What to do with an old Delton C-16 2-8-0

Gareth

Gareth

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Well I aqured one of these a couple of years ago of ebay for a very good price i did some mods as per usual and fitted it with a decoder . To be honest it is a sod to dismantle and service and fitting a decoder not easy but it makes up for this in good running and haulage so after much soul searching it entered the works for a rebuild and to make it more british Colonial outlne (I have to admit I am not a graet fan of early looking American steam locos Sorry ! just me )
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So I,ve ended up with a South African loco looking very loosely on a class built by Kitson and North british. and I,ve made it easier to service to boot only the tender is original.
 
Wow, what a transformation. Looks very good to me........:thumbup::thumbup:
 
Heres another picture side on the loco is much bigger than before.
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Sorry make that three awesome threads!! I agree (sorry americans) but that era of american loco is not my thing either, but your conversion is great!! I love later american steam and diesel just not sure on the big smoke stacks and crazy colours and wood cabs etc.
 
Well I likes them (early US - and British - coloured locos) but, if I couldn't have them,:thumbup: I'd certainly settle for this example. Lovely job
 
Well, that certainly does the biz :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

I eventually modded my 8-coupled block so that the con-rods went to the third axle. On a US outline loco it looks better, but running to the second axle on this colonial style looks just right :bigsmile:
 
gregh said:
Great looking loco. Well done.

Can you (or others) explain what makes it 'colonial' ? (Being from a former colony, I'd like to understand what makes it not British and not American.)
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Other than a few in Ireland there were no big tender narrow gauge locos used in the British Isles. Colonial locos like this tend to be larger, have big head lamps, cow catchers, larger tenders for longer lines, air brakes, open back cabs, designed for robustness and simple maintenance (European lines were short with sheds with more equipment so often had more delicate valve gear etc.) and other features although these vary between countries and railways.
 
I do like the 'colonial' look. GRSUK do a nice colonial 2-6-0 dress up kit. I decided to stick with the American theme and while not the size of a C-18 (the C-16 is physically smaller), I wanted a representation of a recently restored (2009) Rio Grande C-18, #315. It basically involved swapping the location of the bell and sand dome, modified footboards and repositioning the drive rod mount point to #3 axle.

I needed something 'moder' to run my LGB Durango & Silverton set. Link to video of locomotive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6h-DU-4wuc&feature=channel&list=UL

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Nice Job tim that looks much better had thought of doing similar but desire for something South African desired more !
 
You don't pigeonhole yourself do you Gareth! I have a bit of a thing for Colonial locos (the Colin Garratt book I was given as a young lad probably helped there) and that looks fantastic.
 
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