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Some interesting thoughts and excellent models on this thread - just to add a bit to it, whilst researching GT3 and looking for drawings (other than all the versions in the model press down the years) I came across a couple of things that may be of interest. First is a paper by J O P Hughes of English Electric. It can be found here: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1243/JILE_PROC_1962_052_021_02 Second is the J O P Hughes archive at the NRM. I haven't seen the latter, but it looks to contain various drawings: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/sites/default/files/2018-03/Hughes%2C%20J.O.P.%2C%20Designer%2C%20Introduction%20%26%20Archive%20List.pdf I have added a couple of image grabs from the first item that show both the frames and cab details. Note that the handbrake wheel is on the bulkhead behind the firemans seat - there are a couple of invaluable construction shots of the cab rear and tender front in "Modern Locomotives Illustrated" issue 174 which make it clearer. The whole GT3 article in that publication is a good source of varied photographs from different angles for anyone considering the build, just ignore the crankpins in the wheel centres on the accompanying drawing...

Afternoon all, It might be of interest to fans of Judith Edge industrials to take a look at some manufacturers brochure scans I have started to put on Flikr - a search on that site for "Yorkshire Engine Brochure" will take you to the growing collection of images, or try https://www.flickr.com/photos/64619687@N02/albums/with/72157688290397962 The scanning at 600DPI and uploading takes a bit of time, so it will be a gradual process, and I can not find out who, if anyone, owns the copyright to the material I possess, so that could put the brakes on it too in the future. However, having bought this stuff, and knowing some of it is quite rare, there seems little point in it gathering dust when it might be of use and interest to others. Hopefully it will prompt the dusting off and sharing of other items which have been salted away down the years. Enjoy.

Afternoon all, With the introduction of the various industrial locomotive kits and ready to run models, including the Janus, I have started to put the official brochures and other useful stuff on Flikr - a search on that site for "Yorkshire Engine Brochure" will take you to the growing collection of images, or try https://www.flickr.com/photos/64619687@N02/albums/with/72157688290397962 The scanning at 600DPI and uploading takes a bit of time, so it will be a gradual process, and I can not find out who, if anyone, owns the copyright to the material I possess, so that could put the brakes on it too in the future. However, having bought this stuff, and knowing some of it is quite rare, there seems little point in it gathering dust when it might be of use and interest to others. Hopefully it will prompt the dusting off other items which have been salted away down the years. Enjoy.