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The guard of this afternoons goods train noticed something unusual when crossing the midday down passenger this afternoon....

The long awaited return to service of No.4 ‘Old Man of Storr’;



The first couple of trains were double headed with No.3 just to see how it got on. It’s a little rough but does seem to be improving as time goes on;

Some nice pictures once again, you like your Baldwin's. Glad you got No. 4 sorted out.
Grant.

Great photo's again Rob.

Love the Black and White photo a lot, very atmospheric..

Really like that first shot looking down the train. You did well to get the focus and depth of field right. I find AF settings on my camera tends to focus on precisely the wrong thing.

Rik

Yes, I agree that the first shot has a certain 'something' that I really like.

Lovely locos, and they look great with those coaches. Nice to have two very similar engines too, kind of adds to the realism of the back story - "back in the day" I guess it was pretty rare to have a line where every engine was unique?

Anyway, congratulations on getting No. 4 back up and running!

Andrew.

Seems you have sussed the charging, looking good

Thanks for all the kind comments guys, it’s much appreciated

ge_rik wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:55 am Really like that first shot looking down the train. You did well to get the focus and depth of field right. I find AF settings on my camera tends to focus on precisely the wrong thing.

Rik

Thanks Rik. I’m quite pleased with that shot too. They seem to be working quite hard!

Believe it or not, I just use my iPhone for photos of my models despite having a considerable amount of high end photo gear upstairs. It’s just easier to get the phone into smaller spaces.

Andrew wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 10:04 am Lovely locos, and they look great with those coaches. Nice to have two very similar engines too, kind of adds to the realism of the back story - "back in the day" I guess it was pretty rare to have a line where every engine was unique?

Anyway, congratulations on getting No. 4 back up and running!

Andrew.

Thanks! Absolutely, the L&B, the FR, the WLLR etc, all had fleets of similar locos. Standardisation is more efficient after all! In this case the second Baldwin is purely accidental!

LNR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:58 am Some nice pictures once again, you like your Baldwin's. Glad you got No. 4 sorted out.
Grant.

Thanks Grant! I do very much like Baldwins. The Na class locos are very high on my list of favourites. When Heljan announced they were doing a 009 ‘Lyn’ a few months ago I preordered one quicker than you can say Baldwin!

No.4 has been out on a running in turn this afternoon with a short rake of goods wagons.

I’ve changed the rear coupler from an LGB type (it wasn’t articulated so was struggling with the R1 curves) to a white metal centre buffer, same as the front.

I’ve also removed the cow catchers and replaced the front one with a brandbright gunga-din type as I felt it looked a little less American, and is a hefty weight so should help to cure the balance issue the loco has. Essentially when running in reverse it does a slight ‘wheelie’ when it stops.

The original Bachmann ones can be easily restored should I decide to, the new one is stuck on with silicone at the moment so can be easily removed. This also means I can change the height easily if needed.

A couple more shots;

Looks lovely in the sunlight!

Great photos Rob.

Looks really great now your loco with the new addition.