Very true, especially smaller locomotives (e.g., both early and later Ma&Pa 2-8-0's), but we were talking about B&O E-27's, which did have all drivers flanged.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:52:24 -0400 > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} SHS 2-8-0 (was Belated Rave Review > > I don't have examples off-hand, but I think you will find some prototype > stem locos also have blind drivers. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_wheel > > Ken > > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 8:36 AM, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Didn't think to try them, just the outside drivers. I suppose I should be > > more bothered by the lack of flanges > > on #2 and #3 than I am, but this is such a common compromise for scale > > model locomotives for most of the > > history of model railroading it is a non-starter issue for most of us. > > > > Jace Kahn > > > > General Manager > > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your kind words. If you check, drivers 2 and 3 are > > > sprung. We tried to have these flanged, but our 2-8-0 would then only > > > negotiate a prototype minimum radius which is beyond most acceptable > > > code 110 curves. > > > Don > > > > > > > > > I just received my SHS 2-8-0 and in the flesh/metal and plastic it > > > > is at least as impressive as I had been led to believe by looking > > > > at Don's website. Haven't run it yet--that will require a DCC > > > > installation at some kind soul's venue--but I don't doubt it will run > > > > as well as my SHS diesel switchers. > > > > > > > > I could wish the drivers were sprung, but that is purely a > > > > preference--there has been much debate over the years whether scale > > > > models > > > > really require them for good operation. Basing the locomotive on a > > > > carefully-chosen mid-size prototype for a class I railroad also > > > > demonstrates > > > > excellent marketing instincts (most of the non-B&O choices also look > > > > reasonably close to their prototypes, short of extensive redetailing); > > > > I could have wished Weaver had been equally astute when they > > > > produced their freelance mass-market 2-8-0 in O scale some years ago. > > > > > > > > Jace Kahn > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
