S160

[mfslater]

Hi Listmates

Does anyone have any idea whether this book has anything to offer for USD 28+?

Title: USATC S160 Class
ISBN: 9785511824499
Format: Paperback
Description: High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The United States Army Transportation Corps S160 Class is a class of 2-8-0 Consolidation steam locomotive designed for use in Europe during World War II for heavy freight work. A total of 2,120 were built and they worked on railroads across the world, including Africa, Asia, all of Europe and South America.


It sounds like an assembly job, but I'm open to correction.

Rgrds

Martin F. Slater. mfslater@gmail.com

 

[Osgood]

Yep - looks like info from Wiki printed out in book form, see what wiki says about the S160s and you should get a fair idea of content. I'd be wary.

 

[Pugsley]

That's the first time I've seen 'high quality content' and 'Wikipedia' in the same sentence

You may as well do a web search on USATC S160, copy and paste what you find into a word document and spend the $28 on something more useful.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Martin,
There is an S160 article in BRILL magazine, vol.4 Feb '95.
If I've got it I can scan it for you.

Col.

 

[mfslater]

Martin,
There is an S160 article in BRILL magazine, vol.4 Feb '95.
If I've got it I can scan it for you.

Col.

Hi Col

Yes, please, I'd welcome a scan if you can find it. I've managed to put together quite a lot of pictorial S160 stuff, culled from all over the place. However, I'm unsure how to make it available if anyone wants it.

Cheers

Martin Sl.
mfslater@gmail.com

 

[West Junction]

Hi Martin

Attached is a photograph taken by my father during the war. The buildings behind (where as a teenager I used to see the Rolling Stones at the Ealing Club when they were starting out) are on the road bridge to the West of Ealing Broadway station on the main line out of Paddington.



Peter

 

[mfslater]

Hi Peter

Many thanks - another one for the collection!

Cheers

Martin Sl.

 

[Steph Dale]

Don't forget there's a companion article in BRILL as well as the MORILL piece...
Steph

 

[mfslater]

Thanks, Steph

Col. has offered to scan it for me. I don't know the MORILL piece (article?).

Cheers

Martin Sl.

 

[micknich2003]

I have no recolection of a MORILL article.

 

[Steph Dale]

Sorry, I think I was having a 'moment', I know one of the mags did, but now think it was probably Continental Modeller. Goodness knows when though.

Steph

 

[Compton castle]

From Life magazine, waiting to be shipped over to the UK

 

[Scale7JB]

That's a brilliant picture with all the S160's awaiting shipping!

I'd rather like a super high res version of that..

I'm sure I have a couple of shots of the S160 that was on a few years back at the Nene Valley.. The whistle was errrr.... LOUD!!

JB.

 

[Osgood]

I'd appreciate the Time Life link too. I've tried searching but as usual with LIFE find it next to impossible to find!

I did however find a lovely stash of photos via

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php...dex&req=viewtopic&topic_id=208814&ord=&page=1

http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/165thspc/media/ath_zpsb3ff325f.jpeg.html

Be sure to scroll back through this set.

There are numerous S160 images throughout the Armorama thread -well worth a look if is new to you.

 

[Compton castle]

Is that the one were that chap is building a 10 mm version??
It's truly stunning.
I've got lots of pictures as I would like to get a 7mm kit version produced at some point

 

[Compton castle]

Bogies for the tender these are US O scale but will help us do them in UK O gauge

 

[mfslater]

Hi CC

Who is the supplier/what brand are these trucks? Source?

Flickr is a good source of S160 photos for those interested.

Cheers

Martin Sl.

 

[Compton castle]

Precision scale from the US they do them in brass as well as plastic

 

[mfslater]

Precision scale from the US they do them in brass as well as plastic

Many thanks!

Martin Sl.

 

[Compton castle]

Martin
Are you looking to build one and if so what scale??