Go for it! The reason for the failure was the ore ran out, on the companies land. The engine's were left under a bridge to rot, after all.

Julie

Go for it! The reason for the failure was the ore ran out, on the companies land. The engine's were left under a bridge to rot, after all.

Julie

And there is a BR Terrier waiting to be bought at Pecorama!

Further evidence for their possible use south of Stratford. Apparently the S&MJR occasionally borrowed a Stroudley tank engine when no locomotive of their own was available.

Didn't Tim Shackleton model one of these in his book on Plastic bodied engines for Wild Swan? There were several photos of the abandoned locos.

Those photos are also on warwickshirerailways.com.

I have now dropped the idea of including a Stroudley tank because the Hornby model R3116 is not DCC ready. The Bachmann Midland 1F coming out soon could be a better bet. Ah well. . . .

But the most likely motive power from Stratford 21D shed was probably an LMS 3F 0-6-0. The Midland 1F tank seems to be an unlikely choice.

The predominance of tender engines in the area probably means a lengthening of the release road at the end of the platform. Yet another reason for not starting on the baseboards just yet.

I had overlooked the possibility of there being actual evidence of the two Terriers being at 21D Stratford shed. Here it is, from, as usual, the Warwickshire Railways site.

http://warwickshirerailways.com/lms/smjsa73.htm