Ace Engineering Works Mss 'Reaper'
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:11 pm
Morning everyone,
I thought I'd share a build of a loco I acquired last April. There is no denying that she is a wreck and has seen better days, but despite this she has not had many hours of running for various reasons. The previous owner did not have very good luck running her and her future hung in the balance.
This engine started life as a green kit built Mss in 45mm. Originally bought with a tender although I do not believe she ever ran with it.
Many thanks to Pauly for allowing me to use some of his images and footage in my posts.
Here she is, unnamed, running at her last home - The Woodrow Light Railway (image used with permission)
Here she is on test (image used with permission)
And as far as this little engines career went, well that was it - as a steam locomotive. As she was a poor performer she was left abandoned in a siding in a scrap yard for many years.
As she was now becoming scrap, parts were removed for other projects, some were sold and she soon became unusable as a locomotive. (Image used with permission)
The WLR had a new lease of life, a factory was built and required steam to power it. The obvious choice for the factory was to use the little engine as a power plant. (Image used with permission)
Sadly there was a fire. The engine was having some fittings renewed and the careless fitter set fire to the engine. Sadly this rendered it unusable and at the same time the factory no longer required steam for their operations as they had then bought a compressor to do the work.
And that is where the career of the engine on the WLR ended. I had seen the engine prior to its demise and despite many attempts to acquire I had left empty handed. The line owner contacted me and offered the engine to me - obviously I accepted and at Peterborough 16mm AGM the handover took place.
Here is a video that pretty much says it all.
Edited to update video link
I thought I'd share a build of a loco I acquired last April. There is no denying that she is a wreck and has seen better days, but despite this she has not had many hours of running for various reasons. The previous owner did not have very good luck running her and her future hung in the balance.
This engine started life as a green kit built Mss in 45mm. Originally bought with a tender although I do not believe she ever ran with it.
Many thanks to Pauly for allowing me to use some of his images and footage in my posts.
Here she is, unnamed, running at her last home - The Woodrow Light Railway (image used with permission)
Here she is on test (image used with permission)
And as far as this little engines career went, well that was it - as a steam locomotive. As she was a poor performer she was left abandoned in a siding in a scrap yard for many years.
As she was now becoming scrap, parts were removed for other projects, some were sold and she soon became unusable as a locomotive. (Image used with permission)
The WLR had a new lease of life, a factory was built and required steam to power it. The obvious choice for the factory was to use the little engine as a power plant. (Image used with permission)
Sadly there was a fire. The engine was having some fittings renewed and the careless fitter set fire to the engine. Sadly this rendered it unusable and at the same time the factory no longer required steam for their operations as they had then bought a compressor to do the work.
And that is where the career of the engine on the WLR ended. I had seen the engine prior to its demise and despite many attempts to acquire I had left empty handed. The line owner contacted me and offered the engine to me - obviously I accepted and at Peterborough 16mm AGM the handover took place.
Here is a video that pretty much says it all.
Edited to update video link
