I would think that anything Rich Yoder imported would be O scale and just physically larger no matter what you put under it in the way of trucks. I would think a better starting place would be just about anywhere else.
gale hall ----- Original Message ----- From: empirebuilderjjhill To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 5:47 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} What to look for when buying ON30 as S The only real locomotive* to work at the prototype Valdez Terminal was an ARR GE 45 ton #7324. As far as I know, no `S'-manufacturer produces the 45 ton (though if I'm wrong, please tell me). There is a GE 45 ton in ON30; HTTP://WWW.RICHYODERMODELS.COM/RYM_45TON_RESERVE.HTM To clarify; The models are shown in ON30, but the site claims that they are only available in `O'. I plan on e-mailing the owner of this site to ask if these models are available in ON30 and to ask all other questions necessary to see if these engines would work as standard Gauge `S' engines. Having never converted an ON30 engine to `S', I'm not sure what questions to ask. Could you guys please help me figure out what I should ask this seller to see if this engine could be easily converted into an `S' scale engine? *At various times, the Valdez Terminal was also serviced by a Whiting Trackmobile, a CF-55-AF Aircraft Tug equipped with a coupler, and a CAT front end loader also equipped with a coupler. If any of you know where I might find a model of a Trackmobile or a CF-55-AF Aircraft Tug, I'd be interested in these as well.
