Kent & North Wales Light Railway

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 10:00 pm

Thanks for the photos - that portable rack railway's bonkers, I love it! Wonder whether the 16mm Association board would invite it to Peterborough?

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:23 am

A trip to Zwingen on Sat. 13.09 for a steam day and a quick test of the new tender for my Regner Vincent. Early days yet, as the loco is going to get a new cab too, and the tender is still painted in works grey.

Link to a short video underneath the pic.

K&NWLR: Tender for Regner Vincent by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/pcrbDF

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 6:37 pm

Looking good! I particularly like the tender frames in the Regner vernacular - I'm considering a tender for my Konrad and intend to use "L" angle and hex bolts to blend with the loco, but it hadn't occurred to me to use the same frame style, excellent! Are yours home-made? If I do steal the idea I might go for dummy frames, Swift 16 axlebox style, don't have to get 'em 100% accurate then...

All the best,

Andrew

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:45 pm

kandnwlr:104116 wrote:A trip to Zwingen on Sat. 13.09 for a steam day and a quick test of the new tender for my Regner Vincent. Early days yet, as the loco is going to get a new cab too, and the tender is still painted in works grey.

Link to a short video underneath the pic.

K&NWLR: Tender for Regner Vincent by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/pcrbDF

Good eye. The frames are the same to get them to blend in. Not sure what the cab´s going to look like yet.

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 6:54 pm

Testing begins for the new Double Fairlie Little Wonder, built by Stewart Browne of Archangel. And proceeded downstairs on the K&NWLR in the cellar where sadly no pics were made.

K&NWLR: Double Fairlie "Little Wonder" by Archangel by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Sun Oct 05, 2014 4:42 pm

More progress on the tender front, while musing continues regarding the future cab.

Vincent Tender 041014 by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

paullad1984 · Post by **paullad1984** » Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:33 pm

just out of interest, whats the minimum radius the little wonder will do, and how much did it cost?

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:41 am

paullad1984:104625 wrote:just out of interest, whats the minimum radius the little wonder will do, and how much did it cost?

1. Gets round my 2.5m radius inner loop curves on the K&NWLR
2. "Too much" or "just right", depending on who you ask here in the vicinity of the K&NWLR

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:15 pm

Really like Vincent's tender, looks just right. I said it before, but I love the frames.

How have you joined loco and tender? I'm looking for ideas to pinch when I get round to building one for my Konrad... Could you get 'em closer together to make life a little less hazardous for the fireman?

Cheers,

Andrew.

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 2:31 pm

Andrew:104639 wrote:Really like Vincent's tender, looks just right. I said it before, but I love the frames.

How have you joined loco and tender? I'm looking for ideas to pinch when I get round to building one for my Konrad... Could you get 'em closer together to make life a little less hazardous for the fireman?

Cheers,

Andrew.

The method for linking the tender and loco together is pinched from Roundhouse; a peg under the tender and a swivelling bracket underneath the loco with a number of holes punched in it. In this pic the tender is on the furthest hole from the peg, which could make the fireman a little nervous.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:47 pm

Excellent, thanks - if it's good enough for Roundhouse, it's good enough for me...

paullad1984 · Post by **paullad1984** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:53 pm

That little wonder has really got my cravings going, one of those in Meths fired would make me a very happy man!

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:16 pm

paullad1984:104649 wrote:That little wonder has really got my cravings going, one of those in Meths fired would make me a very happy man!

The original Archangel locos were all meths fired. And just ask Stewart and check out his Website.

paullad1984 · Post by **paullad1984** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:18 pm

i had an archangel once, sadly i sold it and have regretted it to this day!

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:42 pm

I have a cunning plan

RT Conversion by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 12:39 pm

More work in progress from the Decauville breeding facility ...

Decauville 3t no tanks by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

Decauville 3t no tanks 2 by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 2:02 pm

Those Decauvilles are getting even prettier - that one's going to be a beauty when it's painted...

A little concerned about the bus plan though...

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 3:44 pm

The bus plan might only work if I go for the open top version .... but I believe in living dangerously.

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:17 am

Yesterday was traction engine day on the K&NWLR, as someone was asking about the scale of D.R. Mercer engines, but I´ve included the new Maxitrak / Accucraft one as well for comparison.

K&NWLR: Maxitrak with 16mm TME Quarry Hunslet by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

K&NWLR: D.R. Mercer Showman´s Engine with 16mm TME Quarry Hunslet by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

K&NWLR: D.R. Mercer Type 2 with a Pearse Countess by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:13 am

It´s been a programme of over two years, but the original Roundhouse locomotives, collected since around 1995, of the Kent branch of the K&NWLR have now all been serviced and are all in perfect running order again. Time for some works photos of the apple green fleet. Might even get round to nameplates and numbers now ...

So here is Part 1.

K&NWLR: Roundhouse "Jack" by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

K&NWLR: Roundhouse "Russell" by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

K&NWLR: Roundhouse "William" by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

K&NWLR: Roundhouse "Billy" by kandnwlr1, on Flickr

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