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Looks like it might be electric powered Paul, even though there's a water-gauge on the backhead. Quite a nice build, just the chimney missing. The Wally valve gear looks quite nice and neatly made. Interesting, but not my gauge.
 
I was wondering that too, certainly no prototype I recognise, but I would guess it's German. I would not touch it with a barge pole however, even if I had the track to run it on. The dome appears on at an angle in pictures 2 & 4 and cosmetically the British Railways logo's are on the wrong way round.
 
garrymartin said:
I was wondering that too, certainly no prototype I recognise, but I would guess it's German.
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..to continue the guesswork.. it is definitely not German, both in terms of the front buffers, circular windows, wheel arrangement etc.. most likely it is one of these technical display locos built as an engineering exercise by apprentices or engineers at some engineering college and the engine may have had some support to allow free movement of the wheels in order to demonstrate the wheel-/ valve gear etc. ...there are loads of these type of engines sitting somewhere in Museums, vitrines etc... the downside is that most of them are built to some arbitrary scale so they are not compatible with most model railways... just waiting for another mantelpiece to sit on.. :rolf: ))
 
switcher said:
garrymartin said:
I was wondering that too, certainly no prototype I recognise, but I would guess it's German.
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..to continue the guesswork.. it is definitely not German, both in terms of the front buffers, circular windows, wheel arrangement etc.. most likely it is one of these technical display locos built as an engineering exercise by apprentices or engineers at some engineering college and the engine may have had some support to allow free movement of the wheels in order to demonstrate the wheel-/ valve gear etc. ...there are loads of these type of engines sitting somewhere in Museums, vitrines etc... the downside is that most of them are built to some arbitrary scale so they are not compatible with most model railways... just waiting for another mantelpiece to sit on.. :rolf: ))
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While i take your point and i have seen those types of models at auctions they tend to have everything machined where as this has a lot of aftermarket detailing parts..also they are often unpainted so their workmanship can be seen. for what its worth i think this is a home made loco that someone built after some connection with the real thing (maybe a retirement gift made in the workshops)... there were a ton of NG locos working in factories, mines etc when BR took over that they adopted and renumbered like on the Vale of Rheidol line thats this loco reminds me of (apart from the (German) or maybe Kitson style roof line.. i think the model has a real prototype but what and where i have no idea...yet
Definitly British,
tony
 
Looks like 'Mountaineer' from the Ffestiniog railway. Also looks like a demonstration model as said above as there is definitely an electric motor drive underneath, although the drive pinion is out of mesh with the worm drive. That is probably so that the wheels can be turned by hand to show the operation of valves and linkages.
 
Definitely not a BR job - they only ever had the well-known 7 ng items.

Graham Hewett

PS Like the video of "close encounters" - the clearances on the throat at Waterloo may just be as close, which is why Network Rail and BR before them have avoided re-arranging the layout - the HSEites would never have granted another exemption (or so my civils colleagues said).
 
Looks very like a modified Regner U2 to me, there is what looks to be a Gas Valve in the Cab together with a water gauge. I have just shifted one of these, not via this forum as it needed a lot of work doing.

If it goes cheep may be worth a punt, but be very carefull what you pay.
JonD
 
Steam AND electric power.....?
It's a Neolithic version of the Prius. :wave:
 
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