Steam outline locos

Welcome to Miniature Railway World Forums, we hope you enjoy your visit.

You're currently viewing MRW Forums as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.

Join MRW Forums now!

If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features.

Pages:
1
2
3

Steam outline locos
Topic Started: 18 May 2009, 09:17 PM (1,466 Views)
little giant	19 May 2009, 10:43 PM Post #16
leader RMR crazy projects Posts: 373 Group: Member Member #275 Joined: October 5, 2007	well my fave is clara as it is more in line with a steam loco with a full steam smokebox ie opening door and square hole in base for steam pipes. It amazing what u find when stripping a loco for repairs. How it can be said to be horrible is strange as it is a tank version of sain and katie!!!!
	It may only be 15" but it is fun to play with


romulus	19 May 2009, 11:15 PM Post #17
Ticket Collector Posts: 58 Group: Member Member #704 Joined: April 30, 2008	No one has mention "Auld Reekie" from Arbroath a nicely detailed and proportioned 10 1/4" loco John



Timbo	20 May 2009, 10:37 AM Post #18
Timbo Posts: 1,370 Group: Moderators Member #53 Joined: October 24, 2006	Interesting about "Clara". Could this be another of the Guest locos that was eventually intended to be a live steamer?
	Tim Dunn MRW Moderator www.bekonscot.com www.meteorite.co.uk


rough-shunter	20 May 2009, 10:56 AM Post #19
Director Posts: 1,737 Group: Friends of MRMT Member #121 Joined: April 27, 2007	it allways was intended to be if i get the story right a customer backed out mid build ( i shall have to check the book i have on EW twining
	JORDAN ASHLEY LEEDS Trains go into tunnels and come out but locos can go in sheds and never come out


craiggluyas	20 May 2009, 10:58 AM Post #20
Director Posts: 2,278 Group: MRMT Trustees Member #46 Joined: October 5, 2006	I dunno Tim, it is on my list of "wouldn't it be nice to" especially looking at Katie.... I really must get down to Rhyl and measure it up to see. Clara has no provision for cylinders though, either externally (no crank pin) or internally (straight, not crank axle). However the wheels, rods, axleboxes and pony truck are consistent with Tracy Jo, Katie and Sian, as is the smokebox and chimney. But then, Rachel also shared the same wheels, rods and axleboxes. There is every chance it was "cobbled" together from spare bits destined for another steamer. Craig
	Craig Gluyas Talking to one's self is a sign of madness. I talk to my imaginary friend.


glastonrail	20 May 2009, 01:02 PM Post #21
Dommo Posts: 2,373 Group: Member Member #85 Joined: January 7, 2007	craiggluyas 20 May 2009, 10:58 AM I dunno Tim, it is on my list of "wouldn't it be nice to" especially looking at Katie.... I really must get down to Rhyl and measure it up to see. Clara has no provision for cylinders though, either externally (no crank pin) or internally (straight, not crank axle). However the wheels, rods, axleboxes and pony truck are consistent with Tracy Jo, Katie and Sian, as is the smokebox and chimney. But then, Rachel also shared the same wheels, rods and axleboxes. There is every chance it was "cobbled" together from spare bits destined for another steamer. Craig We've also discussed the Guest locos in detail in other parts of the Forum. The easiest thread to find (and I'm aure there are more) is: http://s9.zetaboards.com/MRW_Forums/topic/7057359/1/ Funny how our discussions always seem to interlink, isn't it? The crueler among us would find some comment referring to 'inbreeding' of sorts... ... Dom
	"There's no such thing as sanity, and that's the sanest fact" M. Knopfler, 1985 Dragon Miniature Railway, Stockport http://www.freewebs.com/dragonrailway


Badger064ST	20 May 2009, 03:18 PM Post #22
Driver Posts: 253 Group: MRMT Trustees Member #44 Joined: September 29, 2006	I think my favourites are:- Blacovesley as it just is such a pretty little engine Auld Reekie because it looks the business and has bags of history Neptune and Triton The older Severn Lamb Rios with the straight stack and tender - I think the later ones are just a wee bit too much of a characature of american engines I am not sure I really hate any of the others sometimes the more tacky or outlandish the abonomation the more enchanting a locomotive becomes. I am intrigued by what looked to be a tiny 15 inch gauge 0-6-0T I saw in a magazine from the 1970s (Railway Times?) built by a man called Taylor in the Birmingham area but I cant remember anymore about it. I think Dave Holroyde probably took the picture Of course I may be wrong, does the name Pretender originate with the R&ER's Muir Hill tractor which recieved a steam outline body, a class 30 bogie as a trailing truck which was one of the mainstays of the railways services and exists today as Perkins?
	http://stuartross.fotopic.net/ www.friendsofklr.co.uk Find us at Facebook to discover more about the Kirklees Light Railway http://www.facebook.com/pages/Huddersfield-United-Kingdom/Kirklees-Light-Railway/152198742256


Timbo	20 May 2009, 03:49 PM Post #23
Timbo Posts: 1,370 Group: Moderators Member #53 Joined: October 24, 2006	Ahhh - Perkins! That has to be up there in my "favourites" list. It appears that (in proportion with the relative number of locos) there are more S/O locos in the larger gauges, but fewer in 10.25" or below. There are some quite diddly little S/O 5" gauge saddle tank ones from Ride-On-Railways. And very few in 7.25", certainly.
	Tim Dunn MRW Moderator www.bekonscot.com www.meteorite.co.uk


laalratty	20 May 2009, 09:04 PM Post #24
Fireman Posts: 221 Group: Member Member #544 Joined: March 2, 2008	Badger064ST 20 May 2009, 03:18 PM Of course I may be wrong, does the name Pretender originate with the R&ER's Muir Hill tractor which recieved a steam outline body, a class 30 bogie as a trailing truck which was one of the mainstays of the railways services and exists today as Perkins? The Perkins was known as Pretender for quite a large number of years before its steam outline body was replaced, the nickname came of allegedly somebody overheard a small boy saying it was pretending to be a steam loco. As for other nicknames, my dad's always referred to it as Skitterbeck, supposedly a very minor tributary of one of the 3 ratty rivers



john new	20 May 2009, 09:24 PM Post #25
Porter Posts: 47 Group: Member Member #332 Joined: November 25, 2007	Been a fan of the North Bay Pacifics for over 50 years now. Also some of the Severn Lamb (?) USA outline loco's look OK.
	John V Chair & Webmaster Wessex Assoc' Mod' Rly' Clubs. http://www.wamrc-railway-modellers.org.uk/ \| Web & Publicity Officer for Stephenson Locomotive Soc. - http://www.stephensonloco.org.uk \| York Model Rly Show - http://www.yorkshow.org.uk \| Waggonway Research Circle http://www.waggonways.fsnet.co.uk


davidward	21 May 2009, 09:27 PM Post #26
Coal Bailer Posts: 486 Group: Member Member #71 Joined: December 15, 2006	Always been a fan of the Hudswell Clarke locos- they do look superb and indeed have a place in history, as does my other fave, Blacovesley. Worst, well despite not having seen it that Southern Belle at Littlehampton looks rather vile!



dereksmith	27 May 2009, 09:08 AM Post #27
Cleaner Posts: 155 Group: Member Member #271 Joined: September 28, 2007	The Alan Keef 'Sweet Pea' at Hastings has recently been rebuilt with a few more curves and looks very nice. Attached to this post: 059.jpg (1.53 MB)
	Derek Smith dereksmith@whitstablepier.com


sedwards_458	27 May 2009, 08:57 PM Post #28
Porter Posts: 27 Group: Member Member #908 Joined: January 3, 2009	I really do like the north bay railway ones, auld rennkie from arbroath is also nice. Some of the older alan keef engines arent too bad. My favourite has to be the straight chimney rios, but also the RVR, nearest railway to me used to have a nice body on a bogie chassis! The body was very well done, but the chassis looked horrible. I really hate the roanoke 'box' at poole park. Sam



daveholroyde	28 May 2009, 12:31 PM Post #29
Ticket Collector Posts: 92 Group: MRMT Trustees Member #218 Joined: August 16, 2007	Derek, is 31 at Hastings back to being an 0-6-0DH , or still running as a 2-4-0DH ? Cheers , Dave Holroyde



tom_85	5 Jun 2009, 03:14 PM Post #30
Porter Posts: 4 Group: Member Member #981 Joined: June 4, 2009	I quite like s/o locos, in a way they encapsulate what it is that makes the world of miniature railways so interesting. Even some of the ones that bear no relation to any steam engine I've ever seen can have a charm about them, especially the one-off, home-made sort as opposed to the commerically made kind. I agree, that contraption at Littlehampton is apalling though! Got to say I'm not too keen on the Keef locos either - although, by all accounts, they're up to the job and look good enough. Perhaps it's just because they're getting a bit too ubiquitous? Just my personal preference. Aesthetically, one of the cardinal sins of a s/o loco has to be the lack of connecting rods, or, even worse, running on bogies - that never looks right! My favourites have got to be the Hudswells - they are close to being actual models of the full-size locos. Which raises an interesting point I reckon, regarding the blurred lines between 'model' and 'miniature' railways... in '00' gauge, electric power is obviously the norm. Even in the larger scales like G and SM32, even though live steam is commonplace, a 'steam outline' electric loco doesn't raise any eyebrows. So why is it different when the 'model' is in 15" gauge? I suppose the difference is that the vast majority ARE'NT built as 'models' of full size engines, but even so... The Hudswells bizarrely remind me of old Triang 00 stuff, for some reason. Also, since miniature/narrow gauge lines started utilising diesel/petrol power largely before BR did, most non-steam miniature locos built before the mid 1950s or there abouts seem to be S/O, what was the alternative if you still wanted visitors to relate to it in some way?


Go to Next Page
« Previous Topic · Non Gauge Specific · Next Topic »

Pages:
1
2
3