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That looks nice. It looks like a great model. It reminds me of the L&YR Class 25 as I mentioned previously.

I usually make mine on MS Paint, print them out, cut them out and stick them on my models.

They remind me of the Furness Railway coaching stock.

That's the same way the conversion from the C Class to the A Class was made.

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.

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.

That reminds me of the L&YR Class 25 0-6-0 locomotive which I am attempting in 00 Scale.

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.

Hello. That history about Midhurst Stations sounds very interesting and should prove resourceful and useful. I am sorry to hear that you have Parkinsons.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

Wow, that's a lot of nice Moguls! If they were actual models, I'd sure love to own at least one of them.

I've actually designed some freelance locomotives in my time.

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?