Harlow Wood Light Railway
Well the 'railway' has a new loco, I wanted a battery loco for lazy running and this came up on ebay.
It was bought from a gent in duffield who goes by the name of Lewis Searle, it turns out he built and ran the first version of the markeaton park railway from 1989 - 1995 when it was sold on and extended. before the 15" visons came to him the line was to be 5" gauge and this was to be the first loco. So this loco has been sat dormant since the day she was bought in 1978 (one of the very first maxitrak simplicitys). Once he had decided to go into 15" he commisioned maxitrak to build him a loco for his line, that loco served the line throughout the ownership of the line by Searle.
It was bought from a gent in duffield who goes by the name of Lewis Searle, it turns out he built and ran the first version of the markeaton park railway from 1989 - 1995 when it was sold on and extended. before the 15" visons came to him the line was to be 5" gauge and this was to be the first loco. So this loco has been sat dormant since the day she was bought in 1978 (one of the very first maxitrak simplicitys). Once he had decided to go into 15" he commisioned maxitrak to build him a loco for his line, that loco served the line throughout the ownership of the line by Searle.
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Looks in very good order for an older engine, it must have been well looked after. Is its first outing booked yet ?
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Looks very smart Matt. Has it got a clack valve running between the water feeds from the tank ?
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Very nice! I'm becoming more and more tempted with a 3.5" or a 5" hunslet...
If it can be made full scale it can be made 16mm
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Does look lovely, how will you decide which one to take ?
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