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What Live Steam loco would you buy if money were no object. To narrow your options down:

Gauge 1 or O locos only
Cannot be scratchbuilt
You must give a reason why you would want such a loco.

To get the ball rolling, mine would be a Pearse L&B Manning Wardle. This is my choice as some of you may know my favourite railway region is the Southern and the Manning Wardle locos have a lot of grace and elegance about them...

A Finescale Hunslet - I love those little engines...  :D

I'd also like a finescale hunslet-but the engine I'd really want would be a coal fired DJB Lynton and Barnstable Lew. The reason's are 1, I love the L&B, and 2, the DJB model is as close to the origanle as you can get-unless you join the 'Lyd Project' at Bosten Lodge .

Most deffinatley a Coal Fired Roundhouse Linda, unless I could commision somone to build a Coal Fired ALCo, then perhaps a coal fired Earl of Meirioneth would be nice.

I think I'd also go for a Roundhouse Penrhyn Hunslet. Firstly, because it's a prototype I really love, secondly, because I've driven someone else's and it's a lovely model, and thirdly because it would be a good partner for my Russell, as the full-size versions will hopefully be steaming together in and around Porthmadog in the not-too-distant future...

They've been united previously when 'Russell' visited the FfR.