Jenny Emily

I've just had a look at the locos in the display cabinet on the wall of my office, and can report that the Super D has one axle with the weights in a different position, a Pannier the same, the 14xx has them in different positions as does the J94/Hunslet Austerity.

So appears to be nothing unusual.

I've not seen the real one either, but I thought the balance weights are more to do with the positioning of the cranks inside the chassis where the con rods connect on the real thing - the con rods outside the frames aren't necessarily what the weights are balancing. I'm sure I've seen real locos with balance weights in different positions on different wheels before now.

Gosh! Those are fantastic!

I'm going to jump in at the deep end with my first post and (hopefully) attach three photos of my own layout, 'Grove Street Yard', hopefully looking at least half as good as the other pictures posted in this thread.

All pictures taken by a photographer I've worked with under an energy saving bulb and with around a thirty second exposure. It was the first time she had done photography with a subject that didn't talk back.