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bvr379	2 Jul 2009, 06:16 PM
Operations Manager Posts: 562 Group: Friends of MRMT Member #210 Joined: August 12, 2007	david colley 2 Jul 2009, 05:35 PM Thing is though, I feel that to get all this, you'd come out with a rather Emmett looking affair David No necessarily David. It depends upon whether or not you are trying to base your loco on a prototype or not. Even then, you could argue that it is based upon a design that was never built! The Romney (RH&DR) locos are based on standard gauge stock. The Ratty (R&ER) are based upon both standard gauge and narrow gauge. Most of the Bure Valley locos are based on half size, large, narrow gauge stock (loosely!). – The original ZB’s were 2’-6” gauge Indian locos. If the BVR was to build another steam loco., it would probably be based upon a South African narrow gauge loco., or 4-6-2 light weight tender engine based around “Wroxham Broad” as originally designed. (Except “she” was originally going to be a 2-6-2 tender loco., as a big brother to “Siân” & “Katie”, but the person who ordered her died before she was finished.) In the “real” world, the next BVR loco. is more likely to be an upgraded (engine-wise), single cab version of the Ratty’s “Douglas Ferreira”, for all of the operational reasons that diesel locos are best! (Including “Air-Con” on hot days!) Some of the younger visitors even ask to go on a train pulled by a diesel. Best wishes,
	David Barnes Bure Valley Railway - The 15" gauge railway with powerful locomotives. Trains between Wroxham & Aylsham in Norfolk. Santa will be arriving soon, followed by Mince Pie Specials from 27 Dec 2009 until 3rd Jan 2010. For Bure Valley Railway info. see: BVR website, which includes timetables.

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