Other 014 'Main Line' locomotives
The Pechot-Bourdon - was developed by Captain Péchot of the French military for the 600mm gauge fortress railways. Initially 50 locos were built but another 280 followed during the First World War.
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'Exe' 2-6-2T Manning Wardle - Exe was built for the Lynton and Barnstable Railway which ran until 1935. Exe was built by New Zealand modeller Paul Berntsen from a Roy link/Alan Gibson kit and is shown in her early Southern livery. The FR has built a replica L&B locomotive and that was the only excuse I needed!
Emsfors
The 600mm gauge OSJ (East Sodermanland Railway) is situated about 42 miles outside Stockholm at Mariefred. We visited on holiday in 2016 and I fell in love with both the railway and its charactful Brigadelok No 8 Emsfors. I spoke to Mark Clark of Loco’n’Stuff and he is building Emsfors from his Brigadelok kits. Here she is in real life.
The 600mm gauge OSJ (East Sodermanland Railway) is situated about 42 miles outside Stockholm at Mariefred. We visited on holiday in 2016 and I fell in love with both the railway and its charactful Brigadelok No 8 Emsfors. I spoke to Mark Clark of Loco’n’Stuff and he is building Emsfors from his Brigadelok kits. Here she is in real life.
The Witch of Endor – This is a model of a Peckett ‘Aluminium’ Class loco. Named after Works No, .1026 of 1902 that was built forr the British Aluminium Company. The model was built by Paul Windle as a r-t-r 0 16.5 loco. It was acquired by Giles Favell and fitted with a more prototypical outside framed chassis built to 014. Giles also fitted the r/c: see his book "Trains, Cranes and Automobiles Radio Control For Model Railways" and this makes her ideal for track testing.
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Bagnall 2494 Bo-Bo deisel - This was a novel design being the creation of Bagnall’s senior draughtsman at the time, Mr I. ‘A’ C. Farr, who had come to them from the G.W.R. The first engine, on two four wheel bogies, was ordered in January 1933 by the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation Ltd., for their Gold fields system in West Africa. It was required to haul up to 200 tons on a line having a maximum grade of 1 in 25 and curves of up to 60ft radius. The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. Liverpool on 14th June 1933 at a cost of £1,950. The drive was via a universally jointed propeller shaft to worm drives on the first and fourth axles, the other two axles being driven by coupling rods. In low gear the speed was 3½ to 4mph and in high gear up to 10 to 12mph. The whole arrangement was quite foolproof to enable it to be driven by unskilled nativesThe model was built for me by Giles Favell and was featuered in Narrow Gauge Railways Online and You Tube. She is a delight to run and is one of my favourite engines.
Berntsen – - is a freelance centre-cab Bo-Bo diesel acquired from the builder, Paul Berntsen. He built the body around a narrowed Bachman chassis, I suspect the chassis is the HO GE 70 tonner – but knowing Paul anything is possible (and within his capabilities. She was renamed upon her arrivalat Rhyd in honour of the builder.). She is a smooth runner and can often be seen working the Swedish train working turn and turn about with Emsfors.
ZsaZsa – Just before Lockdown Matt Ditch (Photography) offered for sale a 7mm scale body for a Hungarian C50 forestry centre-cab diesel locomotive – so ugly as to be cute. I bought it and promptly sent it off to Mark Clark (Locos’n’Stuff) for a custom 6w 14mm gauge chassis. The back-story is she was a volunteer rebuild by the Rhyd Heritage Group. In reality, despite the short wheel=base the 6w pick-up and drive makes her a very reliable loco.