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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
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!
Re: Merlin Midas MKIII
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:35 pm
by invicta280
Merlin locos seem to have a charm of their own.
You are very fortunate to own such a loco. Please show us more.
Re: Merlin Midas MKIII
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:37 pm
by Old Man Aaron
Real pretty little thing that. Welcome, by the way
Re: Merlin Midas MKIII
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:12 am
by ge_rik
That's an attractive looking loco. Very nice!
Rik
Re: Merlin Midas MKIII
Posted: Wed May 01, 2024 9:21 pm
by big-ted
Interesting. This looks like a Major above the running boards, but with outside frames, the Beck wheels, and updated valve gear?
Re: Merlin Midas MKIII
Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 3:45 pm
by 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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A video of an early Merlin/Beck which has similar buffers to this one:
Re: Merlin Midas MKIII
Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 3:48 pm
by georgesheppard
For reference, here is my Major:
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And my Mayflower:
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Re: Merlin Midas MKIII
Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 9:03 am
by 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...
Re: Merlin Midas MKIII
Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 12:26 pm
by ax1709cjm
And here is a shot of my Merlin Maestro 'Betelgeuse' in action:
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Re: Merlin Midas MKIII
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2026 6:28 pm
by cbruno_fr
Hello,
This morning, i met an old friend of mine (livesteam fan) who helped me to restart my Merlin
we needed about 2 hours to fix few little issues with gaz feeding
I'm happy with the result !
(i didn't see if i can introduce myself somewhere in the forum)
