Rayman4449 Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Jim Miller's photos of the new Accucraft Allegheny at the ECLSTS: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I never saw this painted. Last pics I saw were raw brass. My favorite steamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I wish Accucraft would make Union Pacific's 844. I see Aster is planning to make it, but will probably be $7-8000. Plus probably be alcohol fired. I like gas firing better, you get good stack talk, seems the alcohol ones don't do that, or have much of a plume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 I would have to think it's gotta be getting closer (for Accucraft) with regards to next engines they think that might sell well. No way I would spend $7-8k on one tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Do they take payments???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 It appears that these electric version Alleghenies have been released? https://www.accucraftestore.com/product-page/38f6a600-c190-1c9f-a99d-9ad328ad65f0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
du-bousquetaire Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 When you look at the work involved for building a live steam loco, about up to 10.000 hours of metal work for say an Alleghenie plus the materials that you have to buy to make one (wheel castings, cylinders axle pump etc. including having some special castings made in lost wax; the actual value of an engine comes to more that 6-7000 bucks. + You get a lot of satisfaction and pleasure from having one and operating it (its less work operating a live steamer than electric if you have brass track like I do...) And cherry on the top: It usually retains it's original value as time goes by (better than stocks, I would say over a 40 year experience that I have with live steam). And you dont get any hastle from the fancy electronics, what more could you want Raymond? (I know, you can handle that kind of hastle but most of us can't) If you like that engine, just save up your pennies and three or four years hence you can own one. Operating one of these beasties is a lot of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor_Antilles Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 For my part, I wish the Allegheny was in 1:29, not 1:32. There's been a lot of debate over which locomotive was bigger and better, the Big Boy, or the Allegheny. It'd be a lot of fun to 'settle' the debate on G Scale railways with both models being metal and the same scale. (We all know the answer to the debate, though: they're both awesome) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 anybody here have the electric version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonzie Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 I had one and sold it. Looked to puny sitting next to my 1:29 USA Big Boy & Hudson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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