Hey Guys,
Just wanted to post this sneak Peek of the new Piko CamelBack
Best,
Ken Bianco Jr.
TrainWorld
Its nice to see PICO getting into the US market, and that is a sweet loco, but it is specific to only a very few Northeastern railroads. Anyone who lives west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of the Mason Dixon Line will probably not be interested. Just my opinion, but they probably would have done better with a Consolidation, a Mogul, a Prairie, or even an Atlantic.
This is a big country, and there is more to it than New York and New Jersey.
And DCC? I have to pay for DCC? I don’t use DCC. Will it mesh with my radio control?
Boy, talk about a niche market in a niche market.
Still, its nice to see new product. I hope they are successful.
I saw it static at the ECLSTS. Its an interesting piece, but I am not sure if I want one or not. Course I said the same thing about other locomotives I now have.
Considering selling my Emma Nevada for one of these…
Vic Smith said:
Considering selling my Emma Nevada for one of these…
Curious. Perhaps I’m wrong. Enlighten me, Vic. Why do you want one, being a left coast guy?
Steve Featherkile said:
Vic Smith said:
Considering selling my Emma Nevada for one of these…
Curious. Perhaps I’m wrong. Enlighten me, Vic. Why do you want one, being a left coast guy?
My harbor layout of course… Its set in Gotham City (aka NYC) a camelback switcher would fit right in my roster.
I wonder if it is 1:32 (ish) like the Piko American rolling stock.
If I was modeling my local railroad I would get one. I saw a few pictures of these running around these parts. Its different but I like.
I had it in my booth at the ECLSTS in York this year along with two other vendors People were able to have hands on to see all the detail.
Mike
Few seem to comment on the Piko models of this type…but there is a very important part of the valve gear missing…the loco with that style of valve gear, could not operate without it.
If they wanted go cheap; they would have been better to use a (Simulated) Stephenson Link valve gear, like LGB did on their Mogul…
Some purchasers don’t care, but why go to the trouble of producing a rather good looking model, and leave off a very important detail part ?
I guess I could say that so many people today haven’t any knowledge of what makes a steam locomotive operate, so would not even notice.
I wonder if the reviewers will even bother to comment on it…
The Piko Mogul, 0-6-0, and now this Camelback, are all missing the part.
Usually GR applies “No scale specified” to PIKO engines. Generally speaking the scale is somewhere between 1:26 and 1:28.
Which always reminds me, in the video world NTSC stands for NeverThe SameColour, in G it could be NeverTheSameScale (NTSS).
Padre; since the basic running gear is common to the three engines they wouldn’t change much. AND … remember these are toys!
Given the video, either Mr. Bianco is a hobbit, or that loco is in the neighborhood of 1:26.
Fr. Fred, I admit my ignorance. What is missing from the camel that Vic would walk a mile for?
Steve Featherkile said:
Given the video, either Mr. Bianco is a hobbit, or that loco is in the neighborhood of 1:26.
Fr. Fred, I admit my ignorance. What is missing from the camel that Vic would walk a mile for?
The valve gear mechanism is fixed, its a solid plastic casting, just like on my saddletankers. Which is odd given the working mechanism on the 2-6-0 version. This engine is expensive for you get but what your getting is alot of circuitry boards and sound stuff that I plan to cut out and sell if I ever get my hands on one, all the electronics that double the price of this hobby whether you want it or not.
It appears the eccentric (fly) crank and rod are missing.
Paul
Vic Smith said:
The valve gear mechanism is fixed, its a solid plastic casting, just like on my saddletankers. . . . .
Hang on a mo. .
I went back to watch the video, and most of the valve gear is working - rods, expansion link, crosshead, etc. The only thing that is fixed is the reversing bracket and valve rod.
Looks fine to me.
Thanks for posting this Ken! Glad to see you posting on LSC!
Here’s my fix for the valve gear…black paint!
Vic Smith said:
Steve Featherkile said:
Given the video, either Mr. Bianco is a hobbit, or that loco is in the neighborhood of 1:26.
Fr. Fred, I admit my ignorance. What is missing from the camel that Vic would walk a mile for?
The valve gear mechanism is fixed, its a solid plastic casting, just like on my saddletankers. Which is odd given the working mechanism on the 2-6-0 version. This engine is expensive for you get but what your getting is alot of circuitry boards and sound stuff that I plan to cut out and sell if I ever get my hands on one, all the electronics that double the price of this hobby whether you want it or not.
Great minds think alike. That was my gripe, too, at least one of them. I’ve pretty much decided against sound. I find it annoying, far too annoying for the price. I don’t use DCC, so that will be a waste of money, too, at least for me.
Railroads that ran camelback engines.
From Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Canadian Pacific Railway
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Chicago and Indiana Coal Railroad
Delaware and Hudson Railway
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Erie Railroad Hecla and Torch Lake Railroad
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
Lehigh and New England Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Long Island Rail Road
Maine Central Railroad
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
New York, Ontario and Western Railway New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading Railroad
St. Clair Tunnel Company
Staten Island Rapid Transit
Southern Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Alan THE GAL LINE
There was also one that ran for a very short time on the Deer Park Northern. I guess that your extensive research didn’t uncover that one, did it, Alan? My point still remains, the camelback was primarily used only in the northeast. There may have been a few outriders, but they were few and far between, and did not last very long.