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This new edition to Accucraft/Maxitrak's lineup appeared at Llangollen earlier this year - a nifty-looking diesel as used on the huge Australian sugar production farms - take a look on Youtube to see these busy little locos in action, and scratch your head to see the 'shunting by rope'...
I've ordered my two-motor version as a kit, in maroon, and will be 'colouring it in' to have a similar appearance to the Kambarka-built 400hp loco found there.
Lots of scope for the products of the likes of SLR 3D models, and yes, we have discussed likely items.
Anybody else had an interest?
Details filched with thanks from the Accucraft/Maxitrak site - thank you , Alex and Andy.
These engines were constructed by EM Baldwin and sons of Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The company supplied smaller locomotives for industry from the 1950’s to the 1980’s. Designs included shunting, mining and tunnel locomotives but the most common surviving engines were built for the Queensland sugar industry. At this time the extensive 2ft gauge lines were changing from steam to diesel traction. EM Baldwin built a large number of the replacement diesels to a continuously evolving design, to the extend that there are hardly two alike. Engines and gearboxes varied depending on power requirements and suppliers delivery dates etc.
The usual sugar industry livery was bright yellow with red and white striped buffer beams, many enjoyed further enhancement with coloured stripes and panels giving the modeller many opportunities to customise the standard colour scheme. Many of these engines are still hard at work in the cane-cutting season and form the backbone of the largest surviving 2ft gauge industrial railway system in the world.
The model features an all steel bonnet, chassis and full cab and incorporates the distinctive E.M Baldwin makers plates. Constructed with moulded and 3D printed parts to give an enhanced level of detail, including LED lighting set
Specifications:
Scale: 16mm /ft
Gauge: 45mm or 32mm – adjustable
Length: 328mm over buffer beams.
Width: 120mm (footsteps removable)
Height: 173mm over roof
Wheel Dia: 30mm
Bogie Wheelbase: 66mm
Weight: 2.6kg without battery
Geared: 12v motor with bevel gear drive to rear axle Or belt & pulley system
Powered: 12v Battery. Twin bogies with single or twin motors.
Three pocket coupler, this can be reconfigured to take an Accucraft chopper coupling
Cab Controls: Manual control with charge point on roof.
Radio Control & sound options available
Livery choice: yellow or maroon
Other liveries available to special order
I've ordered my two-motor version as a kit, in maroon, and will be 'colouring it in' to have a similar appearance to the Kambarka-built 400hp loco found there.
Lots of scope for the products of the likes of SLR 3D models, and yes, we have discussed likely items.
Anybody else had an interest?
Details filched with thanks from the Accucraft/Maxitrak site - thank you , Alex and Andy.
These engines were constructed by EM Baldwin and sons of Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The company supplied smaller locomotives for industry from the 1950’s to the 1980’s. Designs included shunting, mining and tunnel locomotives but the most common surviving engines were built for the Queensland sugar industry. At this time the extensive 2ft gauge lines were changing from steam to diesel traction. EM Baldwin built a large number of the replacement diesels to a continuously evolving design, to the extend that there are hardly two alike. Engines and gearboxes varied depending on power requirements and suppliers delivery dates etc.
The usual sugar industry livery was bright yellow with red and white striped buffer beams, many enjoyed further enhancement with coloured stripes and panels giving the modeller many opportunities to customise the standard colour scheme. Many of these engines are still hard at work in the cane-cutting season and form the backbone of the largest surviving 2ft gauge industrial railway system in the world.
The model features an all steel bonnet, chassis and full cab and incorporates the distinctive E.M Baldwin makers plates. Constructed with moulded and 3D printed parts to give an enhanced level of detail, including LED lighting set
Specifications:
Scale: 16mm /ft
Gauge: 45mm or 32mm – adjustable
Length: 328mm over buffer beams.
Width: 120mm (footsteps removable)
Height: 173mm over roof
Wheel Dia: 30mm
Bogie Wheelbase: 66mm
Weight: 2.6kg without battery
Geared: 12v motor with bevel gear drive to rear axle Or belt & pulley system
Powered: 12v Battery. Twin bogies with single or twin motors.
Three pocket coupler, this can be reconfigured to take an Accucraft chopper coupling
Cab Controls: Manual control with charge point on roof.
Radio Control & sound options available
Livery choice: yellow or maroon
Other liveries available to special order
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