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Page Last Updated: 8-March-2010

Z-19 and Z-20 Class Steam Locomotives

While in China we asked the factory to requote  ( once again ) the Z19 / Z20 class: The three quotations received so far for the Z-19 0-6-0 tender loco and the Z-20 class 2-6-4 Tank loco have been ludicrously expensive and keep going up instead of down with each subsequent quotation.

After I explained to them that requoting meant coming down, not up, someone seemed to get the message. ( Oh the joys of doing business in Asia ). We were promised a favorable price but as yet nothing has been heard from the factory. We wait with baited breath. 

Until we receive a better quote the project is on hold. It has not yet been cancelled.

• Update - Feb 2010:

A third quotation has been received for the Z-19 0-6-0 tender loco and the Z-20 class 2-6-4 Tank. This quote is by far the most reasonable we have yet received but the project is still marginal. It is uneconomic to do one loco without the other but we have talked the factory into splitting the project into two parts with the Z-20 as first release. So let us have your opinion.

We don’t want deposits. Just tell us if you are interested and how many units.

We have to make a decision before end April. If we don’t get enough response the project will definitely be cancelled.