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Steam locos will be around for some time yet - There always seems to be interest and new people coming on the scene. Its 40 years since the end of steam on BR, if there was no new blood steam would have been dead long ago. Indeed so strong is the movement we're even building new locos! As for fuel, ...

Cylinder block?

Running nicely there, well done, are you going for a Victorian Maroon :lol: . The livery will be based on the FR railway green.  Basically black superstructure with large green panels lined in red.  The wheels will be black with white tyres and red coupling rods. It might anoy those who don't like ...

Put the railway up today and did some more testing. Won't break any haulage records just yet but it goes round the curves a dream! http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i126/Andrex_photos/Mamod%20Fairlie/th_FairlieFirstRun.jpg http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i126/Andrex_photos/Mamod%20Fairlie/th_Fairl...

pauly wrote:

SillyBilly wrote:If you ever come to Ffestiniog .

stop by Middlesbrough on the way

Hmm, Derby to north Wales via Middlesborough, some detour that!!

Its about time I visited the Ffestiniog again!

As above, it is designed to go round 2'6" curves - it has to otherwise it will not go round my railway! I have got away with keeping the burner fixed, this top shot with the boiler removed shows how close the wicks get to the bogie frames on a mamod curve, particularly the outer ones, but it do...