[modeleng] Re: 12" scale loco
- From: <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:27:18 -0000
Hi Kenny,
I think that we have something in common in that you have a 5" gauge garden
line located almost as far North as you can get and I have one located as
far South West as you can go with out swimming.
Regards
Clif
----- Original Message -----
From: "kenny.macdougall" <kenny.macdougall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 12:33 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: 12" scale loco
> Hi Clif all the best with the raiway
> kenny
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>> Hi Dave and All,
>>
>> Met one of your guys Mike Osbourne to other day, having a look round our
>> embryo railway down here in the far West of Cornwall at Helston.
>>
>> Had a long natter.
>> As we have a Park Royal, he mentioned a guy called Trevor Daw who he says
>> is
>> a Wiz with Diesel Units.
>>
>> So far we have been going for 2.5 years from nothing and a couple of
>> months
>> ago brought in our first trains.
>> Getting the units in was great fun as we are located in the absolute
>> middle
>> of the countryside with only Farm tracks and country lanes for access.
>>
>> We even have a Web site if you are interested at www.helstonrailway.co.uk
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Clif
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dave Beaman" <davebeaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 12:12 AM
>> Subject: [modeleng] Re: 12" scale loco
>>
>>
>>> Got to agree with you Barrie, why did the rest of the world put all the
>>> pipework on show???? The beauty of a British loco was it was pleasing to
>>> the
>>> eye and mostly practical. Ok, Bullied chain driven valve gear was not
>>> the
>>> best of ideas, Super D and LMS compunds braking systems were lousy but
>>> at
>>> least they looked good. Even the narrow gauge locos hid the pipework and
>>> doesn't it show, still being photographed after over 100yrs. Now don't
>>> get
>>> me wrong, I love all steam, have fired locos in Germany, Austria,
>>> Zimbabwe(Ok they were built in Manchester at Gorton works), Isle of
>>> White(Well it's over the water), even lowered myself to fire Great
>>> Western
>>> locos and they look nice really but look at the sleek lines of a
>>> Duchess,
>>> not the upturned bathtub one, a rebuilt Coronation is one of the finest
>>> looking locos around. Even a clean black five looks good.... Actually,
>>> clean
>>> or dirty it looks great and will do anything for you except make the
>>> tea!...
>>> Ok, enough about how good our British locos look, remember, steam is
>>> steam
>>> and there isn't a lot of it left to see so enjoy what you find in any
>>> country.
>>>
>>> Dave.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Barrie Purslow" <bpduo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 8:43 PM
>>> Subject: [modeleng] Re: 12" scale loco
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jesse,
>>>
>>> At the risk of inflaming nationalistic passions even further - American
>>> locos invariably look pretty ugly to my British eyes!!
>>>
>>> Barrie
>>>
>>>> That is one yougly looking lokie to my way of thinking. Since it was
>>>> made
>>>> for the Frenchies, does it complete with a set of white flags????
>>>>
>>>> REDNECK
>>>>
>>>> I dont know if any of you have seen it, but there is a full size loco
>>>> on
>>>> Ebay.
>>>>
>>>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-6-0-FOUR-CYLINDER-COMPOUND-LIVE-STEAM-OCOMOTIVE_W0QQitemZ200167574456QQihZ010QQcategoryZ9883QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemIt
>>>> is an awful lot of metal for the money!! http://www.alanstepney.info>
>>>> Alan
>>>> Stepney's Model Engineering, steam, andworkshop pages.
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