I was not able to get any work done on the layout in December. However, I did treat myself to a new locomotive. It is a Southern Pacific narrow gauge 2-8-0. The Southern Pacific had two narrow gauge 2-8-0's, number 1 and number 13. The number 13 was manufactured earlier. Most of the other narrow-gauge locomotives were 4-6-0's or 4-4-0's with a few 2-6-0's. Westside imported three versions of the 4-6-0's, numbers 8,9, and 18. All of them have been preserved. They also imported this 2-8-0 in two different runs, one with the motor in the cab and this one with the motor in the tender. There were 300 in both runs.
The 4-6-0's also were imported with the motors in the cab and then in the tender. Pacific Fast Mail imported the motor in the tender version of #9 while Westside only imported the motor in the cab version.
The version of # 1 that I have has the motor in the tender. Of course, I will be purchasing a few cars and some track to run it on. In addition, I will be adding a decoder, keep alive and speaker. There should be enough room in the tender for everything.
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