Sn3 2-8-0 Steam Locomotives

Overland Models

1708

M.S. Models, Korea

2-8-0

Colorado & Southern (C&S)

B-4C

Sn3

1985

60

Brass

unpainted

DC

Overland Models

1724

M.S. Models, Korea

2-8-0

Colorado & Southern (C&S)

B-4D

Sn3

1990

65

50

Brass

unpainted

DC

With Ridgway spark arrestors.

Overland Models

1723

M.S. Models, Korea

2-8-0

Colorado & Southern (C&S)

B-4D

Sn3

1990

69

50

Brass

unpainted

DC

With Ridgway spark arrestors.

Overland Models

1722

M.S. Models, Korea

2-8-0

Colorado & Southern (C&S)

B-4D

Sn3

1990

70

70

Brass

unpainted

DC

Oil-burner.

Overland Models

1709

M.S. Models, Korea

2-8-0

Colorado & Southern (C&S)

B-4E

Sn3

1985

71

80

Brass

unpainted

DC

Overland Models

1710

M.S. Models, Korea

2-8-0

Colorado & Southern (C&S)

B-4F

Sn3

1986

74

100

Brass

unpainted

DC

Overland Models

1711

M.S. Models, Korea

2-8-0

Rio Grande Southern (RGS)

B-4F

Sn3

1986

74

60

Brass

unpainted

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1987

50 (1940s), 2 (1930s), 31 (1930s-1940s)

Brass

painted & lettered

Another run was done in 1990 by Samhongsa. And yet another run was done in 2005 by Boo-Rim.

P-B-L

2-8-0

Rio Grande Southern (RGS)

C-19

Sn3

1988

40

Brass

unpainted, painted & lettered | painted & lettered & weathered

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1930s and 1940s versions. Another run was done in 2001.

P-B-L

2-8-0

Rio Grande Southern (RGS)

C-19

Sn3

41

Brass

unpainted, painted & lettered | painted & lettered & weathered

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1930s and 1940s versions. Another run was done in 2001.

P-B-L

2-8-0

Rio Grande Southern (RGS)

C-17

Sn3

1991

42

Brass

unpainted, painted & lettered | painted & lettered & weathered

DC or DCC

Available unpainted, factory-painted-and-lettered, or "foreground". Available in the 1939-1941 version, mid-1940s version, late-1940s version, and the 1950s version (shown here). Another run of the 1930s and the 1940s versions was done in 2005.

P-B-L

Boo-Rim Precision, Korea

2-8-0

Colorado & Southern (C&S)

B-4-F

Sn3

2007

74, 75, 76, RGS #74

Brass

painted & lettered

DC

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

1904

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1990

206, 278

35

Brass

painted & unpainted

Model Railroader, Sep 1996 (two-page photo)

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

1950s

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1987

268

90 (1987), 75 (1989), ?? (2005)

Brass

painted & lettered

Model Railroader, Sep 1996 (two-page photo)

The 2005 run was manufactured by Boo-Rim, Korea.

P-B-L

Boo-Rim Precision, Korea

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-17

Sn3

2005

302

Brass

painted & unpainted

DC or DCC

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P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-18

Sn3

1984

315, 316, 318, 319

Brass

unpainted

17oz

The reviewer (Jim Hediger) mentioned the models have "a fineness of detail that is remarkable". The models dimensions matched the prototype's. The models are made of etched and formed brass with lost-wax detail castings and brass wire piping. All of the drivers are sprung, with the middle two having no flanges. They were tested at running at 2 smph at 2.6 volts, up to 27 smph at 12 volts. The model can handle down to a 24-inch radius curve, and can pull 3 ounces without slipping (about 40 free-rolling cars). They are very smooth runners. The original box included enginemen, coupler draft-gear boxes, backup light, and thinfilm decals. Another run was done in 2005 by Boo-Rim, Korea.

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

1940s

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-19

Sn3

1983

340, 345, 346

2001-run: 11

Brass

unpainted

DC

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Another run was done in 2001, which was also available as factory-painted, and as a "foreground" model. The real #340 started its career as #400, sold to Knotts Berry Farm in 1952, where it is still preserved today.

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-21

Sn3

1990

360, 361

Brass

painted & unpainted

These outside-frame version. Available in the 1930s or the 1940s versions.

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-25

Sn3

1994

375

57

Brass

painted & unpainted

Outside-frame version. This model was offered in the following versions: 1920s, early 1930s, late 1930s, early 1940s, late 1940s. Reportedly one option was the Crystal River RR paint scheme.

Pacific Fast Mail

2-8-0

Rio Grande Southern (RGS)

C-19

Sn3

1983

40

Brass

unpainted

No two C-19 engines were alike. #40 had ringed and round domes with a converted box headlight and a single pump. The model uses NWSL running gear.

Pacific Fast Mail

SK International, Korea

2-8-0

Rio Grande Southern (RGS)

C-19

Sn3

1983

41

Brass

unpainted

No two C-19 engines were alike. #41 had round domes, early Pyle headlight and generator, a plated-over cab, and a high tender. The model uses NWSL running gear.

Pacific Fast Mail

Nakamura, Japan

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1976

223

500 (1976); 75 (1981)

Brass

unpainted

PFM worked with Tomalco to import this model. It represents a model in the last years of these Consolidations. This was the very first brass Sn3 locomotive ever.

Pacific Fast Mail

SK International, Korea

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-19

Sn3

1982

346

100

Brass

unpainted

No two C-19 engines were alike. #346 had ringed domes and a paneled cab, in its "before wrecked" condition. The model uses NWSL running gear.

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L112

2-8-0

East Tennessee & Western North Carolina (ET&WCN)

Sn3

1996

Pewter Kit

unpainted

With extended smokebox and capped stack.

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L120

2-8-0

1923 & before

Rio Grande Southern (RGS)

C-19

Sn3

1995

Pewter Kit

unpainted

Assembled mechanicals.

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L121

2-8-0

1923 & later

Rio Grande Southern (RGS)

C-19

Sn3

1995

Pewter Kit

unpainted

Sn3 Modeler, Sum 1996

Assembled mechanicals, but available in kit or ready-to-run (originally; now they are only sold in kit form).

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L111

2-8-0

1881

Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)

East Broad Top (EBT)

Sn3

7

Pewter Kit

unpainted

Scrapped as PRR #9669 in 1931.

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L114

2-8-0

Uintah Railway

Sn3

1997

12

Pewter Kit

unpainted

Assembled mechanicals. The model is the Uintah Railway's engine which was an ex-Florence & Cripple Creek engine #12.

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L118

2-8-0

1923 & later

Rio Grande Southern (RGS)

C-17

Sn3

42

Pewter Kit

unpainted

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L113

2-8-0

1904-1943

Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW)

Pacific Coast Railway (PCRy)

Sn3

1997

106

Pewter Kit

unpainted

Oil burner. Assembled mechanicals. For California narrow-gauge railroads.

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L115

2-8-0

1923 & before

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1995

223

Pewter Kit

unpainted

Assembled mechanicals. Style up to 1923.

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L116

2-8-0

1923 & later

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1995

271

Pewter Kit

unpainted

Assembled mechanicals. Modern style after 1923.

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L119

2-8-0

1917

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-18

Sn3

1996

319

Pewter Kit

unpainted

Assembled mechanicals. Originally a Florence & Cripple Creek engine, and then later the D&RGW, this is a modern style (after 1917).

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L117

2-8-0

1923 & before

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-17

Sn3

1996

419, 417

Pewter Kit

unpainted

The original C-17, style up to 1923.

Tomalco

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1976

223

500 (between Sn3 & Sn42)

Brass

unpainted

This was Tomalco's second locomotive. According to Bruce Blalock, Pacific Fast Mail wanted to produce a nice Sn3 steam locomotive, but they couldn't get cooperation from their regular factory in Japan. So, they contacted Dick Truesdale, who was using a different factory in Japan for his Westside Models company (Dick was a Pan Am airline pilot, and so was able to make regular flights to Japan to check up on his projects being built there). PFM contacted Tomalco to for them to produce a number of detailing parts for the engine project. This is how both the PFM and Tomalco name shows up on the boxes of these engines. The only motor that they could get to fit in the model at the time was an open-frame Pittman-style motor, which had disappointing performance. Since PFM wound up with a large, unsold inventory, Bill Peter, of Foreground Models (at the time, later renamed to P-B-L) bought the inventory at "fire-sale" prices and started making complete train sets in Sn3.

Tomalco

Pacific Fast Mail

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1968

278

100 (second run with motor in boiler)

Brass

unpainted

Tomalco

Pacific Fast Mail

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1968

278

50 (first run, motor in tender)

Brass

unpainted

This was Tomalco's first Sn3 locomotive.