It isn't only Little Bytham that pays host to visiting guest locos and this evening I have had the great pleasure of seeing a few of the locomotives that a visitor brought along. He doesn''t have a layout yet, so it was a good opportunity to give them a bit of a run. They all ran superbly although the 2-2-4T wasn't too keen on some of the sharper curves that Buckingham is blessed with.
Mostly scratchbuilt, with the exception of the J77 (Dave Alexander kit), it was lovely to see such well made models of really unusual prototypes. Not one but two H&BR types represented!
I dug my old J77 no 1433 out so we could photograph the pair together.
Hopefully the builder can be persuaded to tell us a bit more about them.
There is something rather satisfying about being able to share such nice models that have been constructed almost "under the radar" with a wider audience. I wonder how many others there are, sitting at their workbenches producing models like these that never get seen in public?
Following some gentle arm-twisting by Tony (t-b-g) I thought I would do what he has suggested and tell everyone a bit more about the pictures that he posted on here last week.
For those who aren’t too familiar with ex-Hull and Barnsley Railway locos, No. 2495 is a J75 and 2450 is a J80. Pictures of the prototypes were kindly posted by micknick2003. Both models are scratchbuilt in brass with castings from Dave Alexander, Arthur Kimber and my spares box. They both have High Level gearboxes and cheap Mitsumi motors and, as Tony has kindly mentioned, run pretty well. I have no connection with either Hull or Barnsley and built the models because l like the look of the prototypes.
The 2-2-4T is LNER class X2 (the only one in its class). The prototype was mostly used on inspection saloon duties, which is what the model can just about manage to pull. Again, scratchbuilt in brass.
The locos are EM gauge – but you probably guessed this given that they had a run-out on Buckingham.
Thanks to Tony for posting the pictures and finally persuading me to post something on here after many years of looking at RMWeb as a non-member.
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Following some gentle arm-twisting by Tony (t-b-g) I thought I would do what he has suggested and tell everyone a bit more about the pictures that he posted on here last week.
For those who aren’t too familiar with ex-Hull and Barnsley Railway locos, No. 2495 is a J75 and 2450 is a J80. Pictures of the prototypes were kindly posted by micknick2003. Both models are scratchbuilt in brass with castings from Dave Alexander, Arthur Kimber and my spares box. They both have High Level gearboxes and cheap Mitsumi motors and, as Tony has kindly mentioned, run pretty well. I have no connection with either Hull or Barnsley and built the models because l like the look of the prototypes.
The 2-2-4T is LNER class X2 (the only one in its class). The prototype was mostly used on inspection saloon duties, which is what the model can just about manage to pull. Again, scratchbuilt in brass.
The locos are EM gauge – but you probably guessed this given that they had a run-out on Buckingham.
Thanks to Tony for posting the pictures and finally persuading me to post something on here after many years of looking at RMWeb as a non-member.
Cheers
Chris