Small Locomotives?

Old 97 · Feb 9, 2025

What are you guys running on the layout?

Share a pic if you can.
Steam or Diesel. I'd like to see them.

Iron Horseman · Feb 9, 2025

As I don't have a layout per se, can't really answer the question as asked, But the smallest locomotives in my collection that I have run are the various Virginia & Truckee 4-4-0 locos from AHM. Also one cannot leave out the Varney Lil Joe 0-4-0 Dockside with Kemtron valve gear. They are also made by LifeLike, AHM, and probably a couple others that are not coming to mind. Hard to beat that one for small. But close to it is a Marx industrial switcher which basically runs on a single blomberg truck from an F-unit.

More practically the smallest units I run are the Atlas HH440 and EMD S2s.

Don't have / can't find a picture of the dockside.

This is "like" mine. Mine is green supposedly Western Pacific.

Len Turner · Feb 9, 2025

Taken several months ago. All Bachman HO; 2-6-0, 4-6-0, Climax, 0-6-0T. All are DCC & Sound except the 0-6-0T, no sound. I've since added one of the newer 0-6-0 switchers. They'll get re-lettered and some weathering in the near future.

bnsf971 · Feb 9, 2025

What scale are you dealing with? I have N scale EMD SW1, Whitcomb 65 tonner, and GE 44 tonner. They are from Arnold, Piko, and Bachmann, respectively.

Old 97 · Feb 16, 2025

bnsf971 said:
What scale are you dealing with? I have N scale EMD SW1, Whitcomb 65 tonner, and GE 44 tonner. They are from Arnold, Piko, and Bachmann, respectively.

Terry, I work in the world of HO Scale.
But love seeing all scales of equipment.

Old 97 · Feb 16, 2025

Len Turner said:
Taken several months ago. All Bachman HO; 2-6-0, 4-6-0, Climax, 0-6-0T. All are DCC & Sound except the 0-6-0T, no sound. I've since added one of the newer 0-6-0 switchers. They'll get re-lettered and some weathering in the near future.

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Len, I'd leave that little saddle tank locomotive alone.
Run as if on loan or too poor to repaint.
Great lineup! Thanks to everyone for sharing.

RhB Michael · Feb 16, 2025

This is the smallest I have. It is a DDR Br.95. They were also used in West Germany in the low mountains. It is a very good puller both in real life and on the Modelleisenbahn.

NorthBrit · Feb 16, 2025

Little 0.4.0 and 0.6.0 locomotives rule. lol

Rico · Feb 16, 2025

A 70 ton, 45ton, and 25 ton from the Fuerst Matthes Paper co.

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Rico
Mar 3, 2019
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Fuerst Matthes Paper mill family portrait, # 56, 57, and 59

logandsawman · Feb 16, 2025

All my locomotives are pretty small, but here is my Tank loco 0-6-0, shown here at the stone quarry

Also, my Alco S-1

The Tank is made by Rivarosi, the S-1 is a Walthers

Dave LASM

Marlin338MX · Feb 16, 2025

I'll be using this Porter Hustler on my waterfront scene. I bought this on eBay about a year ago, so I don't know how old it is or who made it. It still runs good.

Colorado Midland Modeler · Feb 16, 2025

I don't have photos of all of my small locomotives, but here's a sample of some of mine.

MEW Colorado Midland 25 (My model) (81).jpg

Hallmark Colorado Midland 39 (My model) (23).jpg

MEW Colorado Midland 101 (my model) (18).jpg

Model Power Short Line 7 (My model) (2).jpg

Bachmann Colorado Midland 29 (My model) (23).jpg

Rivarossi Virginia & Truckee JW Bowker (My model) (2).jpg

Rivarossi Virginia & Truckee 12 Genoa (My model) (2).jpg

Bruette · Feb 17, 2025

This is my favorite little engine. Lionel's 0-8-0 Santa's Flyer. It was the second Lionel RTR set I bought and my most used locomotive. And it is still running strong, despite wearing off the traction tires.

KriegslokBR52 · Feb 20, 2025

RhB Michael said:
This is the smallest I have. It is a DDR Br.95. They were also used in West Germany in the low mountains. It is a very good puller both in real life and on the Modelleisenbahn.

This is not a small locomotive

. The only larger tanks on European network than 2-10-2, were the Royal Bavarian State Railways 0-8+8-0 and the German and Polish build 2-12-4 types for Bulgarian railway.