Large model Class J for sale

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Thanks, JL – I have a shot of the same float somewhere in my archives.

EdKing

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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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