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invercloy

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A few of us thought we'd start a general NG blog together on the new format forum as a bit of fun.

 

A while back I went to Launceston to see the visiting Darjeeling Himalayan Railway B Class which was imported back into the UK by Adrian Shooter a few years ago. The original examples don't have tenders, this was added upon restoration in the UK.

 

Believe it or not, even though they rarely do more than 25 miles an hour, a streamlined tank loco was developed in the 1930s! It seems this was purely an effort to keep up appearances with the locomotives being produced in that era elsewhere.

 

Here are some pics I took of it, some general and some of the details which may well prove useful when I eventually get round to making a model of a DHR spiral!

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Now the detailed shots...

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Some of these class are so ornate, this is the smokebox door handle on this particular loco. Others have ornate chimney caps and other items.

 

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Re-railing rod bracket.

 

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View of the well tank (between the frames) from the front of the loco.

 

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View of the well tank from the rear of the loco.

 

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Lamp, big and does what it says on the tin!

 

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Motion bracket.

 

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Coal bunker front, normally very well buried beneath coal and two crew members!

 

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Grate and under-footplate gubbins.

 

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Cab support bracket.

 

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More gubbins.

 

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Backhead.

 

It should be noted that these locos have slight differences, this one has had a couple of alterations since moving back to the UK.

 

A model in 09 is available from Backwoods Miniatures in etched brass which includes a chassis.

Langley Models also produce a 009 kit designed to fit the now out of production Arnold 0-6-0 tank loco chassis.

A 16mm live steam version is available from Roundhouse

 

A list of drawings for this loco and other items from the DHR are available here.

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Beardybloke

Nice photos Tom! I like the idea of a general NG blog too - I've just made use of the shiny new 'favourites' link on the right wink.gif

 

I'm also quite tempted by the idea of the streamliner as a visiting loco for Hafod Las...

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invercloy

I can't believe they made a streamlined B class, absurd but extremely cool! I've long wanted to model it, it had a fairing over the wheels so you could use something like a kato tram chassis and get away with it! I've got a pic somewhere, will make one for Port na Cailliche for silly hour i think.

 

I hope people find this interesting, still to see how it'll work but it's worth a shot ;)

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