Merlin Midas MKIII

[cbruno_fr]

Hello,
Happy to reach your forum, sorry for my english, i'm french (i didn't see if i can introduce myself somewhere in the forum)
i've just bought this little Merlin 060
Someone here got the same or another Merlin like this ?
i you have advice about that, i'm a total newbie

[drewzero1]

Welcome! We have an introduction section here: https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=32

Feel free to tell us a little about yourself, your rail interests, and your railway/aspirations over there!

As for the Merlin, I'll have to defer to the live steam folks. It's very pretty, I think the red suits it well!

[invicta280]

Merlin locos seem to have a charm of their own.
You are very fortunate to own such a loco. Please show us more.

[Old Man Aaron]

Real pretty little thing that. Welcome, by the way

[ge_rik]

That's an attractive looking loco. Very nice!

Rik

[big-ted]

Interesting. This looks like a Major above the running boards, but with outside frames, the Beck wheels, and updated valve gear?

[georgesheppard]

My guess it's a Merlin from pretty early on in their history. I've not seen a Midas with this body before but afaik they are 0-4-0/2 whereas this is 0-6-0?

It looks to have a Beck Chassis/Valves etc but the body work/boiler is distinctively Merlin. Something in between the Mayflower/Major and what I assume are the first Merlin sold locomotives:

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Another thread on early Merlin locomotives: https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10424

A video of an early Merlin/Beck which has similar buffers to this one:

[georgesheppard]

For reference, here is my Major:

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And my Mayflower:

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[ax1709cjm]

The chassis and bodywork looks pure Merlin Maestro to me. I have one with a beck boiler (with the regulator valve mounted on the boiler) but yours looks to have a later boiler, so I'm not sure whether it's still a Maestro or not...

[ax1709cjm]

And here is a shot of my Merlin Maestro 'Betelgeuse' in action:

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