Large model Class J for sale

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N&W photo: Bristol Centennial parade with N&W Class J float. Have no idea if it still exists.
 
JL Sanders


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BTW – Back in the 1950s a shop man in Bluefield (Dowling?  Cowling?)
built a large scale J – at least 1.5 to the foot.  I saw it carried on the
back of a truck at Bristol’s Centennial Parade in 1956.  I can’t recall
seeing it since.  Does anyone know where it is?

EdK

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Mr.
King,
I
stand corrected, but you know what I am talking J. I
can only describe them as beautiful works of art.
John
Lisica
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I believe
you’re talking gauge, not scale.  The Scale would be 1.5 inches to the
foot.
 
Duncan
Herring in NC has built a 1.5” 611; I’ve ridden behind it on Bill Bryan’s
railroad in Canton, Georgia.  Herring has an N&W 1238 that he’s run on
air and hopes to have it going this Autumn sometime.  The 611 is gorgeous
and the 1238 will be a real monster.  I believe Herring has a website,
something like Herring Machine Works.
 
EdKing
 
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I
believe a number of years ago, I saw an article in Trains about a club in 
the UK that had an “A” and a “J” in 7 ½” scale. Absolutely beautiful. The detail
was amazing.
John
Lisica 
 
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Walt

The 8 tons would become a much larger number if
the model had a steel boiler.  I would also guess that a 15 in gauge J in
steam would have had an astronomical price tag.  $500K would only put a
dent in it.  In the UK at Stapleford Miniature Railway,
they operate a
live steam NKP Berkshire and NYC Niagara on 10 1/4in gauge track [1:5
scale].  Unfortunately no N&W J.  Please see ==> http://www.fsmr.org.uk/

I assume the
power plant is there for moving the loco off the trailer to the display
track.  It makes a nice exhibition piece.

Jim
Stapleton
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On 8/28/2013 10:01 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
It's not a steam engine but a camouflaged diesel!! Go figure…
 
 
Walter
Gay

 
On Aug 28, 2013, at 6:59 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
 
Don Guill, a machine shop owner
in the Cincinnati area, built a custom replica of 611.  He displays it at
special events, like the Train Festival in Owosso.  It has also appeared at
VMT.  Don is semi-retiring, and is selling this model.

The engine
and tender are 36'5" long, 64" high, and 38" wide and it is 15" gauge.  It
weighs 16,000 pounds, and has a 135 HP Cummins diesel engine with a 
hydrostatic hydralic drive.   It also has a sound system, generates
smoke, and a forward camera.

Moving it requires a trailer, and he is
including that in the package.  The trailer itself is gorgeous, wrapped in
a Bob Lyndall photo of 611.  Pictures are at

http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=549
http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=548
http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=547
http://nwhs.org/wiki/show_image.php?id=550

For more
information contact Cheri George at <cherigeorge at juno.com>
- Moderator
 
 

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