Austeristy saddle tank rebuild...

A while back I saw a photograph in a magazine, of an Austerity saddle tank that had been rebuilt as a tender engine running on a preservation line.

Can anybody confirm this, and say which line?

Reply to
Christopher A. Lee
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David Costigan

Thanks. I wasn't sure if I had imagined it!

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Christopher A. Lee

"David Costigan" wrote

There's a picture on the following page:-

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Not a pretty engine by any stretch of the imagination.

John.

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John Turner

Make friends in the hobby. Visit Garratt photos for the big steam lovers.

Reply to
Keith Norgrove

The tank engines weren't either!

Reply to
Christopher A. Lee

YGM

Reply to
The Old Salt

Still prettier than a Q1. :-)

Reply to
MartinS

Most NZR tender locos before 1900 had driving wheels of less than 4'3". ;-)

Reply to
Gregory Procter

Perhaps 'M' might have meant locos on std. gauge, but even there some of the early New South Wales Govt. Rlys 0-6-0s such as the E 17 and Z 19 classes had drivers of 4 feet in diameter, and I suspect that there would be plenty of other early locos around the world that would have drivers less than 4 feet 3 inches in diameter. Regards, Bill.

Reply to
William Pearce

That's a matter of opinion :-)

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John Sullivan

This being uk.rec.models.rail, its more likely he meant UK locos. Even with that restriction it would need a fair bit of research to establish the facts. Keith

Make friends in the hobby. Visit Garratt photos for the big steam lovers.

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Keith Norgrove

And then there was the GWR's (ex- MSWJR) Galloping Alice which had

4'0" driving wheels. Pony truck had 2'9" wheels.

The MSWJR had two of these, built as part of an export order by Beyer Peacock in 1896. One survived until 1930.

It was a standard design built by both Beyer Peacock and Dubs. Some of which are preserved in Australia, rebuilt with Belpaire boilers.

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Christopher A. Lee

While NZR is 3'6" gauge, the trains themselves are of almost the same loading gauge as BR and frequently (in steam days) ran at similar speeds. These days we have ex BR Mk2 coaches rolling around on our tracks.

Regards, Greg.P.

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Gregory Procter

Many NZR locos were UK products! ;-)

Greg.P.

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Gregory Procter

In message , Gregory Procter writes

Hi Greg,

Just out of curiosity, do you know if they have the Kb up and running yet? To keep this vaguely on topic, I seem to recall a model shop in Christchurch selling kits of Kb's, Ja's, Ww's etc, do you know if that still is the case? I understand that you lot run on S gauge, which is basically 16.5mm track, that right?

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James Christie

I'm a bit removed from the restoration centers just now, but I'm sure I would have noticed a Kb moving. For those not in the know, the "K"s are 4-8-4s, the "Ka" variant with oil firing for north island use and the "Kb" has a booster on the trailing bogie for use on the south island West Coast mountain route. The Kbs frequently (but unofficially) maintained 100 mph speeds on the Canterbury plains.

You're possibly thinking of Robin Knight's shop which was once named "A4" after some obscure British loco. It's been over ten years since that closed. John Gardner was a partner and is the producer of the kits. Iron Horse Hobbies (web site somewhere) is probably the main retail outlet for the kits in Christchurch.

The scale is 1:64 on 16.5mm gauge track while "S" is 1:64 on

22 mm (7/8") gauge.

The models will run on HO/OO track but the bigger locos need at least 24" radius, after modification as they are basically built to scale for straight line operation. You make your own modifications to suit the curves you have. (sorry, John G)

There are also the likes of Fratischi who makes HO scale Diesel era models of NZR but to HO gauge.

Regards, Greg.P.

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Gregory Procter

In message , Gregory Procter writes

Thanks Greg, was always captivated as a youngster by the NZ fim unit productions like 'Kb County' and 'The Ride of 480'. Trouble was when I eventually managed to get out to NZ, I didn't have the time to go and see steam at Glenbrook or 945's trips on the main line.

Reply to
James Christie

Each to their own, John - I rather like it! :-)

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Mark Newton

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