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There is a sketch in Bradley’s book, perhaps the same as you used. When the SER became independant of the Croydon and Brighton loco committee, they went through a phase of long boiler engines, and this one was part of the goods design in 1845, six from Nasymth, 95-100, and four from Tayleur, 119-122. The Canterbury and Whitstable had opened with stationary engine haulage for most of the length, which proved unsatisfactory, and the line was taken over by the SER and rebuilt for loco haulage throughout. 120 and 121 went to work the section. All the class had boiler rebuilds later on, 121 wasn’t scrapped til 1883, when it was working at .

Excellent piece of scratchbuilding, the firebox must have been so fiddly to do.

Excellent modelling. The firebox has come out really well for such an awkward shape.

Brilliant work, and what an interesting loco. Perhaps the only model in existence? Nice turntables too, by the way! I'm off to look for something heavy that I can drop on my metatarsals.

Thanks. The C&WR was more a branch of the SER. I found a simple line drawing in the Vulcan Foundry archive, then by coincidence an article on these engines appeared in the recent Invicta (Journal of the South Eastern & Chatham Society which prompted me to get on with it.

I have uploaded this to another thread, but since early locos and Bricklayers' Arms have been mentioned, it may be of interest. The photos were lent to me by a friend, who was related to the fireman on the engine, when it was borrowed from France to represent the Crampton type of engine during the Festival of Britain. It was shedded at Bricklayers' Arms. There are some snippets of video in the thread in which I established its story. I will try to track them down and put a link here.