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About this blog

This blog showcases some of the work (whether work-in-progress or completed) related to the Broad Gauge Era of the Great Western Railway, be noted that they might not be fully accurate as they are made in a game called "Roblox" and is in "Stud Style" which is basically a reference to the old era of Roblox locomotive looks, explaining the weird couplers.

 

Hopefully some of these could be of interest to others.

 

Also, If you'd like to see specific locomotives of specific railway companies (that ran on broad gauge of course.) Make sure to use the categories to your liking, there you'll find individual companies and their locomotives.

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Great Western Railway

Iron Duke

Another train to talk about, and one of the more known broad gauge locomotives, "Iron Duke"   I have actually made one of the Iron duke classes, which is Lord of the Isles, though it was inaccurate in basically everything. I have it shown on my entry about my 'finished' Rover Class.   I've planned to make Iron duke after I finish the North Star, which never did since I started work on Iron Duke immediately when I was satisfied with North Star's progress. Though I was hes
Great Western Railway

North Star

It's been real quiet since the last entry, and I do apologize for that. Didn't have time to work on stuff due to school and personal life events but nonetheless, I'm proud to show one of my almost-finished projects, the North Star.😀 -   For those who want some info on North Star, read the Wiki articles below.   The Great Western Railway (GWR) Star Class of 2-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotives were used for passenger train work. Designed by Robert Stephenson, the cla
Great Western Railway

Old and New

And my pain is over (not really).   I have just finished my most favorite and most proud of model of any Broad Gauge locomotive, the Rover class! I've been building this for weeks, and I've shown my progress in my previous blog post about it.   I don't really know what else to say so here! Left: New Right: Old
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"Rover Class"

Today's blog entry features one of the most, if not, the most beautiful and very much popular broad gauge locomotives of the Great Western, the Rover (Or Alma) Class!   From Wikipedia     The prototype locomotive, Great Western, was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon converted to a 4-2-2 arrangement, with the leading wheels set rigidly within the sandwich framing, rather than in a separate bogie. The remainder of the class entered service between Apr
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"Snake"

A locomotive I've built for quite sometime now, before I had my own blog. But here it is now! The peculiar-looking 2-2-2ST locomotive "Snake", once a tender engine, converted to a tank engine. Here's the rest of the detailed information from Wikipedia.    "Snake and Viper were built at the Haigh Foundry and delivered in September 1838. They had 14.75 in × 18 in (375 mm × 457 mm) cylinders and the driving wheels geared 2:3 to keep the cylinder stroke speed low while allowing h
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A Lack of Diagrams

Today's blog post features my first post about rolling stock so hooray! This carriage is my first 'convertible', being a bogied coach. And this post also features my inability to find "good" enough diagrams that feature a side and front elevation, especially for later convertible locomotives and carriages.   As of right now, I only have access to pre-convertible carriage/freight stock diagrams that have a side and front drawing, the earliest being from the 1830s till the 1860s (I'
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Fowler's Ghost

Today's entry features an unconventional locomotive, something you probably wouldn't have in mind when asked about the Broad Gauge. That would be Fowler's Ghost! A Fireless 2-4-0 Outside Cylinder Locomotive to be put to service in the Metropolitan Railway, when it was still operating Broad Gauge.   I have built it like a 'conventional' steam locomotive, using coal instead of fire bricks as its main fuel. I've also made it feature a quite odd livery for a GWR locomotive, whic
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