New Addition to the fleet

MoelygestLR · Post by **MoelygestLR** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:39 am

there is a new addition to the MGLR fleet of steam locos (ok so one loco is hardly a fleet!).

As it is late and I ant to go to bed can anyone guess what it is?

(TonyW and Will are excluded as they both know)

all should be revealed tommorrow when im not half asleep

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:52 am

Ooooh oooh oooh come on I cant wait any longer, get up out of bed !

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:34 am

How can I guess??? At least when I played this game I gave some clues!

ok Random shot into the wilderness, erm a Roundhouse Katie

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:09 am

I'm going for a Countess??

MoelygestLR · Post by **MoelygestLR** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:55 pm

to be honest, i expectd will to have ruined it by now

ok some clues

its a roundhouse engine

and some members of this forum have expressed how they would like one recently.

hope i've not made it too obvious

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:43 pm

A Linda charles or blanch?

PCLR · Post by **PCLR** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:28 pm

I am with you on that

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:16 pm

Bertie?

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:28 pm

Oh come on this is like saying- guess what I had for lunch today??!

I am dying to know- out with it !!!!

Hancockshire · Post by **Hancockshire** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:05 pm

I bet it's the new ATLANTIC

Hancockshire · Post by **Hancockshire** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:06 pm

Or the TALIESIN (do I get a prize if i'm right)

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:42 pm

I'm now revising it to a Linda/Blanche/Charles, based on those clues.
But seriously
Get on with it!!!
Tell us!

MoelygestLR · Post by **MoelygestLR** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:33 pm

Ok, Ok, Ok, enough.

As some of you guessed (and very well done) it is a Roundhouse Linda in early FR form. Fully lined in green, Remote control and hopefully with a R/C whistle.

Should match nicely with the FR bug bxes i have in colonel stevens livery.

I should have it in Novemeber this year (that is the earliest i could get my hands on one! the increase in demand has shot up since the discontinuation was announced

)

there you go, put you all out of ya misery

personally, I cannot wait for it to arrive!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:36 pm

ouch! i wouldn't want to be waiting 4 months for a steam loco. It was bad enough waiting 25 days to steam Urien last year

Sounds like a fantastic engine however

Hancockshire · Post by **Hancockshire** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:41 pm

MoelygestLR wrote:Ok, Ok, Ok, enough.

As some of you guessed (and very well done) it is a Roundhouse Linda in early FR form. Fully lined in green, Remote control and hopefully with a R/C whistle.

Should match nicely with the FR bug bxes i have in colonel stevens livery.

I should have it in Novemeber this year (that is the earliest i could get my hands on one! the increase in demand has shot up since the discontinuation was announced )

there you go, put you all out of ya misery ;)

personally, I cannot wait for it to arrive!

dear

MoelygestLR · Post by **MoelygestLR** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:43 pm

laalratty wrote:ouch! i wouldn't want to be waiting 4 months for a steam loco. It was bad enough waiting 25 days to steam Urien last year

Sounds like a fantastic engine however

Anyone else who wants one will have to wait to january, i managed to get onto the back of the novemeber batch just in time!

I didn't fancy waiting half a year, but i don't get the money to pay for it for a short while and it won't be that long until it arrives!

in the meanwhile Alicia my current Steam engine shall hopefully be visiting Rhos Helsig locomotive works for improvements (including removal of rear bunker and the backsheet being lined!).

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:46 pm

MoelygestLR wrote:Anyone else who wants one will have to wait to january

Well that'll be a Penrhyn Hunslet then

Merddin Emrys · Post by **Merddin Emrys** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:00 pm

I've ordered one too! but it won't be ready until January (I'll be paying for it in December though as the VAT goes up from !st Jan!)
Mine will be converted into Blanche as she is now, I'll need to make a new tender body, new cab sides(at least), dummy piston valves and some sort of dummy front pony truck with just the bottom half of the wheels! I'm in no rush as I have not built the track yet! While our bed and breakfast is quiet (newly started!) I'm working at Tan Y Bwlch station cafe

I'm counting that money as paying for the engine

grumpfuttock · Post by **grumpfuttock** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:37 pm

Merddin Emrys wrote: I'm in no rush as I have not built the track yet! While our bed and breakfast is quiet (newly started!) I'm working at Tan Y Bwlch station cafe I'm counting that money as paying for the engine

Congratulations with the new loco, Andy.
If there is track laid by next summer, we will be very tempted to stay at your guest house on our next visit to ther UK ! I've always wanted to stay at a guest house with a garden railway

It looks fantastic ! It has been booked marked for future !

TonyW · Post by **TonyW** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:18 am

Merddin Emrys wrote:... and some sort of dummy front pony truck with just the bottom half of the wheels!

Welcome to this part of Wales, good to have another local 16miller around!

The frames on Blanche and Linda were extended forwards by about 12 inches when the pony trucks were fitted. The join on the Real Locos is just forward of the cylinders, and although the welds have been ground flat-ish they are still visible. Bearing in mind that Roundhouse have allowed more room between the frames than they should (to allow for 45mm gauging) if you were to extend the frames as per the Real Locos you may be able to have a proper working pony truck on your loco.

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