On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 23:42:35 -0500, Jim Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Phil > >The F in Fn3 stands for fifteen (15) mm/ft -- how original of the NMRA. >At least that's better than A(ccucraft) for 1:29 scale. I can bitch about >it cause I have been a life member ( L-3070) for 26 years. > >Folks from Roundhouse say that the scale of the #24, which should have been >16mm to run on 32mm track (trucks for that are provided for the tender, >pony and trailing axles, is actually... 1:22.5. This makes the locomotive >too small for either track gage, but its proportions are so good that >almost everyone overlooks the track gage flaw. I can attest to this >personally. My wife ok'ed ordering a #24 from Samuel Addison Muncy (Mad >Man) at the 1991 GRC in Cincinnati. It was my first live steamer; and I >waited an agonizing four months for it to arrive. > >I can report that the K-27s are rolling in. My pickup notice was faxed on >Monday. According to the announced strategy of "your engine will be built >in serial # order based on when you get in the queue" I should have had an >engine in April or May 2003. Today Accucraft told me on the phone that >Bing and Charlie decided to expedite the production line by building all >the K-27s with outside cylinders first. So if you ordered a #461 in either >paint scheme, you went to the head of the class regardless of order date. >I didn't research the other #s in my Mudhens book, so can't say which other >ones have outside cylinders. > >Diamondhead may be overrun with K's in January. > >Jim Stapleton >I E & W Ry, Purcellville VA Jim and all, Maybe Jerry should consider building another large track to go around the swimming pool area to accommodate these locos? Then again there is usually track time between 2 and 6 AM! Watch out steamtom1 they may be stealing your track time. Maybe a new rule that all gas fired K's must run between 2 - 6 AM should be put into effect to take up this slack OR anyone wishing to run his K should ante up $???.?? for new track construction. Personally I felt that the Shays would be taking over one track also. There certainly were more of them sold than the K's. The nice thing about them is that they don't have any curve restrictions basically though. Accucraft has sure had good picks lately. Now if they would only produce a West Side three truck Shay - I'd be REAL happy. My NMRA life member number is #L-260 and has cost them a whole lot more than the $60 I invested in 1958. Bruce Gathman Eldorado Timber & Mining Co. Bruce G. Gathman, President Tall Trees - Deep Shafts
