Another terrific performance - this time from 2 steam locos...

New Wagons

Pictures as promised - paint jobs in progress.

New Wagons - or is one a coach?

Simon Harris at ModelEarth has started producing some really nice resin kits in 7/8ths scale which match the deWinton loco I am still building - there have been a few hiccups and changes en route, but we're still at it - more on that story later!

I have a couple of Simon's kits on the go and I am delighted with them.

I'll get some better pictures together but here is one with an idea for a tanker tank...

... and here is one of the Mk2 deWinton boiler (coal fired) taking shape.

Steam at it's most awesome

This video from YouTube is frightening! Listen to it with headphones and tell me you don't back away from the edge of the platform. The locomotive is flying!

No 9 down the line

The North Wales Coast Express at Chester on the 40th anniversary of 1T57 and all that meant.

Getting there

Here are the 2 cylinders, with pistons and big ends, port block and some of the steam valve for the de Winton locomotive "Mitchell" currently under construction in Talbot Works, Ness Garden Railway.

Box of progress

Some good news from Talbot Works - this little box contains 5 gunmetal boiler bushes and 2 split big ends (one complete) for the de Winton "Mitchell"

This represents some good progress and the Works are confident that more will follow....!