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750mm tank engine looking for a new home?

Discussie in 'Narrow Gauge Railways' gestart door Felix Holt, 2 apr 2016.

  1. Felix Holt

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    According to the recent Ffestiniog magazine (no 232, page 252) the fully working steam loco 'G. Thommen' will shortly be looking for a new home as the line (Waldenburgerbahn, Switzerland) is being converted to metre gauge.
    Should regauge easily for 2'6" lines??
    http://www.waldenburgerbahn.ch/sonderzug.htm
    There's also quite a long Youtube video of the loco in action:
    thonnen.jpg
     
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  2. ilvaporista

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    Ooohh. She can come and keep her little sister (7 1/4") company here in Italy... How could I explain that to the wife when that turns up in the drive???
     
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    Put some flowers in the funnel, tell her it's a planter for the garden.
     
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    I think some of the WLLR guys where getting excited about this loco, I have not heard any more about this one or weather she would be of any use to them.
     
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    Why are they reguageing the line? And can the modern equipment be reused on the Island Line?
     
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    My first thought was hat it looks a bit like one of the WLLR Beyer Peacocks, but I think it is actually quite a bit smaller. It would be interesting to know the relative sizes.
     
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    I read that the 750mm electric locos (which do the bulk of the work; steam is for specials only) are life expired. It appears re-gauging is cheaper than trying to get modern 750mm electric stock.
     
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    Checking via Google, it seems there's a fairly active loco owners group (with a Facebook page), so it may well be they'd not be keen to have their loco go overseas?
     
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    Not that I know of. Plenty of metre gauge lines, a couple of 800mm rack lines, and a 600mm preserved line through a garden centre, but that's about it.
     
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    I hold my hand up and say I do not know the railways from that part of the world that well, thanks for the update
     
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  12. paulhitch

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    A little on the small side I would have thought. There are lines in Finland and Germany of this exact gauge.

    PH
     
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    As several of the locos which have been tried on the WLLR have discovered, it is not just the right gauge which is the issue, you need a lot of oomph as well, and lots of adhesion. It is a tough line. It is hard enough driving the parallel road, is the car's all loaded up for a holiday...
     
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