tralee dingle hunslet John Campbell 16mm live steam locos

[Jamie Davis]

Hello all, 

I am new to the forum, and looking for a couple things…

I am very interested in the Tralee and Dingle railway, and its locomotives. I have recently seen videos of 16mm scale live steam Tralee and Dingle locos made by John Campbell. Now, most of these videos range from 8-12 years old, leading me to believe that the channels  they are on are no longer active, meaning my comments on said videos are pretty useless. I did some rooting around on Google, Facebook, all sorts of online platforms and I have found no traces of John Campbell or his models, except for a few old threads. Is anyone aware of how I can get into contact with John, or what details I could get about the models, eg price, availability, time to make, etc.. 

I would also be grateful to be informed of anywhere else I can get 16mm scale Irish locos? I may have seen a live steam Guinness brewery tramway loco floating around somewhere online..

Best regards

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[Galteemore]

Make contact perhaps via Phil Parker who knows John Campbell. Phil has a blog -searching for something like ‘Phil’s Workbench’ will find it. From my own days as a 16mm modeller, I recall that his speciality is coal fired live steam. A basic off the shelf generic 0-6-0 live steam loco from a factory outfit like Roundhouse will cost around £1500. A hand built T and D steam loco by a master builder is probably heading towards or above 5 figures tbh. 16mm Irish locos are not common, largely because the prototypes were quite big units. Archangel used to do a Cavan and Leitrim 4-4-0T IIRC. Accucraft had launched plans for the same loco c2019 but I am not sure that production actually occurred.

Edited September 27, 2024 by Galteemore

[murrayec]

Some Irish stuff here;-

https://www.ipenginnering.com/diesel-petrol-loco-kits

Eoin.

[Mayner]

Alan O'Rourke of New Irish Lines may have information on John Campbell "Halfinchacore Works" 

There is a photo of T&D No6 in Nov 2011 New Irish Lines. He also produced models of the LLSR 4-8-0 and 4-8-4T

At the time I attempted to order a T&D 2-6-0T from John Campbell but he was not prepared to ship outside the UK and Ireland

I think the locos and stock were 15mm scale on 45mm gauge track which is correct for the Irish 3' gauge.

Accuracraft announced a 15mm scale gas fired live steam model of a C&L 4-4-0T aboyut 6 years ago, but never seems to have reached the production stage.

https://www.accucraft.uk.com/products/kathleen-lady-edith-cavan-leitrim-4-4-0t/

Best option to locate one of John Campbells Irish locos would be to reach out to Garden Railway specialist retailers and enthusiasts groups in the UK

[Donegal railbus]

Hi.  I would join the 16mm association, if you're on Facebook there is a group which is a very good place for getting answers.  16mm though was and probably still is very influenced by the Welsh narrow gauge. As has been said, compare a Tallylyn loco to a Donegal 5A, The Donegal engine isn't far in size from a standard gauge tank engine. I have asked for a 'Phoenix', but without the demand, there's not much chance.