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Hi!
Looking for accurate plans and drawings of 1900 - 1930s era steam harbor tug boats. Specifically the type that moved Railroad barges around NYC Harbor.
Some of you may be familiar with the old NY Central Tug that was on display in a parking lot in Buzzard's Bay MA, this is an example of what I'm after.
Thanks!
Dave
Hey Dave
Dumas models produces a 1:32 kit of a NYC railroad steam tug of 1900. Perhaps someone has plans for the kit they'd be willing to burn off a copy for you. You could also try Floating Drydock, I think they produced a steam era tug plan, not sure if it's a railway tug. A shame about the Buzzards Bay tug being scrapped. Good luck with your model, they're great looking boats!
Warm regards
Mike M.
Taubman Plans, a division of Loyalhanna Dockyard, has some plans that will work.
BROOKLYN is 1:96 scale
NEW HAVEN RR is 1:48 scale
NYC RR tug is 1:32 scale
ERIE LACKAWANNA is 1:50 scale
Oh cr*p, the tug has been scrapped? Last I heard it was headed for a park in New Jersey?
Anyway, thanks for the leads
Built in 1924, this jaunty steam tugboat served NY Harbor until it was saved from the scrapyard and put on display in Buzzards Bay MA in 1982. On Cape Cod vacations, I always made a stop there and had a bite to eat at the adjacent restaurant. No longer.
NYC No 16 was recently destroyed by CVS "the friendly neighborhood drugstore" who bought the property and smashed it to pieces with a wrecking ball... in order to increase their parking lot by 10 spaces. Now I know what the V stands for: vandalism.
For this absolutely appaling act of mindless corporate greed, I will not spend another penny at any CVS store. I will bring my business to the Mom and Pop drugstore and the supermarket pharmacy.
That really stinks. Too bad they didn't think that the tug would attract people.
I don't have any tugboat plans. I built a couple kits.
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That is terrible about NYC 16. We used to look for it every time we went to the Cape.
Here is a link to a site with some steam tug plans.
http://www.steamtug.org/
Hi Dave. I saw that your's was an old posting, but I have scratchbuilt a 3/8 scale R/C model of that particular tugboat from Buzzard's Bay N.Y. Central # 16. if you are still interested. I can send a photo. -- Frank
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3153
you can find this for abt $ 35
CG Bob Taubman Plans, a division of Loyalhanna Dockyard, has some plans that will work. BROOKLYN is 1:96 scale NEW HAVEN RR is 1:48 scale NYC RR tug is 1:32 scale ERIE LACKAWANNA is 1:50 scale
In addition to the Taubman drawing sets, Loyalhanna has bought up the old Dromedary drawings. Don't know for sure if they had tugs, but they had a lot of ships.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
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