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Shunting locos
Topic Started: 12 Jan 2012, 07:51 PM (1,295 Views)
David
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Hello everyone,

I am in the process of making some improvements to my little petrol loco, but at the moment the pending repaint is on hold, because its just too much fun moving wagons around the yard with it whenever I go up to the engine shed.

Today it dawned on me that I have, without deliberately meaning to, built an ideal little shunting loco. The driving position is sideways, so it is easy to hop on and off, and equally happy and easy to drive in each direction. All the controls are easily reached from either the driver's seat or from walking alongside, and its small size allows it to share the turntable with a pair of skip wagons.

My point with this is this; has anybody out there built a specialist shunting loco before in 71/4" gauge?

I am also fully aware of the fact that on miniature railways it is often easier to just move wagons around by hand, as they are not very heavy.

Anyway, just thinking out loud, but I'd be interested to hear about any other deliberate shunting locos.
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Chris Stockdale
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David,

I always think of the LA auto trolley 'mini Lister' fits the shunter, or industrial style loco description well, see:

http://www.almondblossomrailway.com/

there's also (admittedly 10 1/4")

http://www.audlin.co.uk/wlrloco1build4.html

some of Pete Beever's work:

http://www.beevers.org.uk/pbe/pbe_builds.htm

http://www.beevers.org.uk/pbe/pbe_current.htm

Lottie is 15" but can be regauged down to 7 1/4"

http://forum.gn15.info/viewtopic.php?t=3215&highlight=lottie

and

http://www.bentleyrailway.co.uk/locopics.php?loco=7

Hoping this was the sort of stuff you were thinking of.

cheers,
Edited by Chris Stockdale, 12 Jan 2012, 11:15 PM.
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glastonrail
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Locomotive No. 2 "Ferret/Mordred" at Rudyard is a great little shunting loco, again similar to a Lister type thing but powered by a Morris A-series engine with a dumper truck gearbox giving two speeds in either direction. Can be called upon to shift a full train too if required.

Shame it's not serviceable at the moment... :(

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David
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Cheers for that, theres definately some interesting locos there. I can't believe I forgot about the Auto Trolley, since I've driven one. Exactly the kind of thing I was talking about.

I think I might have seen Mordred myself many years ago, I certainly used to know Terry Stanhope and went to his railway at Roundhey park when I was young, and have vague memories of a loco that kind of shape. Was it painted light blue at some point in it's past?
Edited by David, 12 Jan 2012, 11:44 PM.
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I must admit I have great fun shunting with our 7 1/4" Lister, seated sidways makes it ideal.

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Must get some photos of it actually shunting, trouble is it is normally me doing the shunting :D
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my electric tram was designed from the outset to shift large loads, which it does so, it just doesn't do it quickly!
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i Have a Class 47 that i use as a shunter a Fancott Miniature Railway it good fun moving ballast around the railway.

Ron 47. :P
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The Bekonscot 'Hudson' style sideways-seated 0-4-0 from Maxitrak is used as a shunter these days. It wasn't quite solid enough for much commercial haulage, so the team ended up building ride-in bogie locos (that to all purposed look like NG short shunting locos bar the wheel arrangement). The issue with the Maxitrak for drivers was that it bounced all over the place - you need fine balancing to ensure it doesn't tip back when you've got a driver seated, and doesn't tip forward when you've not. It's got a v small wheelbase and the driver overhangs it.
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