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== The Registry ==
== The Registry ==


Russia,
Russia, Kaliningrad region,


15 December 2020
31 January 2025


Dear friends mostly in North America:
Dear friends:


Here we have the first roster update since June. We’re now up to 633 loco entries, 24 more than last time. Of course, a number of other pages have been updated. The 3 ½ inch Facebook pages and the Chaski forum remain the primary info sources.  Removing the glitches and errors is a constant task – I’m always happy for any and all additions and corrections.
This is the first update of the directory since 6 January 2024. We’re up to 710 locos – 17 more than last time. I’ve updated a similar number of existing files. I always appreciate it when I’m sent new info or corrections – that always improves the quality of the registry.


I’m troubled by a statement from [[Steve Bratina]] from 23 August: “The 3/4 inch scale registry has some inaccuracies that unless changed, stand as fact.” I’m not sure he’s referring to my registry, his statement though is above reproach: Like a virus, inaccuracies tend to get a life of their own, multiplying themselves and becoming nearly indestructible. (That’s certainly also true for full-size loco listings.)
I’m usually confused by ownership issues within and between the Montreal and Pioneer Valley clubs. It seems that locomotives change hands whenever someone’s birthday comes around! =) Who, for example, now owns Al Hubbard’s Atlantic (see “442.free.Hubbard”)?


What to do – quit or blow up my files in hopes of killing misinformation? I remain unwilling to burn the phone lines trying to reach additional sources of info. I do enter all corrections sent my way and I appeal to you to keep on doing so. It would be a great help to attend several steam meets – I’d love to come to Montreal in the foreseeable future.
At least in this registry, the most frequent wheel arrangements are the 76 Americans and the 75 Hudsons. At appears a lot of people liked New York Central. If you include the foreign prototypes, we have 82 4-4-0’s.


A few new matters:
Are people aware that the UK’s “Rugeley Power Station Society of Model Engineers” holds an annual 3 ½”-gauge rally? It will take place on 31 May in 2025, the location is just north of Birmingham.


1. Very neat that the work of the late Don Strom of Minneapolis region has surfaced: a 2-8-4, 2-6-6-6 and 4-6-6-4! I assume they’re all in the museum at Duluth.
:All the best for 2025,
:Bill Yoder
:kant50(at)gmx(dot)de


2. Who knows whether the GTW 4-8-2 in the Imlay City MI museum is live steam?
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/01Roster250131.0-4-0_to_0-8-0.pdf Part 1: 0-4-0 to 0-8-0]
 
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/02Roster250131.2-4-0_to_2-6-6T.pdf Part 2: 2-4-0 to 2-6-6T]
3. The Reading 4-6-2 (462.RDG176.unknown) at the Pioneer Valley LS in 1961 looks really neat. Where could she be today?
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/03Roster250131.2-8-0_to_2-6-6-6.pdf Part 3: 2-8-0 to 2-6-6-6]
 
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/04Roster250131.Geared_and_Upright.pdf Part 4: Geared & Upright]
4. [[Steve Bratina]] has the [[Stan Griggs|Griggs Niagara]] (484.NYC6001.Griggs) back in one piece. She looks terrific!
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/05Roster250131.4-2-2_to_4-4-0.pdf Part 5: 4-2-2 to 4-4-0]
 
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/06Roster250131.4-4-2_to_4-4-4.pdf Part 6: 4-4-2 to 4-4-4]
5. Didn’t really have room to include a shot of the exquisite tender for Church Balmer’s PRR turbine. The project appears to be chugging (whirring) along nicely!
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/07Roster250221.4-6-0.pdf Part 7: 4-6-0]
 
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/08Roster250131.4-6-2.pdf Part 8: 4-6-2]
6. Incidentally: It’s not really true that British models took over the North American scene long ago. Brits seem to like North American stuff, too: Eight of the nine Columbia 4-8-4’s and nine of 10 Caribou 0-8-0’s listed are outside North America. Sixteen of the 31 Virginia 4-4-0’s listed are not in North America. At least two ¾ inch Challengers and a Big Boy are in the UK.
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/09Roster250131.4-6-4.pdf Part 9: 4-6-4]
 
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/10Roster250131.4-6-4T_to_4-6-6T.pdf Part 10: 4-6-4T to 4-6-6T]
All the best,
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/11Roster250131.4-8-0_to_4-8-2.pdf Part 11: 4-8-0 to 4-8-2]
 
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/12Roster250131.4-8-4.pdf Part 12: 4-8-4]
Bill Yoder
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/13Roster250131.4-6-6-4_to_6-8-6.pdf Part 13: 4-6-6-4 to 6-8-6]
 
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/14Roster250131.Foreign.0-2-2_to_2-6-4T.pdf Part 14: Foreign 0-2-2 to 2-6-4T]
kant50(at)gmx(dot)de
* [http://ibls.org/files/People/BillYoder/Registry_20250131/15Roster250131.Foreign.2-8-2_to_Garratt.pdf Part 15: Foreign 2-8-2 to Garratt]
 
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/01Roster20201214.0-4-0_to_0-8-0.pdf Part 1: 0-4-0 to 0-8-0]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/02Roster20201214.2-4-0_to_2-6-6T.pdf Part 2: 2-4-0 to 2-6-6T]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/03Roster20201214.2-8-0_to_2-6-6-6.pdf Part 3: 2-8-0 to 2-6-6-6]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/04Roster20201214.Geared_and_Upright.pdf Part 4: Geared & Upright]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/05Roster20201214.4-2-2_to_4-4-0.pdf Part 5: 4-2-2 to 4-4-0]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/06Roster20201214.4-4-2_to_4-4-4.pdf Part 6: 4-4-2 to 4-4-4]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/07Roster20201214.4-6-0.pdf Part 7: 4-6-0]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/08Roster20201214.4-6-2.pdf Part 8: 4-6-2]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/09Roster20201214.4-6-4.pdf Part 9: 4-6-4]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/10Roster20201214.4-6-4T_to_4-6-6T.pdf Part 10: 4-6-4 to 4-6-6T]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/11Roster20201214.4-8-0_to_4-8-2.pdf Part 11: 4-8-0 to 4-8-2]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/12Roster20201214.4-8-4.pdf Part 12: 4-8-4]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/13Roster20201214.4-6-6-4_to_6-8-6.pdf Part 13: 4-6-6-4 to 6-8-6]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/14Roster20201214.Foreign.0-4-0_to_2-6-4T.pdf Part 14: Foreign 0-4-0 to 2-6-4T]
* [http://ibls.org/files/2020/BillYoder/15Roster20201214.Foreign.2-8-2_to_4-6-4T.pdf Part 15: Foreign 2-8-2 to 4-6-4T]


== Submitting ==
== Submitting ==

Latest revision as of 11:46, 21 February 2025


The Registry

Russia, Kaliningrad region,

31 January 2025

Dear friends:

This is the first update of the directory since 6 January 2024. We’re up to 710 locos – 17 more than last time. I’ve updated a similar number of existing files. I always appreciate it when I’m sent new info or corrections – that always improves the quality of the registry.

I’m usually confused by ownership issues within and between the Montreal and Pioneer Valley clubs. It seems that locomotives change hands whenever someone’s birthday comes around! =) Who, for example, now owns Al Hubbard’s Atlantic (see “442.free.Hubbard”)?

At least in this registry, the most frequent wheel arrangements are the 76 Americans and the 75 Hudsons. At appears a lot of people liked New York Central. If you include the foreign prototypes, we have 82 4-4-0’s.

Are people aware that the UK’s “Rugeley Power Station Society of Model Engineers” holds an annual 3 ½”-gauge rally? It will take place on 31 May in 2025, the location is just north of Birmingham.

All the best for 2025,
Bill Yoder
kant50(at)gmx(dot)de

Submitting

To register your 3/4 inch locomotive, or to provide information on the whereabouts of one, please email Bill:

  • kant50(at)gmx(dot)de

Bill requests the following information:

  • Modeled after or castings from
  • Lettering
  • Scale
  • Owner
  • Contact
  • Builder
  • Year completed
  • Year acquired by present owner

References

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