Martin Shaw
Western Thunderer
In case your worried this is not about a road from London to Holyhead. Well I have, after two weeks of sorting, managed to return the dining room to its intended purpose, not that we eat in there very frequently, so I managed to escape to the workshop and decide what I might tackle first. The box on the top of the pile had merely the inscription "A5" and it was v heavy. Inside was this beauty.
Now I don't suppose it has turned a wheel in 20 years, and is I think the only locomotive that my friend actually completed. It was built to coarse scale standards with outside third rail pickup, the pickups are under the front footstep and just in front of the pony wheel. It probably weighs 4-5 pounds, 2 kilos in new money, and I can remember it running round with 10 Exley bogies behind it. It also came with these,
a set of turned wheels axles and crankpins, a choice of backheads, and replacement chimney and dome. I'll dismantle it tomorrow and see what I've got.
Regards
Martin
Now I don't suppose it has turned a wheel in 20 years, and is I think the only locomotive that my friend actually completed. It was built to coarse scale standards with outside third rail pickup, the pickups are under the front footstep and just in front of the pony wheel. It probably weighs 4-5 pounds, 2 kilos in new money, and I can remember it running round with 10 Exley bogies behind it. It also came with these,
a set of turned wheels axles and crankpins, a choice of backheads, and replacement chimney and dome. I'll dismantle it tomorrow and see what I've got.
Regards
Martin
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