NEB&W Guide to Arbor Model Steam Locomotive ModelsLast Update: 2007-12-07
Rolling Stock Table of Contents
Cast metal kits composed of "zinc-cadmium alloy" which was said to have been developed for its strength and that it was a soft metal that could be soldered. The drivers had metal rims but plastic centers.
- 109 PRR A3a 0-4-0 Switcher - Saddletank version. Said to
have been built in company shops between 1895 and 1905.
- [Model photo, courtesy Wm.K. Walthers.]
- 110 PRR A3 0-4-0 Switcher - With separate tender. There were 84 locos
of this class built between 1895 and 1905 (although a few of these
had been built as saddletank versions, see above).
- [Model photo, courtesy Wm.K. Walthers.]
- 106 Brooks 2-6-0 Mogul - Prototype said to be build
c. 1883, but no roadname was given. Think it was a standard
design. The model included a basswood cab.
- 101 C&O 2-6-6-6 Alleghany - Class H-8, lettered
no. 1633, built first in 1941. This class of locos were very unique in that they
had a firebox so big, it had a 6 wheel trailing truck. If dieselization
hadn't come along just at this point, we probably would have seen all
the popular wheel arrangements (such as Hudsons, Northerns, and
Berkshires) being upgraded from a four wheel trailing truck to
a 6 wheel one. But alas, only the C&O (and VGN) had locos of this
wheel arrangement. (On the other hand, you could sort of
freelance a version by replacing the trailing truck with
a four wheel one and hoping nobody notices the firebox would
be too big.)
Lima built 45 for the C&O in '41, class H-8, nos. 1600-1644, and another 15 in '49, nos. 1645-1659. This model is numbered 1633, representing the class of '41.- [Builder's photo, no. 1650, class of '49.]
- [Model photo, courtesy Wm.K. Walthers.]
- [Builder's photo, no. 900.]
- [Photo c. 1949. (And note the sharp ballast line, too.)]
- [Comparison of the Rivarossi model with the C&O and VGN locos.]
- 103 C&O 2-8-4 Kanawha - The C&O's version of the
NKP-type Berkshire. The C&O started getting their Berkshires in '43 from
Alco, nos. 2700-2739. In '46, they got 10 more from
Lima, nos. 2740-2749, another 10 from Lima the
next year ('47), nos. 2750-2759, class K-4, and 20 from Alco
the same year of 1947, nos. 2760-2789.
- [C&O 2744, one of 20 such locos built by Lima c. 1946. Note the headlight on the pilot deck radiator cover, one of the more noticeable differences from the NKP model.]
- [C&O 2754, broadside. Lima builder's photo.]
- [C&O 2754, three/quarter view, Lima ad.]
- 107 NKP 2-8-4 Berkshire - NKP 779 was the last steam locomotive built by Lima, in
1948, one of 10 engines, S-3, nos. 770-779, and one
of 65 Berkshires total for the NKP. The first 15 date back to 1934.
- [NKP 703. Builder's photo, 1934.]
- [NKP 703, front view. Builder's photo, 1934. (Note this doesn't have a Mars light.)]
- [NKP 766. Lima ad, 1947. Also no Mars light.]
- [NKP 700. Soph Marty photo.]
- [NKP 712. Soph Marty photo.]
- [NKP 742. Soph Marty photo.]
- 112 PRR 2-10-4 Texas - During
WWII, the PRR got 125 engines built to the C&O
plans (as the government War Production Board limited
the number of different designs). This class (J-1)
was very unlike other Pennsy designs. (On the other hand,
the C&O engines had been built 12 years earlier and there
were probably some cosmetic changes between the two
road's locos.)
- [Drawing, courtesy Wm.K. Walthers.]
- [PRR 6474, builder's photo.]
- [PRR 6474, front end, builder's photo.]
- [PRR 6474, broadside, builder's photo.]
- [Model photo, courtesy Wm.K. Walthers. (This shows the kit with the inclusion of a separate superdetailing kit.)]
- 105 C&O 2-10-4 Texas - Class T-1. According to
North
American Steam Locomotive Information page, the first 2-10-4's
had too small drivers. The C&O basically stretched their
Berkshire by adding another set of drivers and got Lima to
build 40 in 1930, nos 3000-3039. The use of
69 inch drivers to the 2-10-4 wheel arrangement made
a big difference and allowed the locos to pull heavy freights
at speed. (And by the way, the 2-8-4 design itself made
use of a new type of two wheel lead truck that allowed
better tracking, so it was used instead of making a 4-8-4
arrangement.)
- [Builder's photo, courtesy Wm.K. Walthers.]
- [Prototype photo, courtesy Wm.K. Walthers.]
- 102 Sierra 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler - Based on the
same "Hooterville Cannonball" as the Mantua Ten-wheeler,
but I suspect this version was much closer to scale. (The
Mantua one is oversized.)
Sierra's No. 3 was a loco used by
Hollywood in many films and the TV show,
Petticoat Junction. The loco was originally built by Rogers
in 1891. In 1929, it was seen in Gary Cooper's The Virginian, but
then put into storage until after WWII. In the '50's, when mainline
steam was gone, it was brought back out for the camera for High Noon,
The Great Race, Lassie, Gunsmoke, Bonanza,
The Wild Wild West, and Little House on the Prairie.
Currently (2006), the prototype is in pieces
and needs funding to be restored.
- [No. 3 c. 1952. Photo from the Charles Winters collection. (Note the oil headlamp, but at this point, the loco is being used in railfan service.)]
- [Mantua model.]
- 104 Sylvania Central 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler - Based
on a Baldwin prototype built in 1905. Similar to the
Sierra engine above with the distinctively wide spacing
between the second and third drivers. The prototype
was said to be one of the most loved Ten-wheelers
below the Mason-Dixon Line. It was originally
built for the Stillmore Air Line, then went to
the Wadley Southern, the Sylvania Central, and finally
the Central of Georgia. On the SC, it
was their only loco. At one point it was used
to haul peanuts and at the time the kit was produced,
Jimmy Carter, a peanut farmer, was President.
The loco had a wood cab akin to the MDC "old time" cab. Drivers were only 56 inches in diameter.
