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Discussie in 'Miniature Railways' gestart door class8mikado, 8 apr 2011.

  1. class8mikado

    class8mikado Part of the furniture

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    Does any one know any thing about the Loco im using for my avatar. Who built it, owns it, where it lives etc
    It looks like a 5" Guage BR 'Brittannia' thats been converted to a 2-8-2 using the appropriate parts from a 9F, to recreate the designed but not built BR Standard. this is a great advert for what a magnificent machine this might have been and has caused much interest.
    of particular interest to me is the wheel size and what this scales up as...
     
    class8mikado, 8 apr 2011
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  2. ilvaporista

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    Is that Jimmy's Riddle, Jim Ewans' 5" IMLEC challenger?
     
    ilvaporista, 8 apr 2011
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  3. class8mikado

    class8mikado Part of the furniture

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    Name plate could say Geeorge Evans but its not very clear...
     
    class8mikado, 8 apr 2011
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