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Ok, I have officially started planning my "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad & Minning Co.". I started working on some concept designs for locomotives I would like to have operated on the layout once all the track work is laid.

As mentioned before, in one of my journals, before the ride we all know and love (Big Tunder Mt. RR) there was another ride in Disneyland when the park opened. Originally it was called the "Rainbow Mountain Mine Train" and the locomotive and cars were painted in a green scheme. Later the ride was expanded and remamed "Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland". I looked like a really cool and fun ride, just a little "Mine Train" traveling at a casual pace and lots of cool stuff to catch you eye as you passed by.

Well anyway, this is a drawing I made of the locomotive used on the ride. I've made a few changes so that I can Modify a Bachmann Porter into the loco above. The "Prototype" locomotive was a Dummy, it wasn't powered nor was it a "Real" steam locomotive. But even from a Steam Obssessed locomotive nut's point of view (i was talking about myself ) it actually made me question it's authentisity. Turns out that the power came from an electric battery operated mining locomotive disgused as a tender.

I order to build/kitbash a Bachmann porter into this loco will take some serious modification! Obviously the saddle tank has to go. (sorry Sampug ) New Fluted domes can be aquired through PSC (precision scale company) One thing, or rather a trick, I learned about On30 modeing is taking smaller scale detail parts and applying them to larger models. "S" scale domes can be used for the fluted domes the drawing has. The cab will have to be scatch built to better represent the cab drawn. I think scratching it would be easier than modifying the stock Porter cab.

The biggest issue will be the boiler. If I wanted to replicate the prototype accurately, I would have to raise the boiler. The advantage is that I can use the motor that comes with the model out of the box! I'm not saying I'm lazy but I don't want to deal with all that trouble, plus I like the "squatness" of the Porter's boiler as is. So I want to see if I can find a powerfull motor that's small enough to fit in the space where the original motor was. The alternative is doing what another modeler did.

Someone is building an On30 representation of the Nature's Wonderland ride. He replicated the loco from a Bachmann porter but pulled the motor. What he did to powere his loco is just like the prototype! He took a Bachmann HO street car mechanism and put it in the tender, along with some fishing weights, and that provides the power! I will only do that as a last resort as I want MY loco to be one that can actually haul rolling stock and not light weight jurry-riged "Turist Cars" from ore cars.

As for the tender, it will be made from scratch. This will also provide room (provided I don't have to use my alternate powering method) for DCC and Sound instalation. The chassis is simple, so simple that it should be obvious to Modelers wanting to add a attractive tender to their own porters. I will use a Bachmann On30 passenger truck! One reason is that they come with electrical pick ups wich will help with power pickup. Second, the side frames are metal wich helps add weight and stability, and thirdly, the just look SO kool as a tender chassis!
Now in the drawing I made mine a little too short and wasn't able to fit the center leat springs in. But it still looks really good reguardless.

So here you are my fellow railfans and model railroaders! Yet another Charming locomotive full of WIN!!!
I hope you all like her as much as I. Color versions soon to follow!
Up next, a pair of 0-4-2 designs!

COMMENT IF YOU FAVE!!!!

Description
Ok, I have officially started planning my "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad & Minning Co.". I started working on some concept designs for locomotives I would like to have operated on the layout once all the track work is laid.

As mentioned before, in one of my journals, before the ride we all know and love (Big Tunder Mt. RR) there was another ride in Disneyland when the park opened. Originally it was called the "Rainbow Mountain Mine Train" and the locomotive and cars were painted in a green scheme. Later the ride was expanded and remamed "Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland". I looked like a really cool and fun ride, just a little "Mine Train" traveling at a casual pace and lots of cool stuff to catch you eye as you passed by.

Well anyway, this is a drawing I made of the locomotive used on the ride. I've made a few changes so that I can Modify a Bachmann Porter into the loco above. The "Prototype" locomotive was a Dummy, it wasn't powered nor was it a "Real" steam locomotive. But even from a Steam Obssessed locomotive nut's point of view (i was talking about myself ) it actually made me question it's authentisity. Turns out that the power came from an electric battery operated mining locomotive disgused as a tender.

I order to build/kitbash a Bachmann porter into this loco will take some serious modification! Obviously the saddle tank has to go. (sorry Sampug ) New Fluted domes can be aquired through PSC (precision scale company) One thing, or rather a trick, I learned about On30 modeing is taking smaller scale detail parts and applying them to larger models. "S" scale domes can be used for the fluted domes the drawing has. The cab will have to be scatch built to better represent the cab drawn. I think scratching it would be easier than modifying the stock Porter cab.

The biggest issue will be the boiler. If I wanted to replicate the prototype accurately, I would have to raise the boiler. The advantage is that I can use the motor that comes with the model out of the box! I'm not saying I'm lazy but I don't want to deal with all that trouble, plus I like the "squatness" of the Porter's boiler as is. So I want to see if I can find a powerfull motor that's small enough to fit in the space where the original motor was. The alternative is doing what another modeler did.

Someone is building an On30 representation of the Nature's Wonderland ride. He replicated the loco from a Bachmann porter but pulled the motor. What he did to powere his loco is just like the prototype! He took a Bachmann HO street car mechanism and put it in the tender, along with some fishing weights, and that provides the power! I will only do that as a last resort as I want MY loco to be one that can actually haul rolling stock and not light weight jurry-riged "Turist Cars" from ore cars.

As for the tender, it will be made from scratch. This will also provide room (provided I don't have to use my alternate powering method) for DCC and Sound instalation. The chassis is simple, so simple that it should be obvious to Modelers wanting to add a attractive tender to their own porters. I will use a Bachmann On30 passenger truck! One reason is that they come with electrical pick ups wich will help with power pickup. Second, the side frames are metal wich helps add weight and stability, and thirdly, the just look SO kool as a tender chassis!
Now in the drawing I made mine a little too short and wasn't able to fit the center leat springs in. But it still looks really good reguardless.

So here you are my fellow railfans and model railroaders! Yet another Charming locomotive full of WIN!!!
I hope you all like her as much as I. Color versions soon to follow!
Up next, a pair of 0-4-2 designs!

COMMENT IF YOU FAVE!!!!