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De-rusting 'Alice's tender
1/4 ton Side Tipping Wagons

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Photo Album of Miniature Steam
Chat about Chatter
The Great Dorset Steam Fair 2003 where we built a temporary 10 1/4" railway
Great Dorset '04
Gala at the Evesham Vale Light Railway 2004

LINKS PAGE

Update 7th May 08

My apologies - I've had serious website access problems - but if you can see this - I'm winning! I've added a PDF of the tipper wagons chassis (not quite as I built them, but easier....) 1/4 ton Side Tipping Wagons

Update 18th February 08

I've had a fascinating e-mail from Jordi Gill in Barcelona. He's building a 2-car railcar in 10" gauge - and look what a professional job it is! I'll put the other photos up on a new page - Jordi's Railcar

Update 6th January

KATIE's 9F
My niece Katie and my brother Aidan came over yesterday to play in the workshop - and the result was this .....Katie's 9F

Update 7nd December

Updated the Links Page

I've had a very, very busy time at work in the last few months, and my email inbox is still up around 200..... my great apologies for those people who have emailed and not gotten a reply yet....
I have had some people enquiring about 'The Priest' 2-4-2 Kit. I need to make it clear that it isn't a 'kit' in the Maxitrack or Modelworks sense - I am simply willing to help people build their own 'Priest' by getting them the laser cuttings and design information. This is because I want to help and encourage people - and I can't do this commercially - as a) I don't have the time, and b) People would then have to pay for my time!

If you want something for your Christmas list, the 'Miniature Pleasures' DVD set - a series visiing various miniature railways - is available from

Update 2nd November

I've put some pdf drawings on the site
'ALICE'
2-4-2 T Loco Kit
1/4 ton Side Tipping Wagons

And I've finally got round to ordering a boiler for 'The Priest'. Having been thoroughly impressed with Franklin & Bell (as they were) I decided not to mess about, and go straight back to Bell Boilers just outside Gloucester. 'Alice's boiler has been a really good steamer, and faultless in the build, and so I reckon I'll get the same this time round - added to which, Wayne Bell is a delight to do business with anyway. A really nice chap.

I had drawn out the rough dimensions of the boiler I wanted, and armed with that drawing I popped round to Bell Boilers unannounced.............

UPDATE 13th Oct.

I've just got back from the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition - where we found that PNP (Paul Norman) is now doing some beautiful lost wax castings in stainless steel for buffer stocks (loco and wagon) and brake gear for 10 1/4" - scale 2 3/16 to the foot - just about perfect scale. The quality is superb. Paul is in the process of building a Standard Class 4 Tank, with another being built by Chris knibbs. - they promise to be quite stunning!

For the rest of us into slightly bigger stuff, Adrian from Engineers Emporium has produced two more norrow gauge type locos. I think they're both on the same chassis, which is a four wheel petrol (5hp) hydrostatic drive, which he can supply complete (just the motorised chassis, that is) for just over £1500 I believe (best you check with him.....). Adrian also had some brilliant examples of CNC work he can do as a competitive solution to producing coupling rods (for instance) machined in 3 dimensions, including boring for crank pins! I'm also going to talk to him about suitable castings for cylinders for the 'Priest' - so people have the option of cast or fabricated.......

ALSO

The Blue Castle 2-4-2 'Priest' starts taking shape (this is the third of four 2-4-2's so far being built.)

TALYLLYN/CORRIS No 3 - LOOKING STUNNING.....

UPDATE 1st August - I've only had time to do a few bits and pieces... 'No.2' - 'The Priest' page 3

At present, there are FOUR 2-4-2T versions of 'The Priest' in the early stages of construction by various people. I hope to be updated with regular pictures.

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Information on Radial Trucks (as opposed to 'Bissell' type pony trucks.) In Construction Information

BALDRY's RULE - how to work out where your pony-truck pivot should be..... (also in construction information)

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10 1/4" (and 7 1/4") Engineers Emporium Lister (Video) Adrian of the Engineers Emporium joined my brother Aidan at this years Great Dorset - and he brought his Lister along -powered by a genuine Lister D engine..... He's already had an order for one more in 10 1/4" ...(2.7MB)-

This brilliant little Lister. It has a single cylinder Lister D engine (hopper cooled), driving through a hydrostatic box. Very simple, very useful and very authentic....
It's about time someone found a good use for all those listers kicking around....., and he can sort you with tipper wagons for it to pull as well!
THE ENGINEERS EMPORIUM is producing cast brake blocks in a variety of different sizes - so I've ordered a set for 'The Priest'. I was going to make a pattern and get them cast - but why bother? Also of interest, they're producing some cylinder castings (....a few years too late....xx~#*x!) up to 4" bore and 6" stroke - either as raw castings or fully machined! . Adrian also sells Cast Cylinder Liners of many sizes - which will be very useful for builds, re-builds and problem solving. Other items..... wheels, bearings, bogies, hydrostatic transmissions, gauge glasses etc. etc. - not to mention the Lister that he's now doing (you'll have to phone him or catch him at an exhibition for that one!) He's become a primary resource....
( I have no connection at all with the Engineers Emporium other than as a customer, and I like what they're doing in our size)

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I've had an enquiry asking if there are any plans out there for 10 1/4" standard gauge locos..... are there? Please do get it touch.
Presumably there are at least Bassett Lowke 'Royal Scot' drawings somewhere.....!

Otherwise, does anyone have any proven plans that we could draw up on AutoCad perhaps?

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Great News regarding the Evesham Macmillan Ward - thanks to the intervention of Peter Luff, the MP, the ward has been saved from closure. I hope that few people will need it, but for those that do, it is absolutely indispensable

Dad on the last loco he got to drive......

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VIDEO CLIPS

Alice short video - a short test piece of 'Alice' storming up the 1 in 12 gradient at last year's Great Dorset (524KB)

Rudyard Lake Steam Railway - 'Pulborough' double heading with 'King Arthur' pull away from The Dam (2.34MB)

KING ARTHUR- Video of the beautiful new Exmoor built loco at RUDYARD LAKE (1.54MB)-

Engineers Emporium ListerVideo of the loco running at this years Great Dorset (2.7MB)-

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Diane and I share an interest in miniature railways- particularly 10 1/4" gauge. We are members of the South Downs Light Railway, which operates at the Wyvale Garden Centre at Pulborough, West Sussex, where our Bagnall, 'Alice', and various other bits of stock are resident. The South Downs Light Railway has the biggest collection of scale standard gauge locos in the country, and is now boasting a growing collection of narrow gauge stuff as well! We have in the region of ten locos in residence.
The railway is open to the public from March through to September at weekends and is always on the look out for committed members to work as Drivers, Guards, Station Masters etc.. So if you fancy working with the bigger stuff, please come along...... SOUTH DOWNS LIGHT RAILWAY

We also have a 100 foot of 'test track', dual gauge 10 1/4" and 7 1/4" at home, almost reaching the pavement, which adds a certain character to our street, we feel.
'Alice', our Bagnall occasionally visits, to the amusement of our neighbours, and 'Cutie', our 7 1/4" Maxitrack 0-4-2 is also resident.

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Contact me at

gfavell@gilesfavell.seriouslyinternet.com

www.tenandaquarter.com

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