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S 0-8-0 Steam Locomotives

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Nixon Model Co

Manufacturer ID:

C-342

Prototype Info

Category:

0-8-0

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1948

Product Type:

Conversion Kit

Finish:

unpainted

Supplemental:

Notes:

This kit enabled the modeler to convert an A.C. Gilbert American Flyer locomotive and tender of this wheel configuration from hi-rail/tinplate to "scale". The kit contained replacement wheels/axles for tender, pilot, and trailing trucks as well as scale drivers and axles. The axles had "D"-shaped ends, and the zamac driver centers had "D"-shaped openings to match. This design assured proper quartering. The modeler had to remove the AF drivers, axles, and worm gear, then use the reverse procedure to install the scale versions (applied using the jaws of a vice to keep the drivers perpendicular to the axles).


 (image copyright © Nixon Model Co)
Screen capture from Carey Williams' video showing the 1948 Nixon catalog.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Overland Models

Manufacturer ID:

1705

Factory:

Ajin Precision, Korea

Prototype Info

Category:

0-8-0

Road Name:

USRA

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Qty Made:

70

Product Type:

Brass

Finish:

unpainted

Tender:

USRA

Notes:

In 1990, River Raisin Models bought out Overland Models' inventory of these engines to continue to sell them under their name. Jim Kindraka stated that it took until 1993 to sell out of this particular version.


 (image copyright © Bill Winans; used by permission)
Bill's model decorated for his private railroad. The tender came from an Omnicon 2-8-0.

 (image copyright © Bob Werre; used by permission)
A secondhand, incomplete project, but it nonetheless shows the various components that this model was made of, including the gearing.

(image copyright © Bob Werre; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Overland Models

Manufacturer ID:

1712

Factory:

Ajin Precision, Korea

Prototype Info

Category:

0-8-0

Road Name:

USRA

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1986

Product Type:

Brass

Finish:

unpainted

Online Article:

Notes:

With clear-vision tender. In 1990, River Raisin Models bought out Overland Models' inventory of these engines to continue to sell them under their name. Jim Kindraka stated that it took until 1992 to sell out of this particular version.


(image copyright © Tom Henderson; used by permission)

(image copyright © Tom Henderson; used by permission)

(image copyright © Bill Lane; used by permission)

(image copyright © Bill Lane; used by permission)

(image copyright © Bill Lane; used by permission)

(image copyright © Bill Lane; used by permission)

(image copyright © Bob Werre; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S Scale Locomotive & Supply

Prototype Info

Category:

0-8-0

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1985

Product Type:

Craftsman Kit

Finish:

unpainted

Notes:

The boiler and the smokebox parts were shared between this engine and the company's 2-8-0, but the firebox is wrong for this engine. This kit comes with the correct Baker valve gear.


(image copyright © Jace Kahn; used by permission)

(image copyright © Jace Kahn; used by permission)

 (image copyright © Jace Kahn; used by permission)
The kit comes with two different styles of cabs.
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