Sn3 2-8-0 Steam Locomotives

Jan Rons

4-6-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

T-12

Sn3

21

These were models that Jan Rons built himself, and sold directly. However, Jan is no longer producing these and other models, so please don't contact him about prices or availability.

Overland Models

1730

2-8-2

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

K-36

Sn3

1987

486

50 unpainted, 15 painted

Brass

painted & unpainted

Outside-framed Mikado.

Overland Models

1731

2-8-2

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

K-36

Sn3

1987

487

50 unpainted, 15 painted

Brass

painted & unpainted

Outside-framed Mikado.

Overland Models

1732

2-8-2

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

K-36

Sn3

1987

488

50 unpainted, 15 painted

Brass

painted & unpainted

Outside-framed Mikado.

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1987

50 (1940s), 2 (1930s), 31 (1930s-1940s)

Brass

painted & lettered

Another run was done in 1990 by Samhongsa. And yet another run was done in 2005 by Boo-Rim.

P-B-L

2-8-2

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

K-37

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Sn3

1980,1991

120

Brass

unpainted

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P-B-L's first imported Sn3 locomotive.

P-B-L (click for web site)

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-2

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

K-27

Sn3

1981, 1986, 1989, 1999, 2003

32 - #452 1930s version, 35 - #452 1940s version, 37 - #455 pre-wreck, post-wreck, 30 #463 90th anniversary, 48 #464 1940s version

Brass

painted & unpainted

Introduction to the Hybrid Models

Improving the Drive Line

P-B-L (click for web site)

Boo-Rim Precision, Korea

4-6-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

T-12

Sn3

2005

168, 169, 174

Brass

unpainted, painted & lettered, or painted & lettered & weathered

DC or DCC & Sound

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

1904

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1990

206, 278

35

Brass

painted & unpainted

Model Railroader, Sep 1996 (two-page photo)

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

1950s

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1987

268

90 (1987), 75 (1989), ?? (2005)

Brass

painted & lettered

Model Railroader, Sep 1996 (two-page photo)

The 2005 run was manufactured by Boo-Rim, Korea.

P-B-L

Boo-Rim Precision, Korea

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-17

Sn3

2005

302

Brass

painted & unpainted

DC or DCC

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P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-18

Sn3

1984

315, 316, 318, 319

Brass

unpainted

17oz

The reviewer (Jim Hediger) mentioned the models have "a fineness of detail that is remarkable". The models dimensions matched the prototype's. The models are made of etched and formed brass with lost-wax detail castings and brass wire piping. All of the drivers are sprung, with the middle two having no flanges. They were tested at running at 2 smph at 2.6 volts, up to 27 smph at 12 volts. The model can handle down to a 24-inch radius curve, and can pull 3 ounces without slipping (about 40 free-rolling cars). They are very smooth runners. The original box included enginemen, coupler draft-gear boxes, backup light, and thinfilm decals. Another run was done in 2005 by Boo-Rim, Korea.

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

1940s

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-19

Sn3

1983

340, 345, 346

2001-run: 11

Brass

unpainted

DC

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Another run was done in 2001, which was also available as factory-painted, and as a "foreground" model. The real #340 started its career as #400, sold to Knotts Berry Farm in 1952, where it is still preserved today.

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-21

Sn3

1990

360, 361

Brass

painted & unpainted

These outside-frame version. Available in the 1930s or the 1940s versions.

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-25

Sn3

1994

375

57

Brass

painted & unpainted

Outside-frame version. This model was offered in the following versions: 1920s, early 1930s, late 1930s, early 1940s, late 1940s. Reportedly one option was the Crystal River RR paint scheme.

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-2

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

K-28

Sn3

1988, 2003

478

Brass

unpainted, painted & lettered, or painted & lettered & weathered

Model Railroader, Apr 1996 (photo)

Improving the Drive Line

P-B-L

2-8-2

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

Sn3

1983

481, 487

Brass

unpainted

P-B-L

Samhongsa, Korea

2-8-2

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

K-36

Sn3

1984, 1995

483

Brass

unpainted, painted & lettered, or painted & lettered & weathered

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These models can cause an intermittent short. According to Bill Winans, the cause is a lack of bearing restraint in the frame allowing too much lateral movement. Bill used Kadee insulating washers between the outside crank and the frame to limit lateral motion. He cut a small slice from the washer to allow it to snap onto the axle; over the years, they have not come undone.

Pacific Fast Mail

SK International, Korea

2-8-2

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

K-27

Sn3

1981

75

Brass

unpainted

Outside valve gear. Imported with the help of Tomalco.

Pacific Fast Mail

Nakamura, Japan

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1976

223

500 (1976); 75 (1981)

Brass

unpainted

PFM worked with Tomalco to import this model. It represents a model in the last years of these Consolidations. This was the very first brass Sn3 locomotive ever.

Pacific Fast Mail

SK International, Korea

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-19

Sn3

1982

346

100

Brass

unpainted

No two C-19 engines were alike. #346 had ringed domes and a paneled cab, in its "before wrecked" condition. The model uses NWSL running gear.

Pacific Fast Mail

SK International, Korea

2-8-2

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

K-27

Sn3

1981

455

75

Brass

unpainted

Inside valve gear. Imported with the help of Tomalco.

Railmaster Exports (click for web site)

L107

4-6-0

1882-1930s

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

T12

Sn3

1997

Pewter Kit

unpainted

Assembled mechanicals. Early straight boiler.

Railmaster Exports (click for web site)

L108, L109 (painted)

4-6-0

1935

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

T12

Sn3

1997

Pewter Kit

painted or unpainted

Railmaster Exports (click for web site)

L115

2-8-0

1923 & before

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1995

223

Pewter Kit

unpainted

Assembled mechanicals. Style up to 1923.

Railmaster Exports (click for web site)

L116

2-8-0

1923 & later

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1995

271

Pewter Kit

unpainted

Assembled mechanicals. Modern style after 1923.

Railmaster Exports (click for web site)

L119

2-8-0

1917

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-18

Sn3

1996

319

Pewter Kit

unpainted

Assembled mechanicals. Originally a Florence & Cripple Creek engine, and then later the D&RGW, this is a modern style (after 1917).

Railmaster Exports (click for web site)

L117

2-8-0

1923 & before

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-17

Sn3

1996

419, 417

Pewter Kit

unpainted

The original C-17, style up to 1923.

Sunset Models, Inc.

Dongjin, Korea

2-8-2

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

K-28

Sn3

1982

470 series

100

Brass

unpainted

Tomalco

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1976

223

500 (between Sn3 & Sn42)

Brass

unpainted

This was Tomalco's second locomotive. According to Bruce Blalock, Pacific Fast Mail wanted to produce a nice Sn3 steam locomotive, but they couldn't get cooperation from their regular factory in Japan. So, they contacted Dick Truesdale, who was using a different factory in Japan for his Westside Models company (Dick was a Pan Am airline pilot, and so was able to make regular flights to Japan to check up on his projects being built there). PFM contacted Tomalco to for them to produce a number of detailing parts for the engine project. This is how both the PFM and Tomalco name shows up on the boxes of these engines. The only motor that they could get to fit in the model at the time was an open-frame Pittman-style motor, which had disappointing performance. Since PFM wound up with a large, unsold inventory, Bill Peter, of Foreground Models (at the time, later renamed to P-B-L) bought the inventory at "fire-sale" prices and started making complete train sets in Sn3.

Tomalco

Pacific Fast Mail

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1968

278

100 (second run with motor in boiler)

Brass

unpainted

Tomalco

Pacific Fast Mail

2-8-0

Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)

C-16

Sn3

1968

278

50 (first run, motor in tender)

Brass

unpainted

This was Tomalco's first Sn3 locomotive.