That really is a beauty... and it has angled cylinders!
I looked them up. They were built for lighter track branch line service where the "new" 2-8-2 Mikado was deemed too heavy (this was around 1905). As such, the 2-6-2 used the same size drivers and much of the other same equipment from the W-1 (NP's 2-8-2) and was nick-named a "pocket Mikado". And some of them did last all the way into the 1950s.
What all that means is that I could use Kato parts and some of the GHQ pieces (especially the tender body).
I am still recovering from locomotive scratchbuilding burn-out. Instead, I've been decompressing by building a lasercut factory kit for my yard. That's right! THAT'S RIGHT! A KIT. And I'm using all the kit pieces! Bwa ha ha ha ha!
And when that's done, the next thing on my plate is a modified Atlas Shay - I have drawings and photos - to replicate a slightly shorter one that was part of the Oak Grove hydroelectric project and ran in the woods about 10 miles from my house back in the 1920s.
So the 2-6-2 will have to be a "someday".
