ScottishRailFanatic Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Evening all, Today’s post is a bit of a double-feature. First of all, I have taken a generic Hornby RailRoad 0-4-0T, along with the chassis from a Peckett B2 Class, and played about with it to create a small, heavy duty shunter. This would work at more sizeable industrial railways and maybe the odd locomotive works. As promised, I have also produced a revised version of my centre-cab Sentinel locomotive. It now has 3 axles instead of 2, making it more suitable in terms of axle-load for an industrial railway. As always, I’m open to ideas and requests, so feel free to give feedback and requests for what I should do next. SRF. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph the L&YR lover Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 ah, a baby tom with outside cylinders. actually looks really nice 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishRailFanatic Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, Joseph the L&YR lover said: ah, a baby tom with outside cylinders. actually looks really nice Thank you! The kind words are greatly appreciated. At least I know that people like what I’m doing! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Another variation on the dock shunter theme, and based loosely on a CR design, a mix of Heljan GW chassis and Triang Nellie cab. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishRailFanatic Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Morning all, After witnessing the Hornby model of the Peckett ‘W4’ Class, I thought to myself “Why didn’t they make a tender for longer work periods?”. The result was this locomotive, dubbed the ‘W4T’ Class. What do you think? SRF. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, ScottishRailFanatic said: Morning all, After witnessing the Hornby model of the Peckett ‘W4’ Class, I thought to myself “Why didn’t they make a tender for longer work periods?”. The result was this locomotive, dubbed the ‘W4T’ Class. What do you think? SRF. Many such locomotives ran with tenders, usually converted from an old wagon. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishRailFanatic Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 8 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Many such locomotives ran with tenders, usually converted from an old wagon. I have seen many examples of this myself - mine was merely designed as though there were a higher quality production version, instead of redundant wagon conversions. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I suspect if they were building a proper tender version they would have left the saddle tank off as that would make servicing easier. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishRailFanatic Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 28 minutes ago, BernardTPM said: I suspect if they were building a proper tender version they would have left the saddle tank off as that would make servicing easier. That’s very true Bernard - I wonder what a Peckett would look like with no saddle tank? That’s gotten some gears turning in my head... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I look forward to the result! I remember from my early Railway Modellers (which for me is late '60s) the little 0-4-0 tender locos in the W. Hardin Osborne's Sketchbook series. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 14 hours ago, ScottishRailFanatic said: Morning all, After witnessing the Hornby model of the Peckett ‘W4’ Class, I thought to myself “Why didn’t they make a tender for longer work periods?”. The result was this locomotive, dubbed the ‘W4T’ Class. What do you think? SRF. Nice render though the smokebox needs work and the tank cap needs removing, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 18 hours ago, ScottishRailFanatic said: Morning all, After witnessing the Hornby model of the Peckett ‘W4’ Class, I thought to myself “Why didn’t they make a tender for longer work periods?”. The result was this locomotive, dubbed the ‘W4T’ Class. What do you think? SRF. Imagine this with cab like a Ffestiniog England. Cheers David 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 21 hours ago, ScottishRailFanatic said: I have seen many examples of this myself - mine was merely designed as though there were a higher quality production version, instead of redundant wagon conversions. The “tenders” usually combine the functions of coal storage and general tool store. It’s counter-productive to put more weight on the tender than absolutely necessary. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 just about everything shortened except the cab 6 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 4 hours ago, sir douglas said: just about everything shortened except the cab Omigiddygosh! It reminds me of Tom's Freelance 0-4-0 tender locomotive model I helped design! Nice render. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2020 Weren't the "Austin 7" 7F's more or less the opposite-a 4F with an extra pair of driving wheels, and a bigger boiler? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, sir douglas said: just about everything shortened except the cab This is the proposed LMS rebuild of the GSWR Stirling 0-4-0 mineral engines, using the standard G0.5S Belpaire boiler. Drawings were prepared, then someone from Kilmarnock works pointed out that the class had all been withdrawn by about 1900. Edited October 21, 2020 by Compound2632 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian@stenochs Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 50 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: This is the proposed LMS rebuild of the GSWR Stirling 0-4-0 mineral engines, using the standard G0.5S Belpaire boiler. Drawings were prepared, then someone from Kilmarnock works pointed out that the class had all been withdrawn by about 1900. Nice thought. Some of the Fower wheelers lasted until after the Great War, this one didn’t but is seen here in rude good health in 1908! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, ian@stenochs said: Nice thought. Some of the Fower wheelers lasted until after the Great War, this one didn’t but is seen here in rude good health in 1908! Brilliant - I've not seen a photo of a live one before - only models. Nice brake van too, shame the tender's in the way! That reminds me of something about @sir douglas' picture that was bugging me - crank axle under the ashpan! It must have been more than lively on the footplate of a fower wheeler. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: That reminds me of something about @sir douglas' picture that was bugging me - crank axle under the ashpan! Actually inside the ashpan and possibly clonking the grate. It's crying out for a jackshaft drive between the coupled axles. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Flying Pig said: Actually inside the ashpan and possibly clonking the grate. It's crying out for a jackshaft drive between the coupled axles. Perhaps that's what its got between the frames, with the leading axle being cranked? Or it might be a marine-type boiler, like NER Class K as built. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 21 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Perhaps that's what its got between the frames, with the leading axle being cranked? Or it might be a marine-type boiler, like NER Class K as built. Traction avant is an interesting notion. Living with London Midland Locomotives describes a scheme to fit an axle hung geared unit to a 3F tank (never fully worked through because diesel shunters). That might work here, connected to the front axle. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 23 hours ago, sir douglas said: just about everything shortened except the cab That almost looks like first model railway loco I ever had; a Trix Twin 3-rail 0-4-0 tender job. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 22, 2020 Didn't those have outside cylinders? See what you mean, though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph the L&YR lover Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 has anyone metioned the lanky 2-10-0 at all? i got some drawing of the loco and i was thinking about sharing them if anyone wanted to see it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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