Not only did I enjoy making up the Roxey 'Howard' industrial yard loco, but it performs very well.

I have this plan for a yard alongside Westbay Wagon Works and one internal combustion shunter

is probably all that's needed, but for the sheer hell of it I thought I'd make the miniture 0-4-0 tram

type loco. I never wanted overhead lines so mine will have to deviate from the prototypical version

by having a smallish petrol engine. Not exactly unheard of as such Simplex traction was used to

supply the trenches in WWI.

This will represent the old yard loco that remains to provide support should the other fail, but kept

in good running condition with perhaps a view to preservation.

My crazy mind has decided it's fitted with a 6 cylinder 2358 cc side valve petrol engine with two gears

providing a maximum speed of 10 mph. A transfer box with a single lever control with forward, neutral,

reverse and chain drive to both axles. It should happily push, or pull one wagon, no doubt the actual

model will do more than that.

So here are the parts :-

It will need a few extra holes drilling as I run DCC and I'm going to use another Lenz Silver Mini. The

Tenshodo spud fits into a recess in the footplate, here one extra hole drilled to take a track feed into

the cab where the decoder will find a home.

Still not certain if I'll solder, or glue, My Howard glued together so well & easily I may try that first.

Dad-1.