Horsetan

That's the only time I've seen a MTK Western actually built.

I'm surprised they haven't named one after the Lord High Badger himself, Professor Sir Brian May....

Imitation is sincerest form of flattery. The Chinese: a great bunch of lads.

Yes, but almost anything can be forged nowadays. Who's to know unless the model goes pear-shaped? You can have business, or you can have ethics.

Someone clearly wanted a slice of the action.

Outside admission valves. That's very similar to the arrangement used by the Great Western Steam Railmotors.

The question is when the glass roof was removed. Are there any surviving records indicating when that was done?

That Werner Heubeck was one of a number of ex-Nazis-made-good after "The Emergency". They were a different breed alright and some seemed to have this almost suicidally-blasé attitude towards dangerous situations, probably because - after the horrors of a full-scale war - anything else was trivial by comparison. Any Man City fans will likely remember their legendary goalkeeper Bert Trautmann who famously played the last 15 minutes of a game with what turned out (three days later) to be a broken neck. That fracture could have either killed him or led to paralysis, but he still played on. Sometimes you just have to stand back and wonder how they did it.

That almost primeval taste for things going on fire has never really gone away.

Try this link

Driving wheels still transposed, though.... looks a bit mad when the balance weights are in the wrong place

Are the driving wheels and rods the wrong way round? I see the balance weights are in the wrong place, which suggests that the leading pair have been mounted on the rear axle, and vice-versa....

The general wisdom is that horses travel better if they don't see the scenery or other traffic going past, which is why horseboxes and trailers tend to be mostly solid wall, with vents higher up. That said, some equines don't really mind having a look out. I've followed trailers where the horse or pony is enjoying a haynet whilst watching out of a window, and at least one converted Renault Trafic van which had a pony facing the rear, watching me through the rear windows!

It's tempting. What would really complete the illusion is a widened footplate - the Woolwiches were 6 inches wider - all of the extra being added between the frames - than the Southern Railway sisters.

Also this link here and this Google Search result

Some links here, but not sure if they all still work

You may have been there the weekend it rained, leading to the canvas tent roof collapsing and dumping quite a decent amount of rainwater onto a trade stand....

One PO/Heuston van kit, please

Thing with Templot is that places like Claremorris and Macmine Junction suddenly become possible....

"The name's Rae. Healy-Rae...."

It wouldn't be Chatham without some sort of rain.

"rpsisales", I think

Bet SIPTU, etc. weren't happy about that

Just after acquiring this from the RPSI's eBay shop. Not a bargain, but not a rip-off either. 21mm gauge beckons...

To think that this thing led indirectly to the Pacers......