, a machine shop owner 
in the Cincinnati area, built a custom replica of 611.  He displays it at 
special events, like the Train Festival in Owosso.  It has also appeared at 
VMT.  Don is semi-retiring, and is selling this model.

The engine 
and tender are 36'5" long, 64" high, and 38" wide and it is 15" gauge.  It 
weighs 16,000 pounds, and has a 135 HP Cummins diesel engine with a  
hydrostatic hydralic drive.   It also has a sound system, generates 
smoke, and a forward camera.

Moving it requires a trailer, and he is 
including that in the package.  The trailer itself is gorgeous, wrapped in 
a Bob Lyndall photo of 611.  Pictures are at

http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=549
http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=548
http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=547
http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=550

For more 
information contact Cheri George at <cherigeorge at juno.com> 
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