[modeleng] Re: Track guage
- From: John Baguley <baggo@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:04:57 +0000
Harry,
I've often wondered how many part built locos of all gauges are still
languishing in sheds, garages, lofts, etc. There must be hundreds,
probably thousands. Very occasionally part built Josie's, Owls, and
Bats appear on Ebay over here but they are few and far between. It is
amazing that locos that were once very popular can just 'disappear'
without a trace. I am sure that a lot must end up in the trash can or
skips following a house clearance because the people doing the sorting
out do not realise what they are.
There must be a lot of 2½" gauge stuff on your side of the pond hiding
somewhere as the gauge was as popular there as over here. I wonder what
became of Jimmy Josslin's original Helen Long? is it still around
somewhere? I hope so.
John
Harry Wade wrote:
> John,
> There is a small (as opposed to none, for a long time) interest in 2.5"ga
> over here . . . as old locos and castings for never-built locos from the
> 1930s and 40s come to light when old workshops are cleared. One of the
> questions which comes up occasionally is whatever happened to the 1000's of
> smaller gauge locos built in the US in the 1930s and 40s? There are many,
> but there should be a great many more.
>
> A good example of this is the "Little Engines" live steam Gauge-O 4-8-4.
> Since the late 1940s over 10,000 sets of castings for this loco have been
> sold but no one I've ever talked with has ever known of more than say half a
> dozen sets in various hands, I've been bird-dogging live steam for 40+ years
> and I know of maybe three sets and I've never seen one complete and
> operational. Where did they all go!?
>
> Regards,
> Harry
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>> As a bit of a contrast, my main interest is in 2½" gauge which developed
>> after inheriting a part built Flying Scotsman from my late father. - John
>>
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