00 Gauge - The Far North Line
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ScR steam in the 50's
Amazing photos!
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Cheers Pete.
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What was the thinking behind that long platform in front of the smokebox door and the front bogie being well forward ? Was it for better weight distribution ?
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Probably - it is a feature of several of both Drummond brothers designs.Yes- great shots Richard. :thumbs
What was the thinking behind that long platform in front of the smokebox door and the front bogie being well forward ? Was it for better weight distribution ?
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Thanks. That,s because it almost is….The two Drummond brothers closely coordinated their work, or another interpretation is that Peter copied Dugald's designs.Dugald introduced several 4-4-0's to the LSWR, one of which was very close to the later HR Small Ben, and the T9 was an enlarged take on the concept. Peter had plans for another half dozen locos for the HR, one of which was a T9 in dimensions but for one reason or another these never were authorised. My earlier take on the ben was built around the T9, and in retrospect I should have just kept it as the planned Bigger Ben, but this time by using the Radial chassis I have created a "proper" Small Ben.Lovely shots. That could almost be a T9.
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Cheers Pete.
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Dates back to my joining RMweb, where nom de guerre's were de rigueur, and I was new to this world, so went along with it but lapsed quickly to using my own name alongside it. Named after the unfortunate loco that so nearly made it, which was the last HR engine working at my home town and would have been a most useful loco for a preserved line. Its hybrid identity with a CR boiler offended the high ups of the day and moves were made to fit it with an M7 boiler which would have returned it to HR condition, but that fell through and it was decided that enough examples of the pre group companies locos had been preserved already, so it was not to be. Thee is a putative rebuild proposed but I doubt if any of us will live to see it….Just out of interest Richard - are you "Ben Alder" after the locomotive or the Munro - and, whichever it is, why ? :roll:
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It is indeed, such a pity insufficient forethought was given when the railways changed - be it from steam to diesel or from pre "Butcher Beeching" to no trains left…………………….. :thumbs
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That looks great. I've always liked this layout and doing away with the 3 way has improved it further. The inside shot of the shed looks good too. You say you haven't modelled everything, but that inside framework must have taken some time.
Cheated and use the Ratio carriage shed framing to give an impression of the woodwork. It passes if you don't know much about it…. ;-) Here is a shot showing some of the interior that I didn't do….
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Cheers Pete.
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Cheers Pete.
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Peterm - I too belong to the latter group….No, thank you for posting. The more I look at this, the more I like it. Your representations look like the sort of thing I'd call work in miniature. Some have it and some haven't. I'm in the latter group. :)
Ron
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
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