[modeleng] Re: Ally Pally

Well, whoever built this DeWinton model is to be
heartily congratulated, not only for his workmanship,
but also for actively preserving another bit of
railroad history.

Al Messer

--- Alan Stepney <alesara2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The DeWinton company was formed in Wales in 1840
> making various items of machinery, and started
> building locomotives around 1860. Their standard
> was,
> as in the model, a vertical boiler, usually 2ft 7.5?
> diameter, with two vertical cylinders: water tank at
> one end, and coal space at the other.
> 
> Wheel diameter varied as did the gauge although most
> were around 2ft ?3ft gauge, and were popular in the
> slate quarries that abounded in Wales.
> 
> Around 60 such locomotives were built before the
> firm
> closed down in 1902.
> Alan
> 
> --- Jesse Livingston <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Al,
> > 
> > The locomotive resembles <snipped
> 
> 
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