AMJ Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Lively Polly as mentioned above a small Kitson built machine 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 44 minutes ago, AMJ said: Lively Polly as mentioned above a small Kitson built machine You couldn't make this one up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted October 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Yes, standard in Ireland. 3 hours ago, The Stationmaster said: But 7ft 1/4inches was standard gauge on the GWR - even as late as 1891 GWR Service Timetables show the Stephenson gauge as 'narrow gauge'. So that puts 'Tiny' back in contention. 3 hours ago, Nearholmer said: And, on the Isle of Man ...... But not in the worldwide definition of standard gauge, only in a local context. Stephenson gauge had been accepted as "standard" gauge and all others were at variance. The Luas Trams in Dublin are classed officially as Standard Gauge (having adopted 4' 8½"), so what does that make the 5' 3" lines? You can't have two standard gauges. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Well, we have many different standard sizes of shoes. (I seriously hope nobody is taking my contentions in this area too seriously) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted October 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 22, 2020 2 hours ago, doilum said: You couldn't make this one up! I recall Sir Douglas did make one (a 7mm scale model) up. Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 2 hours ago, melmerby said: The Luas Trams in Dublin are classed officially as Standard Gauge (having adopted 4' 8½"), so what does that make the 5' 3" lines? You can't have two standard gauges. Ditto the trams in Kolkatta - or is it Calcutta ? ................... but you can always have one standard for trams and another standard for real trains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted October 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 22, 2020 Cape or 3 ft 6 in gauge became standard in the former British Empire in Africa and New Zealand, parts of Australia, and was adopted as a standard in Japan and Taiwan. There is a whole bunch of small steamy Kiwi critters to choose from, Peckett, Hunslet, Hudswell Clarke and homemade bush railways. Dava 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 26 minutes ago, Dava said: There is a whole bunch of small steamy Kiwi critters to choose from, Peckett, Hunslet, Hudswell Clarke and homemade bush railways. Dava Definitely..... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted October 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 22, 2020 On 20/10/2020 at 23:29, 2mm Andy said: 'Gazelle' from the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway must come close with 2'3" driving wheels and 4" x 9" cylinders? https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/1-0-4-2wt-shropshire-montgomery/ Andy A friend of mine is building Gazelle in 0-gauge, and struggling to motorise it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I've seen a 4mm one - what's the problem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted October 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 22, 2020 On 21/10/2020 at 15:37, w124bob said: Teddy was actual named after the previous owner one Reverend Teddy Boston, it lived on a short length of standard gauge track at the vicarage in Cadeby. Meant to post earlier, but DaveF has a selection of photos taken at Cadeby (IIRC Teddy was a friend of Dave's parents): https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/albums/72157626574368116 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Billiant! I didn't visit until the 70s, but it all looked much like that, including the huge model railway. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 works photo for the West lancs 3 wjich Polly was one of them https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/98514-livley-polly-the-elusive-tank/ As Dava mentioned, i have an o gauge loco loosely based on Polly Back on topic, Hawthorn Leslie "Met" https://www.therailwayhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2019/04/RM-April-2019-p76a.jpg Beyer Peacock 810 Minera Lime Company https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_08_2018/post-9948-0-28752600-1533408318.jpg 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Three pages in and, unless I'm mistaken, no mention of the products of Stephen Lewin and the Poole Foundry. Although many or most of their locomotives were of various narrower gauges, they did construct some locomotives for standard gauge - and none of their production can be described as being anything other than "small". 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 On 21/10/2020 at 08:12, RJS1977 said: Talking of Kerr Stuart, when the 4'0" Saundersfoot Railway closed, its locomotive 'Bull Dog' was regauged to standard to work at a steelworks in Llanelli. That was even lower (having been designed to fit through the tunnel under Saundersfoot station). There was no rear pony truck, so the cab floor was as close to the track as it could be - IIRC the entire loco was only 6' tall! Edit: Pictures found online: h Now that's a handsome machine. Douglas 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 I was reading the November 2020 edition of Steam Days earlier, and there is an article on the Lostwithiel - Fowey - Par routes. It includes a picture of a Sara & Burgess loco that was used at Par (under the low bridge). From the photo and description, it sounds like a standard gauge version of the De Winton. Unfortunatley Google isn't being helpful in providing a picture. Could be a candidate. Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.hill64 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 The video of Sweet Pea on the Middleton brings back happy memories. The loco was owned by the Leeds University Railway Society and used as the main motive power when students were running the goods traffic in the 1970's. Getting it to start on a cold winter day could be a nightmare. It required two people: one on the starting handle (yes, it really is a hand cranked start) and one on the decompressors. Plenty of easy start in the air intake and if that didn't work a paraffin soaked rag set alight instead. When the crankman had built up enough momentum there would be a huge shout and the decompressors released. With luck it would fire without backfiring and after a couple of minutes warming up it would be ready for the off. I was a lot happier when I graduated to electric start, warm cab and air brakes! (And even happier with a hot cab and steam brakes). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted February 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2021 Staying on IC, can I interest you in the home made locomotives of the Kojonup Tourist Railway in Western Australia? A Perth Zoo road train and a Mini Moke, both mounted on rail wheels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 9 minutes ago, papagolfjuliet said: Staying on IC, can I interest you in the home made locomotives of the Kojonup Tourist Railway in Western Australia? A Perth Zoo road train and a Mini Moke, both mounted on rail wheels. Hi There, What abut the Kitson you posted on the Pugbash thread ? Gibbo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted February 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Gibbo675 said: Hi There, What abut the Kitson you posted on the Pugbash thread ? Gibbo. I think it also appears upthread here somewhere. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted February 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2021 A silly reply this but I can definitely remember a Scrapheap Challenge episode where they built one (think it was one of the specials, since it was three teams, doing steam vs diesel vs electric, although the electric suffered from having to be battery powered). That might qualify, IIRC all three teams were given a bogie off, erm, something as the basis of their build. I've not managed to find any sign of it from a bit of Googling, but I'm sure I'm not imagining it (it wasn't the rocket train or muscle-powered train one). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 i saved this photo back in 2012, maybe from the preston services website 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted February 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) Thanks, I didn't think I'd imagined it, but it was bizarrely hard to find mention of it online. A contender for the thread, or not one that should really count? IIRC they were outright given the boiler (making one out of scrap would be a bad idea, to put it mildly) and the engine (no chance of building one out of scrap, or finding one). Won too IIRC, whereas my bets were on the diesel. Edited February 21, 2021 by Reorte Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted February 24, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2021 Despite looking like a conflat with container, this is Wissington Light Railway 4wPMR 'Mary.' She just cries out to be modelled. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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