[Dave Meashey]

Nate;

I love running my two Roundhouse locomotives. I have added a Summerland Chuffer to each of them. The Millie is a pot boiler with slip eccentrics. This was my first little live steamer, but starting with a Roundhouse did spoil me. I tend to prefer Roundhouse locomotives now.

Gandalf is the ALCO WWI trench locomotive, and does come with a reverser. It is also a 2-6-2 like the SR&RL tender locomotive. Both locomotives steam well, but I do have to make sure Gandalf has enough cars in the train. Otherwise, the locomotive wants to race off "like a scalded cat!"

Regards,
David Meashey

 

[Dave Meashey]

The ALCO was built in the US for the British to use in WWI in France. The SR&RL was built and used in the US.

Hope that one of those answers is the one you were seeking.

David Meashey

 

[Dave Meashey]

Ric;

I don't want to derail the thread, but I am curious about something. I grew up in Lebanon County, in Palmyra. I thought that the Mount Gretna Railroad only had two 4-4-0s, built by Baldwin. I had hiked the Gov. Dick trail (the old roadbed of the MGRR) many times "back in the day." Is your locomotive a "what if" locomotive?

I am a "what if" modeler as well. My equipment represents a railroad, the Brandywine & Gondor Railroad, built during the Fourth Age of Middle Earth. Locomotives are named for characters in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Best wishes,
David Meashey