stewartingram Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Every one seems to have forgotten about the Brush prototype that was hanging around during the early 1970s. I was fortunate enough to capture it passing by, but don't know what happened to it in the end. Otherwise known as a Brush1/4. Stewart 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Great indian Peninsula railway, Gaht incline GIPR 1862 ghat.jpg Shropshire & Montgomeryshire railway "Gazelle" was origanally 2-2-2 with large wheel shown by the large wheel arch Gazelle nrm 2012.jpg robert Stephenson No 1959 of 1870, Peckfield Colliery RS 1959-1870 peckfield col-yorkshire.jpg Hunslet 1016 of 1910. Lagos tramway No 104 HE 1016 - 1910 lagos steam tramway no 104.jpg logging loco in new zealand rebuilt and bodged from a kitson tram engine like the one in the Ferrymead museum kitson 2381 - 1879 dunedin NZ.jpg Kitson tram 1881 cristchurch ferrymead (2).jpg What's weird about the Robert Stephenson No 1959 of 1870 is the substitution of the lead driving wheel for a bogie. As an 0-6-0, it's a classic Stephenson long boiler tank of the period, but, yes, the bogie makes it look rather silly! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Otherwise known as a Brush1/4. Stewart Surely a quarter of a Brush 4 is a Brush 1? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted May 18, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2018 But the other two look like something you find in Ann Summers. Jason Wouldn't know; never been there ); Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 There have been some oddities shown here but I rather think this takes the biscuit. https://www.reynaulds.com/products/Micro-Metakit/12723HL.aspx Ugh! How amazing, awful! I think the non-experimental locos looked good though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2018 There have been some oddities shown here but I rather think this takes the biscuit. https://www.reynaulds.com/products/Micro-Metakit/12723HL.aspx Ugh! How amazing, awful! I think the non-experimental locos looked good though. crikey and we complain about the price of UK locos! it should say at the bottom "people who bought this also bought....a course of therapy" and its ugly too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 crikey and we complain about the price of UK locos! it should say at the bottom "people who bought this also bought....a course of therapy" and its ugly too But it does have "sprung loaded puffers"! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tim Hall Posted May 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2018 http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/locoloco.htm I'll never sleep again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderforge Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/locoloco.htm I'll never sleep again! It has a section titled “Non-Circular Wheel Locomotives”!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2865 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 It has a section titled “Non-Circular Wheel Locomotives”!! Because a crazy man thought flat edges would increase traction of a wheel! Completely forgetting the principles of said wheel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 And then Triang saw it and thought "What a good idea". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 19, 2018 Because a crazy man thought flat edges would increase traction of a wheel! Completely forgetting the principles of said wheel. Quite wrong, the wheels worked fine, The engineering challenge was to machine the rails to match... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Quite wrong, the wheels worked fine, The engineering challenge was to machine the rails to match... Bet you racked your brain to come up with that reply. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted May 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 19, 2018 Bet you racked your brain to come up with that reply. He's only giving his o-pinion 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderforge Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Not sure if this forum supports animated gifs, but you get the idea. I guess there’s precedent in Henry’s nickname “Old Square Wheels”! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian keane Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Padarn Railway 4' gauge Horlock 0-4-0 tender locos 'Jenny Lind' and 'Fire Queen', 1848 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted May 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2018 Surely a quarter of a Brush 4 is a Brush 1? Making this actually a 1/16th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Wasn't Fire Queen the loco that was bricked up in a shed for years? steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian keane Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Wasn't Fire Queen the loco that was bricked up in a shed for years? steve Yes, as I understand it, on withdrawal in 1886 she was put aside in the old 2' gauge shed at Gildach Ddu at the insistence of the quarry owners daughter, until December 1969 when Dinorwic closed, is it a coincidence I wonder that a matter of months later W Awdry published his penultimate volume, detailing the rediscovery of George England 'Duke'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted May 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 19, 2018 Otherwise known as a Brush1/4. Stewart Should be in the 'When the real thing looks like a model' thread. Has it ever been modelled. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 19, 2018 B22DA4A5-F38B-4250-9B6D-C435D8989262.gif Not sure if this forum supports animated gifs, but you get the idea. I guess there’s precedent in Henry’s nickname “Old Square Wheels”! Henghist Pod "Wheel maker" Keith 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
E3109 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Here she is. 4846. I suspect she might make an appearance on my Reddish gig... http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1605083 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Here she is. 4846. I suspect she might make an appearance on my Reddish gig... http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1605083 Definitely the better looking end of a GG-0.5 I must get round to finishing mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Yes, as I understand it, on withdrawal in 1886 she was put aside in the old 2' gauge shed at Gildach Ddu at the insistence of the quarry owners daughter, until December 1969 when Dinorwic closed, is it a coincidence I wonder that a matter of months later W Awdry published his penultimate volume, detailing the rediscovery of George England 'Duke'? Duke the Lost Engine was always my favourite book in the series 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian keane Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Seaburn coal co. 'Comet', 1848 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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