Peppercorn

Am I allowed this one?

A consolidation. Looks powerful - it is - from this angle, and it seems to be moving, too. I hope this is creative enough for here

"You talkin' to me?...." Cliff

I wanted to add a thanks you to chaz for dreaming up/starting this thread. Cliff

A nice little German locomotive, a class 261 at Weimar, autumn a couple of years ago.

Near Paris, Ont. I think this line has been closed. Pity.

Love Belgium. How about another Belgian locomotive?

Hope you don't mind another taken at Barry

I took this one in, I think, summer of '78, ans is scanned from a photo. The neg is somewhere in my filing system. Nice looking loco, unusual name; I wonder what became of it....

Yes, bike2steam, Watford it is (was) on a cold, wet, miserable day. I's still not learned to slow the photo speed or open up the aperture at this stage unfortunately. Another Willesden shot to further whet your appetite?

Found this, too. '63 or '64, I think

This negative has suffered a bit. Willesden, autumn, 1963, can almost smell it all these years later (fifty one of them!)

Thanks for the info,EddieB. I have just a couple of others that I took in Pakistan, and when the negs come to come to light I'll digitise them. Regards, Cliff

This loco is so modellable. Montreal railroad museum, 2008. I couldn't get far enough away to include the tender. Also, something a little more modern

By the time I took this photograph I should've known how to take a photo, but in my defence, I had only a few minutes and couldn't get to the sunny side. Also the scan hasn't come out as well as I thought, and certainly nowhere near as good as I'd have liked. Pakistan, Sukkur, 1984. I think it's a 2-8-2, oil burning, and a home-built loco (built prior to 1947, and partition)

A few days ago I posted a photo of a French electric loco at Gare de Lyons, the attached was on an adjacent rack. Like its sister locomotive, it was crying out to be photographed, so I duly obliged. Hope yo like it.

Passing through Gare du Lyon, I think, summer 2007. Just waiting to be photographed

A first scan and some photoshopping (actually 'Photoplux exxing') of a 35mm neg that I took, oh, a long time ago. Barry.

Am I allowed to post this loco portrait?

I agree with you PGC, however, not all the Skinleys are drawings: some are blueprints that may not reproduce properly using today's normal methods of photocopying, etc. I'm not sure how one reproduces blueprints, but this may have been using the old fashioned print machines - remember those complete with ammonia fumes? Happy days...

Looks like it, Horsetan. You'd think we'd have all our drawing needs covered by Isinglass and PDH (although I have seen comments questioning the veracity of the latter) but, sod's law dictates that the actual drawing wanted is from a range not on offer. C'est la vie. There's always OPC/NRM I suppose...I'll check and report back Cliff

Thanks, Peter. Shame that there aren't plans to do anything other than keep them in safe storage (for the present. Cliff

I know they had their drawbacks, nevertheless they were/are useful, but Skinley and the rawings seem to hve disappered. Anyone know where? Cliff

I hope that it's not too late to add to this. I've used a variety of fluxes over the years, and still like to use Baker's Fluid. It is acidic as has been pointed out in many places, but it works and provided that it is carefully washed off it's fine. I built my first loco in '73, the next in '78 and another in '80 (oh, God, was it really that long ago? ) all in brass and all using Baker's. There's no sign of corrosion, which may well disappoint those who condemn Baker's, but it's a fact. I also used an enormous great soldering iron with a copper bit about 25 square and 60 long with a long handle and heated on the gas cooker until there was green in the flame, then tinned with plumber's solder, also something I shouldn't have used, if today's books on scratchbuilding are to be believed. But I digress - back to flux. Lately I've been using the same flux as JeffP and find it good stuff to use. Cliff

Like others I've always liked the N1 - much preferred, in fact, to its portly successor, the N2. I've liked it since I saw frank Dyer's version in OO in MRC for October 1962, a magazine - much worn - which I still have. If, AJ427, your super model will be offered for sale, I'd certainly like to be included as a buyer. I have a couple of N2 chassis bought for the purpose, but only got as far as the footplate, lazy man that I am. CliffH