Garratt at the South Arbury Railway

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Garratt at the South Arbury Railway

Post by garratt100 » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:09 pm

Here is a Ceylon Government Railways C1 garratt spending a few minutes laying over before it's next turn of duty at the South Arbury Railway.

Chris.

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Post by ACLR » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:10 am

im going to have to stop reading these post as
I WANT I WANT IWANT :D
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Post by grumpfuttock » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:46 am

I am sorry to say I am not normally a Garratt fan, they are impressive I admit, but the one above really grabs me, it's beautiful !
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Post by Maesffordd-paul » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:21 pm

Nice loco' Chris, is that a scratchbuilt one or RTR?

Paul.S
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Post by steamyjim » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:52 pm

Thats a beutiful loco!

Is it roundhouse cylinders??
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Post by garratt100 » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:11 pm

It's the first of a small batch built by Peter Angus.

The cylinders & running gear are from Roundhouse & apart from new frames it's virtually a 'Billy' chassis which forms the basis of each engine unit.

It's a beautiful runner - look out for it on 'Ttarrag Shed' or at the South Arbury Railway!


Chris.
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Post by steamyjim » Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:37 pm

Roundhouse boiler?

Or did i hear he built them using Cheddar Valley Steam boilers?
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Post by garratt100 » Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:08 pm

steamyjim wrote:Roundhouse boiler?

Or did i hear he built them using Cheddar Valley Steam boilers?
Yes, these have Chedder boilers.

Chris.
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Post by steamyjim » Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:11 pm

How much would one of thos Garrats he makes cost?
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Post by garratt100 » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:20 pm

steamyjim wrote:How much would one of thos Garrats he makes cost?
Garratts?? Between £3500 & £4000, but worth every penny...

Chris.
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Post by steamyjim » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:50 pm

Bloody hell!!!!! Out of my price range! :shock: :shock:
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Post by garratt100 » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:34 pm

steamyjim wrote:Bloody hell!!!!! Out of my price range! :shock: :shock:
Well, we are talking about the Rolls Royve of Garratts here!! :lol:

Chris.
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Post by steamyjim » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:23 am

Aye, true.

Who makes the coal fired NGG16s?
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Post by garratt100 » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:31 am

steamyjim wrote:Aye, true.

Who makes the coal fired NGG16s?
John Brittain - get your order in now, there's about a 4 year waiting list...
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Post by Chris Cairns » Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:18 pm

Very nice model Garratt there Chris. Unfortunately like Jim well out of my price range.

I've been fortunate to find Garratts in steam on my overseas steam photographic tours, and whilst I still have not got my SCSI card removed from my dead computer in order to scan my slides, here's a couple taken with my basic digital camera.
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Class 15 No.271, one of the Garratts specially painted blue for the Royal Train in Rhodesia in the 1950s. Now plinthed at Kadoma, Zimbabwe (see here to see how badly the colour has faded - http://www.geoffs-trains.com/Museum/kadoma.html ).
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And the Royal Headboard.
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Class 16A No.611 on the turntable at Bulawayo, Zimbabwe in June 2007.

Enjoy!

Chris Cairns.
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Post by steamyjim » Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:02 pm

How much is a John Britton one?
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Post by garratt100 » Sat Nov 03, 2007 11:52 pm

Very nice photos Chris!

A John Brittain Garratt James? Between £4000 & £5000...
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Post by SillyBilly » Sun Nov 04, 2007 12:11 am

garratt100 wrote:Very nice photos Chris!

A John Brittain Garratt James? Between £4000 & £5000...
Coal Fired? That's quite reasonable really!
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Post by steamyjim » Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:16 pm

Aye thats a very good price, considering the Accucraft gas-fired one was £3,500 :lol:
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Post by garratt100 » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:36 pm

steamyjim wrote:Aye thats a very good price, considering the Accucraft gas-fired one was £3,500 :lol:
There is no comparison, the Accucraft one may look very nice (although for scale, it's too wide!), but the quality & performance of one of John's is far superior.
So many of the Accucraft NGG16's have been dogged with silly little problems from the start which should never be the case when buying a new loco, especially for that sort of money!!

Don't get me wrong, there are a quantity of good Accucraft NGG16's out there & we've had an excellent runner (John Sowerby's) appear regularly on 'Ttarrag Shed' & also at South Arbury, but we've also had some...er... not so good runners...

It'll be interesting when parts start to wear, how easily replacement parts will be to obtain...

Chris.
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