Widening my G Scale Interest

[Rhinochugger]

Thanks to all for the replies.

Attached are photos of an impulse purchase - an MSS locomotive and two passenger wagons. The will be confined to a bookcase.

Am I missing something - is MSS typical of live steam track? It looks like it belongs in a vintage Meccano set.


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Hi, no you're not missing anything. MSS lived in a half world between toy and model. They were developed from the early Mamod standing steam engines, road rollers and latterly locomotives that were principally aimed at young learners. As they were fundamentally toys, the steam pressure is kept below a certain level (which I can't remember)

The track is cast alloy, and horribly fragile. Most live steam operators use ready made track with plastic sleepers because I don't think the track components with wooden sleepers are so easily available here in the UK.

MSS and Mamod needs to run on an absolutely level track, and usually will only operate at about 90 mph!!

That said, it's an attractive looking set

 

[zenophon]

Hi, no you're not missing anything. MSS lived in a half world between toy and model. They were developed from the early Mamod standing steam engines, road rollers and latterly locomotives that were principally aimed at young learners. As they were fundamentally toys, the steam pressure is kept below a certain level (which I can't remember)

The track is cast alloy, and horribly fragile. Most live steam operators use ready made track with plastic sleepers because I don't think the track components with wooden sleepers are so easily available here in the UK.

MSS and Mamod needs to run on an absolutely level track, and usually will only operate at about 90 mph!!

That said, it's an attractive looking set

My Accrurail Dora arrived this afternoon. I now have a "real" steam locomotive

I have attached a hastily taken photo of the Dora next to my HOe Egger-bahn locomotive. A US 25 cent coin is posed to give a sense of relative sizes.

Thanks for the welcoming posts.