Hunslet work first

With my resident model engineering society on the move this year, the likelyhood of my old hunslet getting a fair few runs, is unlikely. Hence, I’ve made the decision to restore her during the clubs downtime. Basically its a re-pipe, as the water feeds are too small for this size of loco. Bigger injectors all [...]

October Update?

No, do not fear… i’ve not stopped work on the project, but have taken a short break during October to take care of some other things in my life. Work will commence next week to complete the major component parts of the cylinders and pictures will of course follow. However, there will be a short [...]

Official research jolly

A few weeks back, I took the opportunity to visit the WHR. Glorious day, picturesque surrounding and of course a few NGG16′s for good measure. Thought I’d post a few pictures, including one at the recently opened Pont Croesor extension, only a few miles from its final destination of Porthmadog, which is rumoured to open later in the year. 138 at [...]

Why an NGG16?

Why not!… You can’t really get much bigger than a narrow gauge Garratt in 5″ gauge and thinking of the long term, I needed a big project to get stuck into – something that would challenge me and allow me to learn new skills along the way. I’ve had a short list for several years [...]

In the beginning…

All shiny and new, a works photograph if you wish. Passing the station at my club track, the Mid Cheshire SME. I guess it all started many moons ago, when I became involved in model engineering as a hobby. I was probably more inclined to ‘play trains’ at first, although this soon subsided and the [...]