David Starr wrote: : Stuart Brorson wrote: :> Guys -- :> :> I'm thinking about getting a Boston & Main 2-6-0 Mogul for my (future) :> Lexington Branch RR. The prototype will be the engines run by the B&M :> in suburban service during the 1940s and '50s. I'd like a smooth :> running loco, good detail is important and I want to control it with :> DCC. Oh, and I'm working in HO! :> :> Does anybody here have recommendations for me? I'm a relative newbie :> and am not totally familiar with all the manufacturers out there.... :> :> Thanks for your suggestions! :> :> Stuart :> : The most widely used B&M Mogul was the Type B15. They entered service : around the turn of the century and were still pulling Boston commuter : trains right up to the end of steam in 1957. Some still had slide : valves into the '50's, others had the more modern piston valves. : IHC makes a mogul in plastic of which I have two. With B&M markings : on the tender they are "good enough" at least for me. Find the model : with the coal tender rather than the oil tender. The B&M always burned : coal. A careful study of prototype photos will reveal a number of : differences, but lacking the photos, the IHC's look OK, especially : pulling a few open platform wood commuter coaches. : The IHC's can be improved by painting the tender wheelfaces grimy : black and by adding a working coupler to the pilot. They are good : runners but being small and light they don't pull all that much, : certainly not more than a dozen cars.
: David Starr
Thanks to everybody for their helpful suggestions! I'll check out IHC. I enjoyed the kitbashed 2-6-0 website which was also pointed out!
Stuart