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This is a Backer & Rueb 0-4-0 tram engine built for the
Rotterdam Tramweg
Maatschappij (RTM). Commonly known as the "Backertjes" (little
Backers). Built by Stewart Hine using an etched brass body and a cut-down
and re-geared Marklin 8864 diesel shunter chassis. The RTM is a fascinating
line and well worthy of modelling. |
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Another view of the Backertje with an RTM coach. The coach is built as
a perspex box overlaid with strips of teak veneer laid plank by plank which
is then varnished to bring out the teak effect nicely. |
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More RTM models by Stewart Hine. This time it's the Orenstein and
Koppel 0-6-0 tram engine No.57. The chassis is from a Marklin 8800 and the
body is scratchbuilt, but using the boiler section from the original Marklin
BR89 loco. |
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A closer view of the 0-6-0. Stewart has extensively reworked the
mechanisms of this and the Backertje to provide a 70:1 gear ratio using what
is best described as a "hour-hand" technique to get an extra 3.5:1 reduction
stage in the gear train. Not for the faint hearted, but it provides a very
good slow running performance at the cost of some extra noise from the gears. |
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A 2-truck Shay built by Tom Knapp for Dr. Peter Clark. Tom
designed the RLW kit and this could well be one of the early trial versions.
It's on a Micro-Trains F7 chassis. |
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Another view of the Shay.This particular model is a woodburning version.
It's very nicely made and even features a pair of antlers on the headlight. |
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Denver, South Park & Pacific "Cooke" mogul. Built by John Sprattley
for Dr. Peter Clark, using the Bob Sloan (now RLW) kit, which uses a Marklin
8895 chassis. |
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A colour shot of the Cooke mogul, which shows off the Prussian blue boiler
and wooden cab. This is a nice model and runs very well, even having done
a few laps of the Pizza (before the bridge was
installed). |
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Rio Grande Southern "Galloping Goose" from the RLW kit, by John Sprattley.
Powered by a motor bogie made from the short wheelbase half of the Marklin
8864 diesel. |
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Dolgoch from the Talyllyn Railway,
2mm scale 4.5mm gauge. This loco is 100% scratchbuilt by John Greenwood including
the motor, wheels and gears. It's posed next to a typical British standard
gauge open wagon which in this scale will be about 33mm long. Dolgoch is
small! Brass and nickel-silver are the main materials used. |
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Another shot of Dolgoch, posed next to an English 5 pence coin which
is 18mm in diameter. This photo is rather a cruel enlargement. As the model
was still under construction when the photo was taken, the boiler was not
fixed in place. |
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The Earl from the
Welshpool and Llanfair
Railway. Again by John Greenwood, 2mm scale, 4.5mm gauge. Scratchbuilt,
using a Sagami 1013 motor. John & his wife run a guest house in
Machynlleth which makes
a good base from which to explore the Welsh narrow gauge railways. |
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Not strictly narrow gauge, these two little buildings are on the light
railway layout of Phil Copleston, built by David Long. However they are so
typical of the sort of building favoured by poorly financed concerns that
typify English narrow gauge railways. Don't forget this is still 2mm scale.The
strainer wire on the telegraph pole features a turnbuckle. You can't see
it here, so take my word for it. Look also for a set of telephone bells. |
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Mike Chenoweth has sent some photos
of a Climax he has built to fit on a Z-scale F7 chassis from Micro Trains.
It is cast from Alumilite and the finished model weighs about 2grams less
than an RLW shay. |
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John Norquist has sent in
some photos of his Nn3 models, some really nice stuff here. John's currently
serving in Tuzala, Bosnia in the 7th U.S. Cavalry and managing to keep up
his Nn3 interests. |