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| Timbo | 19 Sep 2008, 05:04 PM |
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It's no different to a full size loco... in that case, what about Taliesin or the L&B loco at the Ffestiniog - both incorporate an element of the original and I think are often referred to as rebuilds rather than replicas. My own view is that every loco evolves and that it's entirely down to each case. If there are significant parts from the original then it's a rebuild. If there are only tiny elements eg nameplates and a con rod or a horn then it's a new build using original parts. Where are my conservation textbooks when I need them...?! Let's take GAT, being restored by Kelvin off of here. Is it a rebuild or a new build? Well, the skeleton is still there. It's probably a rebuild albeit an almost complete one. What about a miniature loco that is unrecognisable - such as the Malden Miniature Railway Carland Royal Scot... just the tender remains but became an electric loco. Is that a new loco? Or is it still the Scot? And if someone decided to build a new boiler and "power" element to accompany the tender, do you sit on a complete rebuilt Carland Royal Scot or do you end up sitting on a new loco with a tender behind? (Fnar fnar)... It's an interesting point, but one must also ask why we need to define things. All miniature locos have evolved as each owner customises and develops them. They will usually contain elements of the first iteration, but part of the joy of miniature railways and their stock is their ability to morph, adapt, disappear and be resurrected in an entirely different form - it is this fact and the stories that go with them that make them interesting, not necessarily whether they need to be picked apart and catalogued as hard fact. |
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| Originality of miniature railway locomotives · Non Gauge Specific | |
8:05 AM Nov 27
