I'm always seeing for sale Marklin digital steam models in a 2-6-0 with built in tender but haven't seen a 4-6-0 with tender yet. Do they exist or did Germany never have a 4-6-0?

2C (= 4-6-0) steamers were a “Länderbahn” thing - see German Wikipedia list (covering a broader geographical area):

https://de.wikipedia.org...flokomotive_Achsfolge_2C

Do you mean a 4-6-0 Tank engine? You mention engines with built in tender and I believe you mean those without a tender that is towed behind the loco. In English these are known as Tank engines.

I apologise if you knew this and I have got it all wrong!

The Prussian T10 was a 4-6-0T tank engine and falls within this category

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_T_10

I can't find any other examples of German locos with this wheel arrangement.

Hi Ray /Everyone

Please forgive me for not including an image or video to help identify what I'm looking for

Here in Australia it was a QGR (Qld Government Railways) Class B15 which was later converted to an updated passenger class with bigger driving Wheels and larger boiler etc then called a PB15 or B15c

I volunteer on the Mary Ann replica of the first steam engine built at Walkers in Qld (Maryborough) and we also have custodianship of this beautiful old B15c which incidentally was the first of its class to be built by Walkers in 1897 works No1 =road number 299 its last steam run was around 2003 before boiler problems and lack of certification renewal led to its being sidelined for restoration

This is why I am keen to identify a steam loco in Marklin digital of same shape (silhouette) and wheel configuration to run on my new layout that will include the Maryborough rail yards and shed (now closed) demolished in part and run down.

a quick attempt at recording the journey of the Mary Ann from the Maryborough rail yards to Queens park operation area its an old camera that only records at 640 x 480



PB15 running at 5 ways Maryborough



All about B15c 299 here

All you wanted to know about the B15/PB15 class at the wiki

There should be enough pics of a b15 in the many links given from all sources to understand the loco I'm looking for

Thanks for the assistance

Hi Shannon,
As others have pointed out, Maerklin do offer the 4-6-0 with the tender behind as the ubiquitous Class 38.
It has been made by Maerklin in various forms since about 1955?, so it is easy to get one.
Examples 3099, 37039 .....

The problem is that the Queensland engine has boiler, frames and wheels that is so much smaller than the German BR 38, that I doubt it would satisfy your requirements.
BR 38 driving wheels = 5'9" (which concidentally is the same as the NSWGR Class 38 Pacific).
PB15 driving wheels = 4'0"

That is a huge difference.



regards
Kimball

Hi Shannon,

There is a QR PB15 available in HO Scale - the problem is that it runs on TT track.

http://www.pgcscalemodels.com.au/holoco.html

I know a few people here in Brisbane who are into QR modelling and so I have heard good things about the PGC Scale Models locos and rolling stock.

Perhaps you would be better off modelling Wallangarra, and having QR HOn3 1/2 on one side and Marklin HO on the other?

The only QR stock to run on HO track that I know of comes from Wuiske models.

https://wuiskemodels.com...6_42&products_id=117

The loco is not 3 rail but I imagine it could be converted.

Best regards
Peter

Hi Shannon,

In that case your best bet would be to modify the Marklin 3099, the model in the link below looks to have the right tender and valve gear. It is analogue though so would need to be converted to digital - a delta decoder would probably do.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/...dfee3:g:zLkAAOSwiQlbnQJY

The smoke deflectors are just pieces of bent tinplate - you can detach them easily by unbending the tabs inside the loco housing.

Other modifications would be to repaint the rods, wheels, tender frames, and tender bogies black, and to overpaint the German lettering on the cab black, substituting a QR builders plate. You could remove the box between the 2 domes, the turbogenerator (?) behind the funnel, and the weird bit between the 2nd dome and the safety valves.

The 3 headlamps on the front of the loco could then be sanded down flat and painted over in black, and the bulb removed. A mock QR headlamp could then be placed in front of the funnel. You could also modify the cab, and put a cowcatcher on the front of the engine. You may have to chop the front coupling off to allow for this.

You might also be able to transplant the air cylinder from beside the smokebox to below the running plate, although from memory the air cylinder is the only thing hiding the motor from view.

Below is a picture showing what I mean.



Best regards
Peter