New Baldwin DRS-6-4-660

[u36b]

Sorry, no Big Boy  , but a nice french lady coming up soon:



106 build 1946, gone by 1994:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1AA1A_62000

The frame/trucks might be useful for early BLW (US) diesels
https://mabar.es/es/

[Mark5]

Wiki "en anglais": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_DRS-6-4-660NA

Might be a good starting point to model a DRS-6-4-1500:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_DRS-6-4-1500

Photo of C&O 5532: https://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalrailartist/50302030891

Or maybe even an AS-16:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_AS-416

Mark

[wazzou]

Intriguing.

[chessie system fan]

Since this is European (and I'm unfamiliar with most of those models), is this exactly 1:160 standard gauge?  I know standard n scale track means different things to different groups over there.  The correct scaling would be the difference between being able to use the trucks for American prototypes or not.

[peteski]

If it is a model of European locomotive then it is 1:160.  But if it is British N scale, it will likely be 1:148.
It is made by a Spanish manufacturer, so it is very likely 1:160.

[bigdawgks]

There are 3 scales commonly in use with 9mm track:
1:148 - UK standard gauge models
1:150 - Japanese "cape gauge" (3.5 ft) models & some swiss meter gauge models
1:160 - Standard gauge models of North America, continental Europe and Japan (Shinkansen)

Basically unless it's UK or some form of narrow gauge it's probably 1:160. Not that complicated.

[wm3798]

These were manufactured domestically for use on European railways post war, as I recall.  Similar to the Whitcomb switchers.
Their dimensions are smaller to conform to the European infrastructure of the time.  There were a couple of them at the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum for a while.  Not sure whatever became of them.

Lee

[peteski]

The correct scaling would be the difference between being able to use the trucks for American prototypes or not.

Well, regardless of the scale the trucks are designed to run on 9mm gauged track, but I suspect that you are probably worried about the wheelbase being off if the model was not 1:160.

[chessie system fan]

Yes, wheelbase and the proportional scale size of the trucks.  But if what I'm hearing is true, then trucks just might work for an American Baldwin after all.

[peteski]

Yes, wheelbase and the proportional scale size of the trucks.  But if what I'm hearing is true, then trucks just might work for an American Baldwin after all.

I suspect that the truck design might be not be easily adaptable to the mechanisms you use in American models, but if it is all 3-D printed, that should not be an issue.

[squirrelhunter]

Is this a Piko or Trix model?

[peteski]

Is this a Piko or Trix model?

Neither. It is Mabar Tren, a Spanish model manufacturer. Link is in the first post.

[johnb]

close enough for me...I need 2

[up1950s]

I say clip off the buffers and use it is . Love the porch . Very few people know of this and of those nobody will fault you for having a test pair from Baldwin on your pike . Bend the strict rules and enjoy .

[nkalanaga]

If you're freelancing, or can stand having a "demonstrator" on a prototype layout, I'd agree with Richie.  No reason Baldwin couldn't have built one for the North American market.  It might be just the thing for a large industry with clearance problems, especially if lettered for that industry.