RectoryLane Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Just posted on Rapido’s website! 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BVMR21 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 It is looking like something that they're planning. 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamieb Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Oh dear.....an I or a K class is likely to release the moths from the wallet... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 A nice bit of frippery. For me, a lot rides on the “Raging Bull”. Get it right and I’ll have a lot more faith in Rapido. Decoration is likely to be good. Will it run properly straight out of the box? Will it be well assembled? Will it be easy to get into for lubrication and other purposes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted August 12, 2023 Moderators Share Posted August 12, 2023 Of course I don't need an L class. 👏 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 19 minutes ago, AY Mod said: Of course I don't need an L class. 👏 ... But you know you want one! 😉 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BVMR21 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 I can just about get away with one, though that will mostly be for the shorter sets, or double heading. Either way, Manning Wardles are cute enough they should sell well. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northmoor MPD Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Great choice, I will be adding a couple of these to the collection. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainwright1 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 A K class would be very nice, especially in full SE & CR Wainwright livery. Or maybe one of these L Class ! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 There’s a gap in the market for the smaller/lighter/older MW locos, the ones that make Terriers look big, for light railway layouts, earlier IoW, and a host of other uses, so I reckon one would sell like hot cakes; they’re actually more versatile than the chunkier industrial locos with high axle loadings that have (amazingly) become common r-t-r fare in recent years. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted August 12, 2023 Moderators Share Posted August 12, 2023 1 minute ago, Nearholmer said: they’re actually more versatile than the chunkier industrial locos Top notch contractor's locos (as in the pic I posted earlier) - you don't even need to build a complete layout. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 1 hour ago, SRman said: ... But you know you want one! 😉 You read his mind. You read everyone’s mind! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Uncle Skeleton Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 My prayers have been answered! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 I’ve been hoping for these for ages. They’re so versatile in terms of era and usage. Perfect for light railways or industry. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 The locos at the bottom are MW L class 0-6-0ST's. The left hand one has cab etc like Matthew Murray and the right hand one is Sir B. Both are based at the Middleton Railway. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted August 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2023 What with this and the Y7, I feel a North Sunderland Light Railway BLT coming on... http://mattditchblog.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-north-sunderland-railway-1898-1951.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Uncle Skeleton Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 I’ll be buying one of these regardless, but I’ll be especially happy if they release a K Class. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Although various ‘light and other minor passenger carrying’ railways had examples of multiple different classes of MW 0-6-0-ST, I think the K class probably outnumbered the others in that sort of application, followed possibly by the L, so IMO the K would be the ideal one to sell models of, but either would do. Whichever one it turns out to be, the challenge for the designer of the model will be the sheer variety within nominally the same class - they’d probably be better making ‘vanilla’ ones, rather than reproducing specific individual locos. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 The L has 2 distinct wheel types. Sir B has classic MW and MM has ones similar to usual pattern wheels. As most manufacturers make the models with separate cabs the varieties of cab and coal bunker could be easy component swaps. Many of the USA makers do patterns so that they can do loco specific details perhaps we are starting to see this percolating through to the UK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Enjoy the sight and sounds of Sir B in a little video I did earlier. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRedTrain Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 (edited) The Brill Tramway had a couple of Manning Wardle locos, which would just about overlap with the already-announced Metropolitan E Class... ;-)https://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/getobject?rnum=L1062 https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/1998-87678 Edited August 12, 2023 by LittleRedTrain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, AMJ said: The L has 2 distinct wheel types. And, one of the WC&P ones had special, small-diameter solid wheels, which were one of Colonel Stephens’s less good ideas. Edited August 12, 2023 by Nearholmer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2023 Manning Wardles, I mean, that's just locomotive softporn, isn't it? You want hardcore, it's got to be Fletcher Jennings every time... Didn't I just say Rapido were on a roll. They doin' more rolling than the theme from Rawhide... Brilliant choice, not many of us will be able to resist one for light industrial, light railway, or contractor use. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainwright1 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 (edited) The two preserved ones, Sharpthorne on the Bluebell Railway and Charwelton on the Kent and East Sussex Railway would make lovely examples. The former I think is a K and has dumb buffers and was first used as a contractors loco on the Great Central, then used on building the Bluebell line itself. The second may be an L. There is of course the one the SE & CR had for use in Folkestone another K ? This was bought by the SER, operated under the SE & CR in full Wainwright livery, then battleship grey, but unfortunately lost its chimney cap and looked a bit drab and dire. It was seconded to Hawkhurst during WW1 as station shunter, presumably during the hop-picking season, but was not successful. Then the two on the Isle of Wight. Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway K. Bembridge branch BEMBRIDGE. possibly L. From memory, this was called up for military service during WW1 and got sent to Mesopotamia. I think that the K type had at least four cab options to choose from, ranging from just a basic front spectacle plate to fully enclosed. That's a little bit to think about. I wonder which type it will be ? Edited August 12, 2023 by wainwright1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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