Greetings once again! And here is another entry for you readers to enjoy. This post is more of a general over view of the majority of my projects in HO scale. However I will go into each one individually at some point.
As mentioned in my earlier posts I am a "Slim Gauger" at heart! Meaning I'm a huge fan of narrow gauge railroading and I like my modeling to reflect that. My scale and gauge of choice is On30, along with a bit of On20 for extra flavor. Both of which are O scale, but run on different track widths. But before I was complete sold on modeling narrow gauge I was fixed on HO scale. It's the most common scale and gauge out there, and On30 uses the same track! Which made kitbashing and converting some of my older HO motive power to On30 that much easier. But on occasion I do get an itch that needs scratching. And seeing as there aren't many model railroad clubs that have On30 layouts, having a decent collection of HO equipment makes operating at club layouts a little easier and enjoyable. And as such, I created a fictional Class 2 regional railroad, the "Empire River & Western"! Has a ring, don't ya' think?
The ER&W starts in Colorado, winds its way west into Utah, and then turns south and runs into Arizona. I'm still fleshing out much of the railroad's history and how they class their locomotives. Not to mention where the main line runs and their branch lines are. But for my collection of HO motive power and rolling stock, I needed a name to letter them after I've had my way individualizing my equipment. Almost all of my HO stock will be ER&W, with little exception. About the only HO projects that won't be are some of my Civil War era models. (More on those another time)
Below is a photo of most of my motive power, quite an impressive lot!
As mentioned in my earlier posts I am a "Slim Gauger" at heart! Meaning I'm a huge fan of narrow gauge railroading and I like my modeling to reflect that. My scale and gauge of choice is On30, along with a bit of On20 for extra flavor. Both of which are O scale, but run on different track widths. But before I was complete sold on modeling narrow gauge I was fixed on HO scale. It's the most common scale and gauge out there, and On30 uses the same track! Which made kitbashing and converting some of my older HO motive power to On30 that much easier. But on occasion I do get an itch that needs scratching. And seeing as there aren't many model railroad clubs that have On30 layouts, having a decent collection of HO equipment makes operating at club layouts a little easier and enjoyable. And as such, I created a fictional Class 2 regional railroad, the "Empire River & Western"! Has a ring, don't ya' think?
The ER&W starts in Colorado, winds its way west into Utah, and then turns south and runs into Arizona. I'm still fleshing out much of the railroad's history and how they class their locomotives. Not to mention where the main line runs and their branch lines are. But for my collection of HO motive power and rolling stock, I needed a name to letter them after I've had my way individualizing my equipment. Almost all of my HO stock will be ER&W, with little exception. About the only HO projects that won't be are some of my Civil War era models. (More on those another time)
Below is a photo of most of my motive power, quite an impressive lot!
Forgive the poor photo quality, not to mention the lack of a professional setting. But this is about 75% of my HO motive power. I have other engines still in storage and waiting for their turn on the workbench, as soon as I knock out some of these lokies first!
From left to right, smallest to largest, is a Rivarossi 2-8-8-2, a Rivarossi 2-10-2, Bachmann N&W J class with Bowser replacement chassis, an IHC 4-6-2, a pair of old Bachmann 2-8-0s, a Mantua 4-4-2, Mantua Central Pacific 4-8-0, Tyco Rogers 1890 4-6-0, a pair of Athern/Roundhouse old time 2-8-0s (one being backdated to have a wagon top boiler) An IHC old time 4-4-0, a Rivarossi 0-4-0, and an AHM J.W. Bowker 2-4-0. The engines to the rear are a Rivarossi Heisler, A Bachman 2-truck Climxa, and a pair of 0-6-0s.
Each engine here has a predetermined fate, but it will take some time to complete all of these projects. And that is when time, space, and funding allow. Next post will be about one of by BIG locomotives in HO. Stay tuned!
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