Re: Standard Guage Porter

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- Wolf Kirchmeir
  
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20 years ago

Wed, Aug 27, 2003 2:29 PM

=>Hi. I am wondering if the HK Porter Company put out any 0-4-0 standard guage =>Porters???

Yes. Porter built locomotives to whatever gauge the customer specified.

=> Also, has anyone ever done an 0-4-0 standard guage HO Porter?

Not that I know of, but I don't know everything (as I am repeatedly reminded by people concerned for my welfare.:-) An HOn3 Porter could be regauged; major part of the job would be (re-) building the cylinder saddle to accommodate the wider gauge.

=>Ifso, can you tell me if anything is on the web for info on same. Thanks. John =>Hudson.

Have you tried googling on Porter Locomotives or Porter Locomotive Company or some such?

Frankly, I don't see why people ask for web-resource information when there are so many good search engines available. (Another good one is dogpile.com) If you've searched and found nothing, the odds that someone else will have a resource are practically nil.

HTH

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- Gregory Procter
  
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20 years ago

Wed, Aug 27, 2003 6:01 PM

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- Bob May
  
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20 years ago

Thu, Aug 28, 2003 8:45 PM

Many of the major railroads bought locos from Porter - they just didn't do industrial locos. As a result, many of the smaller loco arrangements were done. Porter didn't do large locos very well so they just didn't get that part of the business after loco sizes started getting really big and heavy and thus most people think of them as just an industrial loco builder.

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