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Building a Locomotive
For those who have never heard the term ‘Cab Forward’, it basically refers to various rail designs that place the driver’s compartment further forward towards the front than is usual practice.
Peter is building a loco and asks readers:
“Does anyone know where I can purchase a cab for an HO/OO ‘cab forward loco’ as I am building a cab forward loco depot.”
As I’m sure Peter understands, we don’t do Buy, Sell, Or Swap on this blog, but readers might be know of some online or local stockists who could supply the item.
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The most common “cab forward” in model railroading is the Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 “cab forward” AC-12 locomotive. There were others, but models are almost impossible to find. AHM/Rivarossi modeled this locomotive some years ago in HO scale, and if all you’re looking for is the cab section, you might try the used market. In the USA SP “cab forwards” are commonly available on eBay at various price points and conditions. Sometimes just a shell becomes available, or a non-working model. EBay inventory changes constantly and you may have to look there multiple days before finding what you’re willing to buy.