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Some time ago I came across a very interesting class of engine built in the 1860s-70s by Stephen Lewin of Poole ./myff/2051309/IMG_20170101_170627.jpg (Sorry about the picture, it was the best (actually the only) one I could find) They were evidently intended for gauges between about 3' to 3'6"...

Was it Peter Jones that once ran a live steam train whilst aboard a flight underway?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFlE8_uu8L0
Some nice lines here, film segments made some 15 odd years ago!

To avoid loosing nuts and bolts entirely, why not make a wagon fitted up with magnets, so as to collect up ferrous metal fixings?  ;) That's a genius idea! :) ;) thanks James! Of coures, it also means you'll be picking up nuts and bolts from other peoples rolling stock also, but better than fixings...

To avoid loosing nuts and bolts entirely, why not make a wagon fitted up with magnets, so as to collect up ferrous metal fixings?

If one put two horizontal, front facing cylinders on a cracker, one would come up with something like John Smith's 'Lion' http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Transport/Trains/Smith/JohnSmith5.htm Another design suggested by Peter Jones, however, I think it would do well as a narrow gauge loco wit...

Maybe peek polish? It seems very similar to compounds mentioned above

Thank you for the replies and info. (I email mamod.uk.co and they don't reply, so I've trained myself off of that avenue.) Where is this forum: "join the mamod and other steam forum"? Thanks, -Richard Here http://www.mamodforums.co.uk/ You'll know a lot of us from this forum who are over ...

The plot thickens - Seems to be the result of the article by vernon sparrow in the August 1981 issue of railway modeller, his engine 'Pim', quite a well executed example too, but not my style of loco either, however, for such an uncommon loco, I think somebody got a good deal at £99

If its at all like the kit for the te1a it should be bolt together, p.s you should join the mamod and other steam forum

Elmtree Line:122736 wrote:Has someone deleted a number of posts from this thread ??

Are you thinking of the merlin loco picture thread perhaps?

Aha! Been waiting for river tang to show up on this thread!  :D gorgeous little loco!

It 's a fine loco to be sure, but what makes it "better" than the lady Anne? I don't know much about them I should say. Its a matter of taste of course, but heres my two cents: The major had full valve gear and gas firing before the lady anne The majors had r/c as standard, and I'm not su...

A very fine loco indeed, but ultimately outlasted by roundhouse with their lady anne, just goes to show the better loco dosen't always win outright

Does she carry a builders plate with the works number?

I wonder how many engines mr Cooper turned out of the merlin loco works, I have yet to see a works number above the 600s, which is still more than twice as many as George England ever made

This is one of the reasons why I find 16mm live steam (well all steam really but in my case 16mm) so pleasant, the people are so nice and extremely hospitable and helpful, open days really characterise that methinks  :D

Interesting to hear the connection to merlin, it is a very pretty little loco, pity they never got into full scale production, wouldn't mind one myself! glad to hear the real one is still with us, hopefully there is some possibility of a restoration in future years

:shock: that is just gorgeous!  :D well worth the fettling and tinkering to get such a joy working! Would be great to see these run under their own steam, I do beleive Tom Cooper of merlin models had planned a very attractive colonial 4-4-0 very like that one which evidently never reached production...

I have seen a colour photo of taliesin (livingstone thompson) in the 1950s painted dark green, its at the beginning of narrow gauge adventure by Peter Kazer