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Evidently not! Construction of the Southern's Class V 4-4-0s was between 1930 and 1934, straddling the construction of the Great Northern's Class V - so I think the case can be made for the Irish engines being the last new design. But just as the Schools in many features based on the Lord Nelsons and King Arthurs, so the 'engine' layout of Glover's compounds were closely based on the LMS standard 4P compounds. I've read the Schools described as 4-6-0s built as 4-4-0s for operational reasons. (Nock?)
Oh dear...my apologies.
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What about the batch of u class 4-4-0 built in 1947, the last inside cylinder 4-4-0s in the world?
I thought the SR Schools Class were the last 4-4-0 locomotives built.
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As part of May Bank Holiday, and as she will be shortly leaving us LNWR 2-2-2 No.3020 ‘Cornwall’ will be on display outside the museum building at Locomotion the NRM at Shildon from 10am – 5pm Saturday to Monday.
(Weather Dependent)
Also on Sunday and Monday Only the museum is hosting our Meccano Magic Event and Furness Railway No.20 will also be in use on passenger train rides - Small Charge Applies to the ride.
I was planning to see No. 3020 'Cornwall' at Shildon this October. Next to the GNR Stirling Single No. 1, LNWR 2-2-2- No. 3020 'Cornwall' is my top-favourite Single Wheeler steam locomotive.
I have yet to meet her in person.
Enjoying the afternoon sun here at Shildon, On show outside all bank holiday weekend.
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And speaking of stretched locomotives, here's something silly I did ages ago. I have no idea what traffic would demand a design like this.
Cheers
David
Good concept, that. Good luck attempting this in 00 Scale.
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Wow! That looks very nice! A lot better than what I imagined...thanks! Now, how to model it in 00 scale?
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Funny how the London & North Western Railway (LNWR) never had a 2-6-0 Mogul locomotive. What if there could have been an experimental one in the 1890s? I was planning on making one myself.
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I've seen them and they all look very nice. James is a 2-6-0 locomotive.
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With the handrails and smokebox painted their appropriate colours I sprayed it with matt varnish, apart from the dome which I masked. I kind of like the big shiny brass dome.
Finally a few extra details added - real coal on the tender and reverser linkage on the loco (left hand drive). The coupling rods have been oilified with some Tamiya X-19 Smoke.
It won't be pulling any trains, but then nor will any of my other OO locos any time soon. It should be possible to motorize it in the future if needed.
That looks nice. It looks like a great model. It reminds me of the L&YR Class 25 as I mentioned previously.
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I usually make mine on MS Paint, print them out, cut them out and stick them on my models.
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The next project is a bit simpler, a bit of detailing and a repaint.
The starting point is a GBL C class model, the plan is to turn it into a typical goods engine of the West Midland Railway.
Here the model has been stripped down to its component parts and the moulded handrails removed. The front and middle splashers have been swapped.
I've repainted it using Reading green, another obscure paint from the US.
That's the same way the conversion from the C Class to the A Class was made.
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While waiting for paint and transfers to dry I'll start the tale of the next loco.
Post war passenger traffic needed more powerful locos. These came in the form of Midland 4-4-0 compounds with some modifications (the Midland was a significant LMWR shareholder). This was achieved using the excellent Bachmann model of the LMS built compound.
The good news is that this model is left hand drive, which is what I want. But it needs some modifications to make it more Midland like.
What I was aiming for is a left hand drive version of this (public domain image).
Midland_Compound_1025_(Boys'_Book_of_Locomotives,_1907).jpgLoco body modifications.
Left to right, the mods are:
New whistle. The Bachmann one is fragile and broke.I found one in the bits box, could be an old Hornby one.
Replace safety valves with Ramsbottom type, scratch built from bits and pieces.
Sand the dome into a rounder shape. I attached it to a mini-drill and used some sand paper to re-profile it.
I replaced the chimney with the one I'd removed from the C class earlier.
Moved the upper lamp iron from the smokebox door to the top of the smokebox.
Cut away the frame extensions in front of the smokebox saddle.
With the chassis and boiler removed, you can see where I've cut and filed the frame extensions. I've started re-painting the body into the passenger livery of red oxide with black lining.
Cleaned up and painted. In the background is the boiler with its new rounded dome.
Putting the bits back together, this is what you get.
Nice locomotive. If I was doing a sort of Midland Compound, I'd stick a 3F tender at the back for some proper old-time feel to it.
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I've posted these elsewhere on my workbench (see signature below), but here's a slightly botched together Stirling Single in lined BR black that I built a couple of years ago now (doesn't time fly!) from a Bachmann 'Emily' and various parts from a Dapol 'Schools' kit. It's even got a name (sacrilege I know!), which is visible in the 1st photo, taken a bit more recently than the second.
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That's very interesting. It reminds me of the LNWR Single Wheeler locomotive Cornwall. I always have a soft-spot for these types of classic locomotives.
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How about a pre-grouping might have been but never was livery. This is LMWR no.256 in post WW1 goods livery.
EDIT : I've now started a workbench topic about this, and other conversions.
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/82968-niles-bodging-bench/
That reminds me of the L&YR Class 25 0-6-0 locomotive which I am attempting in 00 Scale.
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For those of you who read the original RWS books, maybe it's worth attempting to model some of the freelance locomotives based on the characters in the original books.
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Hello All
My name is Michael, I am 84 and suffering with Parkinsons
I, with help from friends, am building a EM gauge model of Midhurst LBSCR station as it would have been when built in 1866
I have obtained site plans from NRM and also have a copy of a painting of the station done in 1866.
At present track is laid and ballasted, all electrics are done and working, all buildings have been made and are in place, and the scenic work is well under way.
All rolling stock is of the period from 1864 to 1900, so I can run trains of various periods in the late 19th century, despite the fact that this station was only in us for about 15 years before it became obsolete and was demolished.
I do have a forum entry under 'Midhurst LBSCR station 1866' if you want any further info.
Hello.
That history about Midhurst Stations sounds very interesting and should prove resourceful and useful. I am sorry to hear that you have Parkinsons.
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I actually have thought of making the J70 or Y6 into Toby the Tram Engine. You see, two years ago, I attempted RWS characters in N Scale, something not many have attempted before but I have decided to give it a try.
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Nice locomotives. What about the Austrian Goods 2-6-0 locomotive the Rev. W. Awdry used as his model of James? I bet somebody could do that with maybe a Bachmann J39 or some other locomotive.
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So, lately, I'm focusing on the Pre-Grouping Era and this part of said-era I have specifically chosen is set between 1890 to 1910.
The reason I chose this period in history is because the world was changing. The Industrial Revolution was long since behind and the world was becoming more modern. Times were changing as did tastes; the good old horse and cart was steadily being replaced by the mechanical automobile, the dream of flight was years away and such new technologies like the camera, the telephone and gramaphone were catching on; the main types of entertainment popluar with theatre-going audiences alongside plays and operas were burlesque theatre, vaudeville and Music Hall; however, in the background, it would be years before the nations went to war with each other for the first time and peace around the world would be shattered.
During that time in the United Kingdom, the railways were booming and many companies meant more jobs for individual opportunists. For the railway, the days of pioneering were over and soon, a golden age would be shining. More comapnies would experiment with locomotives both big and small. From the 0-4-0 tank locomotives, 0-6-0 tender and tank locomotives and 4-4-0 tender locomotives to the larger and modern 2-8-0, 4-4-2, 2-6-0, 4-6-0 and 2-6-2 locomotives which the newfound popularity of would soon continue into the 1920s onwards.
Here, I shall post to you some steam locomotives of the era, some that 00 Gauge model railway manufacturers have done alongside some re-numbered as well as some converted to certain prototypes and all of them modelled after the preserved examples which managed to survive into preservation. I shall also be posting some locomotives hauling a rake of rolling stock from the time period (early to modern coaching stock belonging to the company and goods trains wonderfully complimented with a brake van - many of which faithfully recreated to how they originally looked).
Of course, this may not be easy as some may think at first - it'll take some wise investment as well as careful planning, researching and ensuring that everything has to be perfect and exactly how it was right down to the very last detail and fairly professional as I can get.
Expect the first locomotive I have been working on as well as a complete train that I have made very soon...
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Of all the large tank engines the GWR had, the one wheel arrangement they never experimented with was the 2-6-4T arrangement. So, what do I do? Why, fill in that void, of course!
Yes - I had the idea of a GWR 2-6-4T tank engine called the 7100 Class (basically, I had a Hornby Large Prairie in BR black and it still seems to work). The name of it had been decided as locomotives were named after animals like dogs, birds, fish and elks. My dealer, Mark, and I came up with the name 'Platypus' because of the trailing rear double bogies (like that of a platypus' tail) we put on the back like an Adriatic tank engine has.
I've even come up with a history behind the class and and, on a happy note, made a fictional preserved locomotive. I have not taken any pictures yet, but I will show you the locomotive once it's complete.
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I already have two, here's my first go that was also the subject of my first ever magazine article
Tender drive, 8F boiler and chassis, Brit running plate and cab, 9F cylinders
Nice model. That reminds me of an old Black Five model with inaccurate valve gear. I think it was the old Hornby one from the 60s or 70s.
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As promised here are the drawings
ARLE standard 2-6-0 + 2-8-0.jpgARLE st GWR 2-6-0 + st CR 2-6-0.jpgand my source
Wow, that's a lot of nice Moguls! If they were actual models, I'd sure love to own at least one of them.
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I've actually designed some freelance locomotives in my time.
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How about an S15 in BR lined black? The N and U Moguls and the Schools Classes all had the livery, too, so why not the S15s?
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Yes, that's true. And what about fictional diesels?