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Cartman replied to the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
Might be proved wrong, but I think that after the current ones are completed we won't have any more. Ones which I think we will see are G5, F7, P2, B17, Clan, 82xxx tank, Patriot, GCR 4-4-0, GWR County both 4-4-0 and 4-6-0, Not sure about the rest
Jan 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM -
Cartman liked garth manor's post in the thread North Eastern Railway electric !ocos.
There is a poorly displayed model of no 13 in the NRM, with a note explaining it was the first non steam mainline loco for the UK, ironically it did of course survive Gresley.
Jan 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM -
Cartman liked bluetrain's post in the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
Thanks for that comprehensive list. I had to look up "Derwent"! In terms of numbers, the biggest gap in preservation is the lack of any 0-6-0 from the LNWR. Ramsbottom built 857 of his DX class 0-6-0 for the LNWR plus a further 86 for the LYR...
Jan 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM -
Cartman replied to the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
In its original form as a saddle tank, it would have counted as preserved, presumably?
Jan 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM -
Cartman replied to the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
Does that J94 which was converted into a tender engine count?
Jan 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM -
Cartman replied to the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
My suggestion would be a Midland Railway Kirtley double framed 0-6-0. They were the start point of the six coupled Midland goods engines, of which hundreds were built, culminating in the 4F. They massively outlasted similar contemporary designs...
Jan 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM -
Cartman liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
The biggest single expense in a loco is often the boiler, but it isn't the majority. So even with a boiler you still have most of the money to find. And with an old boiler, the question is how much saving does it give you, since it will still...
Jan 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM -
Cartman liked martin1656's post in the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
The major expense is always the boiler, and I'm very surprised that there has been no further activity to do a rebuild around the T1 boiler, after all, what classes used it? along with inside cylinders, that has to be a very simple machine...
Jan 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM -
Cartman liked Avonside1972's post in the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
Please no more 0-6-0's! We have enough in Preservation, although to be fair the 6 coupled has been the 'go to' design for the humble freight locomotive for a very long time. More 2-4-0 or 0-4-2's would be nice as would some more 'Singles', a type...
Jan 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM -
Cartman liked The Green Howards's post in the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
Rigid frame 2-4-0s preferably! I'm a fan of Archibald Sturrock's work (and if it wasn't for that pesky MP Denison, "The Plant" would have been in Peterborough and not Doncaster!) but so much of his work was modified by Patrick Stirling it was...
Jan 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM -
Cartman replied to the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
On the Crampton, I slightly agree with @The Green Howards on this. I like 19th century stuff and agree that this 1850-1870 period is badly represented. However, to me, they were too much of an oddity, which were much more associated with European...
Jan 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM -
Cartman liked johnofwessex's post in the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
Perhaps Triang might have something to do with it but personally the B12/3 is possibly the most graceful engine ever to run in the UK and thats from a S&D enthusiast!
Jan 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM -
Cartman liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
Just imagine ... [MEDIA] Give me that over a Gresley P2 any day! Tom
Jan 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM -
Cartman liked LMS2968's post in the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.
I don't think the idea is to put twelve MkIs behind it and aim it at Shap. They were used in this country: the LNWR was only one of the railways which invested. But how many of the earliest types which have been newly built are capable of working...
Jan 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
