Ivatt 2MT Haulage

The Hopton Incline was pure adhesion, using among other things Austerity saddle tanks. It was the last home of the ex- North London Railway 0-6-0 tanks.

It really must be steep, the locos actually have proper cylinders and connecting rods! ;-)

"simon" wrote

Just replaced my Lenz Compact with a 'used' Set 01 at the princely price of GBP50.00 - and there was a spare LH90 hand throttle included which I can sell and recoup some of that cost.

I don't think a Hornby set is going to get a look in Simon - far too expensive! ;-)

John.

That is exactly what I have tried to reproduce! The S&D, The South Hams or Bristol Midland / Horfield bank. This leaves my Bachmann locos demanding double heading ( except one or two Mainline - Backmann hybrids). The new style Hornby Castle & Counties do very well. Worst performers are the Bachmann GW Hall, Manor & 53XX all of which have received almost 120 gms of fishing shot pellets to bring their weight up into the +300 gm range. my two grads are about 1: 37 over a 3m run. The Hornby Bk5 (modern) is another lightweight. Best = B'mann Ivatt cl 2 tanks, pannier tanks and Hornby 51XX.

Having now seen the 2MT you're taking about I know know what you mean. I was more referring to the B12 model as seeming to be a bit cheap and nasty. Wasn't it supposed to be part of a cheapo Argos trainset along with those clerestory coaches that keep turning up on eBay?

Yeah, that sort of thing, thanks for the pic. The symbols I noticed on the V2 model were on the boiler above the handrail but I can't recall if they were also on the back of the tender. I'd say it's a fair bet I was looking at an 'as-preserved' model.

My near-miss with A1 'W.P. Allen' taught me to look very closely at a prospective purchase before I buy! Sad thing is, I'm sure that a modern-standard LNER V2 would look great in front of one of our big rakes of kit trucks.