decorated for Bethlehem Steel, Mid Vale Steel, Midwest
Quarry & Mining Co., Pennsylvania Railroad, and Santa Fe as
seen above.
Blackstone Models
is taking reser-
vations for its HOn3 scale D&RGW
K-36 and K-28 Mikado steam loco-
motive. The ready-to-run 2-8-2
models will be equipped with DC/
DCC SoundTraxx® Digital Sound.
Delivery is expected in mid- to late-
2014. The models will be decorated
in ten road numbers representing
multiple eras.
Five versions of the Baldwin-built prototype K-36 Mikados are
in the production run, including four that survive to this day.
Locomotives #481 and #486 are currently in service on the
Durango & Silverton, plus Cumbres & Toltec locomotives #483
and #489. Also in this release is locomotive #485, which was
scrapped after it fell into the turntable pit in Salida, CO in the
early 1950s.
The K-28 “sport-model” locomotives were built by ALCo in 1923.
Although K-28s saw service on the Chili Line and on mixed trains
out of Silverton, they are probably best known for hauling San
Juan passenger trains. Blackstone’s new production run will
include #473, #476, and #478, all of which survive today on the
Durango & Silverton. Also in the run are K-28s #470 and #475,
which were transferred from the D&RGW to the White Pass &
Yukon Railroad in 1942. Visit the above website for additional
information including details on the decorating schemes. At
press time the MSRP was still to be announced.
