Class O

Often heard it said (by railwaymen) that a Raven boiler on a Gresley chassis would have been better

To watch Q6s climbing Redhuegh bank when working hard they lurched from side to side with each piston stroke, unless the front coupling was hung up on the hook it performed a jig dancing all over the place..........

You turn out some good stuff yourself Porcy :0)

Great news about you eye, have problems myself so I know how worrying it is,,,:0)

Its made of thermo setting plastic

Lots of peoples only experience of steam locos are preserved ones, not run how the regular ones were......

I built one in the 70s using the bows from a Airfix battleship

I had a Cornard kit that used a 1.4.1R chassis, it was rubbish scrapped it but 1.4 .1 Rs, got 2 cheap from Guy Norris

Also to protect the canvas on the cab roof when taking coal

Some had a square vent on the cab roof and a patch of thin steel on the rear of the cab roof, I represented this with a patch of Scotch Magic adhesive tape

Yes, you can even see it in some photos, like some Midland locos had a yellow patch, known as yellow bellies, I think it was Kentish Town that did this,.....OWEN not Barry

Don't forget there was a black strip on the bottom of the boiler the same width as the frames,

And lost the clerestory on their cabs to....

The Stanier mogul looks like a Millholme one ?

My Dad was in the breakdown gang here at West Hartlepool, he said the crane was only used if essential, when they got MFD gear they travelled far and wide, I remember once they went to Horton in Ribblesdale.....