This question I posed already on G-scale Mad some time ago, alas no good answers:
http://www.gscalemad.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2736
The evidence is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru6xgolhBUM
One specific hint came today from Durango Dan, as in “do not plan” between the
words “Accucraft” and live steam “Porter”, but followed by words “this is important”:
http://120pointme.blogspot.com/2009/03/120-update.html
That leaves a rather clear path for guessing, right? Best wishes from Tokyo, Zubi
True, according to an update.
Funny, in the video, it looks like even Bachmann doesn’t use their own track.
Unless, maybe, Bachmann is also coming out with brass track.
Ralph
Ralph, yes, this is true but it was a bit puzzling - why on Earth would Bachmann factory make a live steamer identical to that of Accucraft engines? My initial thought was, perhaps the videos were taken at the same factory which actually produces Accucraft and brass Bachmann engines - but this was not the case, I noticed that the engineering of the large scale Bachmann brass loco’s is not the same in terms of quality and finish as that of Accucraft electrics. So the mystery remained, until I received an explanation;-) some Accucraft electric Porters and Ruby’s `walked out’ of the Accucraft factory with the employees who later went to work for Bachmann, and evidently they decided to make use of their skills, the other, live steam kit building skills that is;-) So the engine in question is what it is - a Ruby with Ida saddle tank and Porter cab. Cute, sort of, although oversize cylinders are not very Porterish. I think that I will stick with my Wrightscale Porter… Best wishes from Tokyo, Zubi
PS Funny to see the ‘technology transfer’ occurring within China;-)!!