Do any of the down east guys know what sort of engines and rolling stock would be common in urban Maine in the 30's? I am thinking of lettering up a Bachman Baldwin 10 wheeler to go with the Bachmann mogul, and consolidation, and the Walthers USRA 0-8-0 I'm painting.
Also, did the USRA 0-8-0 (and MEC USRA 0-6-0) make branch or transfer runs, or were they strictly yard goats?
The B&M 0-6-0s were used for local freight around yards, particularly near Boston. The 0-8-0s were mostly reserved for the heavy switching, although anything might have happened occasionally. Not sure about the MEC ones, but I bet they'd have similar uses to the B&M, seeing as the two roads shared so much.
Yep, that site has become a bible. Had I known that B&M had engines very similar to the USRA 0-6-0, I would have painted that instead of Maine Central.
Why not both? 0-6-0s were quite common, no harm in having two.
