1983 Delton Locomotive Works 1/2 Inch Scale Brass Mason Bogie

In 1983, Bob Schuster started Delton Locomotive Works with the goal to bring brass locomotives to the large scale narrow gauge market. Made totally in the US, the models were expensive, almost $1900 in 1983 dollars, well over $10,000 today.
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Bob settled on 1:24 scale, which was a common dollhouse and modeling scale in those days. You'll remember that there were no established scales yet for US-style trains running on 45mm - 1.775" track. So 1:24 was one of several choices, most of them bad.

Delton started out producing a number of limited-edition all-brass locomotives that were true scale models (if maybe a bit smaller than they should have been to be models of 3'-gauge locomotives on 1.775"- gauge track). These included a 2-6-6T Mason Bogie (shown right), a 4-2-4 "C. P. Huntington," 0-6-0s, 0-4-0s, and 2-6-0s. Because they were hand-assembled from start to finish, they were far too expensive for the average garden railroader, though.

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