I cant believe it has been so long since my last post.

Still, in between the previous post, Christmas and now (!) work has been making headway on a couple of items of rolling stock, one of them shown here the Z4p loco.

Built to replicate loco SJ 317, it represents one of the 2nd batch of locos later modified with dual operating control gear and heavy duty couplings. Initially allocated to the Visby–Burgsvik region, it soon found itself working the Böda-Ottenby, Eksjö-Österbymo and Kalmar routes. Many detail differences can be found on these locos as they usually underwent minor conversion work through their lives, making researching somewhat of a challenge. 317 represents a build as close as to production as possible retaining the square "wooden" windows, and exhaust outlet located on the right hand side of centre line and oil cooler specific to this loco.

The modular body has been built from a mixture of plasticard and brass and clips onto the already completed chassis module.