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There are virtually no plastic models of CNJ steam locomotive prototypes (the USRA 0-6-0 and M1 Mikado are the exceptions), although there are some old die-cast 4-6-0 models. Only about half of the other steam that the CNJ ran is available in brass. Because many of the production runs were short, prices can be high. By far the best place to find these models is on eBay. Prices given are the average and the range (minimum to maximum) over the last five years - not all examples have been included as I haven't been doing this continuously - hence the 'no. on eBay' column is relative only. Prices haven't changed much over this period.
Articles on kitbashing with contributions by other are also available and now on the Kitbashes page. (David Grover adds some comments on Cole trailers.) There is a Railroad Model Craftsman article on kitbashing a CNJ 0-6-0 B6s by Alan Mende which is referenced below. Finally Lee Town produced a number of kits to adapt commercial plastic models to CNJ prototypes - although no longer in production they still come up on eBay. Robert McGlone provides photos of his E2 0-8-0 modified with a Lee Town kit (See kitbashes).
This table has been assembled from several sources including the "Brown Book of Brass Locomotives" - 3rd ed. John Glaab, Krause Publications, 1994; "Locomotives of the Jersey Central" - Crater & Owen; and the eBay auction site. Locomotives are grouped here on appearance as in the tables on the Steam page, The photos are almost exclusively from eBay. This table summarises all the available models of (mainly brass) CNJ steam locomotive - and includes a couple of very similar models of Reading prototypes. The classes have been grouped by appearance for modelling purposes as in the tables on the Steam page. |
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