davknigh

Thanks James, I’ve got a few here: https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/andrew-barclay-works-no-1680-nora-no-5-0-4-0st/ https://www.philt.org.uk/Industrial/Ind-Steam/i-mVxprhr https://www.philt.org.uk/Industrial/Ind-Steam/i-f2cMjSb I’m sure others who are interested would be willing to find more. Cheers, David

Fascinating thread! Has any thought been given to doing a back dated cab for the Hatton’s Barclay? The present one is, AFAIK, post 1921. Cheers, David

What height will the two levels be set at William? Cheers, David

The way the cab is set up, the frames ( what you can see of them) are similar, the smokebox front appears to be similar. It's more based on an English engine working in Scotland seems unlikely, especially a small 0-4-0 ST. Cheers, David

Given that the engine was located in Scotland the odds would be in favour of it being a Scottish builder. While the tanks are very different there are some similarities with this Neilson http://highlevelkits.co.uk/y5page.htm Cheers, David

The vessel appears to have a Kort Nozzle type propellor which would make it a bit more manoeuvrable in tight quarters. https://www.kortpropulsion.com/products/kort-nozzles Cheers, David

I had similar problems with the Hornby J94 which is sprung on the centre axle. I found that bending the spring to put more downward pressure on the axle helped but ultimately I’ll bin the Hornby mech and replace it. The 3F IIRC also has a fair bit of slop in the rods unless they’ve upgraded the chassis which does not help especially at low speed. Comet does a replacement chassis for the 3F if you feel adventurous? Cheers David

Sounds like a massive project William, did you have a era or particular track plan in mind or will that come once you have finished the heavy lifting? Cheers, David

The interior of my Heljan class 17 cab has started to bother me. It is so open that the lack of a driver screams out but the cab “floor” is so close to the windows that any attempt at placing a driver in what passes for a seat would require the sort of surgery that is forbidden by the Geneva Convention. Has anybody had any luck with this problem? Cheers, David

Very true, how soon we forget. Cheers, David

Well, Canada, not the USA but certainly a scary time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Mississauga_train_derailment I lived a few miles away from the site of the derailment at the time and heard and felt the explosion. The cause IIRC was a hot box that caused the initial derailment then the cars just piled up. On the plus side, nobody got hurt but a massive evacuation. Cheers, David

Still not arrived in Canada yet . Canada Post does not seem to like magazines. Cheers, David

More like the kids would be on a couch looking at the bus on a screen, sigh.... Cheers, David

The F104 had another name with pilots, the Widowmaker. They were designed for high altitude IIRC but the Brass decided to use them for low altitude support and a lot of them crashed, more here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter Cheers, David

You might want to get in touch with Rails of Sheffield. They have contacts with Rapido who manufacture mostly Canadian stock with a fair few US roads as well. Here's a link to see what they make; https://rapidotrains.com/# And here's a link to the Rails site; https://railsofsheffield.com/search?Personalise=false&searchTerm=Rapido&Manufacturer=Rapido+Trains+Inc.&SortMethod=Relevance&PageSize=24 No connection to Rails (wrong side of the Atlantic for me) or Rapido, just a happy punter. HTH David

This website might prove to be a useful source of prototype pictures; http://www.railpictures.ca/ Cheers, David

Those look very good David . I suspect I am not alone in wondering when and how they will be made available for purchase as I have need for four axles worth of the Pecketts. Belated addition, in P4 please. Cheers, David

If it's any comfort Canada Post is normally terrible with packages. Anything that has to go through Toronto/Mississauga will take longer, in part because they are "social distancing" in the sorting facility so half the staff, double the time. To their credit they admit as much on their website. OTOH getting a tracked parcel from the UK is a waste of money because CP does not track parcels from outside of Canada. Cheers, David

Thanks for that Pete. The front bracket for the roller is very distinctive, isn’t it? And thanks for the audio clip, very timely fifty odd years later. Cheers, David

One more from Milton, an unidentified road roller which I think might be British built. Any thoughts? Cheers, David

Thanks for the picture of the Empress of Scotland in Montreal. That is the same dock I landed on from the Empress of Britain in 1956. Cheers, David

One runs on a layout where I am a regular operator. It can easily handle 8 bogie coaches up a 1:100 incline. No wheel slip no struggling and smoooth. Cheers, David

Point to point for me for several reasons. My preferred era is 1923 to 1968. I like shunting, breaking down and building up trains and spreading the wagons around with a purpose. The whole thing of shunting is a more absorbing job than running from station to station with a passenger train, granted you can complicate passenger operations as much as you like but that takes more space than I can manage. I am a regular operator on a very large layout along with a number of others. We take turns at different positions so I work a junction in the morning and a goods yard in the afternoon, both have their points but the goods yard is my favourite. Cheers, David

Both engines run equally well but the larger engine has greater pulling power as one might expect. The B2 has the additional advantage of having a brass whistle rather than the plastic one on the W4. Cheers, David

Another batch from Milton, Ontario. Unless otherwise stated these engines were built in Canada. They are all wood burners as coal was not as easily available, or more to the point was expensive as opposed to wood. A closer look at the mechanism on a Waterloo engine A Sawyer Massey built in Hamilton, Ontario An engine by George White and Sons, Built in London Ontario or Brandon Manitoba A Geo. White and a Waterloo engine keep each other company