Small Locomotives?

[Mopac Junkie]

Bachmann Spectrum GE 44 Tonner

 

[Colorado Midland Modeler]

Here's some more of my small locos, including my home built Forney.

 

[ONR FAN]

There are a few GP9’s in there.

 

[Guilford Railman]

Always running the trusty SW9 on Rocky Valley

 

[NorthBrit]

A Small Locomotive

 

[Marlin338MX]

I forgot about my John Bull 2-4-0 steam loco

Here's a video of it running on my layout last year

 

[Colorado Midland Modeler]

My Alco S1.

 

[TLOC]

A little bigger than what you guys are showing. Here are 3 of my 7 GP40-2L’s. They fit the scheme of the self layout very well

Finally the oldest and smallest diesel on the layout. A Christmas present from the then girl friend, now the wife. We were seniors in college so that would be December of 1973 as we graduated May of 74.

It does run but it was given to a friend who is installing lights and DCC but no sound.

 

[skyliner]

I suppose this is my smallest steam locomotive. Walthers Proto 2000 USRA 0-8-0 with sound and DCC, late edition (gray box). It's unfortunate Walthers didn't make many P2K steam locomotives, this one is excellent, runs and looks good. Most of my power is diesel however, I just have a handful of steam locos for fun. I think my smallest diesel would be an MP15DC, but I don't have any pictures of that handy and it's packed away at the moment.

 

[En-TACT]

HO Bachmann Spectrum 44 Tonner, ESU decoder, speaker and KA. Custom full interior and lighting.

 

[En-TACT]

... also Spectrum 4-4-0 Modern, TCS decoder and many detailed customizations.

 

[logandsawman]

Here is a little 4-4-0 I picked up for the Kettle River Quarry. This closely resembles the locomotive that was dedicated to this location

This was a Union Pacific paint job I covered over to look more like the real thing. I only maksed the wheels and light and sprayed the rest.

Here is the prototype, from the "Kettle River Quarry" publication by the Sandstone Area Historical Society

The little Bachman was only $29 delivered from ebay and runs in forward reverse, little motor is in the tender. It runs extremely well considering the small size, light weight, and low price. The first time I placed it on the track it worked without any maintenance, which was a big suprise!

Dave LASM

 

[Homer Jay]

I don‘t have a layout yet, but in the meantime I improve and weather the locos I already bought. The smallest one in my roster is a „Köf 2“. I recently equipped it with a sound decoder, goldcap power pack, and lights. And I kept the interior completely free. This was quite a puzzle to fit all the components into this tiny machine.

 

[flightops]

Recently picked up some old Bachmann starter set stuff:

Still trying to decide how far I want to go down the HO model train rabbit hole.

IE: Bring it out to set up around the xmas tree or full on table mounted….

 

[Homer Jay]

I don‘t have a layout yet, but in the meantime I improve and weather the locos I already bought. The smallest one in my roster is a „Köf 2“. I recently equipped it with a sound decoder, goldcap power pack, and lights.

Here is a quick photo of the Köf 2 next to a GP18 to get a better feeling for the size

The GP18 is a P2K model, equipped with sound and dcc couplers.

 

[flightops]

Just picked up an Athearn SDP-40 for minimal bucks:

HO. Just something to mes around with.

 

[NorthBrit]

A new addition too the fleet.

 

[bnsf971]

A new addition too the fleet.

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Mantua used to offer a similar engine in the US, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

 

[NorthBrit]

Mantua used to offer a similar engine in the US, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

It could well be one for all I know.

A lovely little runner, and different to the rest of the fleet. A cheap purchase on fleabay.

 

[AuburnCentral]

I have some of those mantua engines