I was looking over models of the 1522 and then I wondered, has anyone started/made (or thought about making) a Frisco 1630 model? I would love to see one run on MSTS as she will be running again soon in real life.
Senior Member
Frisco 1630?
I was looking over models of the 1522 and then I wondered, has anyone started/made (or thought about making) a Frisco 1630 model? I would love to see one run on MSTS as she will be running again soon in real life.
Senior Member
Got any pictures?
Steve Burr, PE - Clinton, MD
Southern Serves the South
Senior Member
Here are a couple of photos of her at the Illinois Railroad Museum!
Brandon
http://www.railarchive.net/randomsteam/slsf1630.htm
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/loc....aspx?id=30779
NOTHING Like Chasing the Milwaukee Road 261 at 60 MPH
Senior Member
rrpicturearchives.net: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/Loc....aspx?id=30779Originally Posted by sburr
railpictures.net: http://www.railpictures.net/showphot...er=SLSF%201630
YouTube: http://www.youtu.be/results?search_q...l0.3.5.0.1l9l0
flickr: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=frisco+1630
Hope this helps
TBlake
'Tony'
Senior Member
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphot...=211806&nseq=2
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphot...d=80031&nseq=4
http://www.rypn.org/rypn_files/artic...ages/Irm18.JPG
Quite a beauty ain't she?
Senior Member
yeah it is! It was actually suppose to go off to Russia but didnt make it there and got baught by the FRISCO after the Government sold the fleet to US Railroads!
NOTHING Like Chasing the Milwaukee Road 261 at 60 MPH
Senior Member
Yeah I'm glad Frisco got it. In my opinion she looks even better than 1522! Frisco really knows how to make their steam locomotives look nice!
Senior Member
Beautiful locomotive. The story about the decapods is true that they were supposed to go to Russia. From what I know, not only did Frisco get a few, but so did Western Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Steve Burr, PE - Clinton, MD
Southern Serves the South
Senior Member
I think these are the roads that got the russian iron:
Erie
Frisco
Western Maryland
NYS&W
Not defently sure, but from my background knowledge on these decapods I think I got it.
Senior Member
As far as I know, the so-called Russian Decapods were all originally built by Baldwin as an order placed by the Russian railroads, some were shipped, others weren't due to the U.S. government placing an embargo against Russia because of the Bolshevick Revolution (I think). The locomotives that remained were sold off to American railroads.
Seaboard Air Line got at least one Russian Decapod as well.
You don't have to make a custom model of 1630, you could reskin w-2-10-0.zip as a start.
Reply With Quote
