Since it sounds like you want an accurate 45 tonner, you'll have to scratch build it. Usually when converting an On30 model to S, besides regauging, you will need at least a new cab, plus change all the details and then you have a freelance model.
An alternate stand-in would be to use a RailMaster kit for the 50 ton SP#1 "Little Giant". http://www.railmasterhobbies.com/images%20Sn3/SP1b.JPG You will need to modify an HO diesel mechanism for it, which you would also have to do if you started with an On30 model. (On30 is O scale using HO track gauge.) If you want a center-cab, they sell a version with a second hood so you can do something like this: http://www.railmasterhobbies.com/images%20Sn3/Centrecab1c.jpg You could operate with one of these while you're building the "to scale" 45-tonner. Dave Heine Easton, PA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of empirebuilderjjhill Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:47 PM To: [email protected] 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. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ 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/
