Reply to "Sentimental Oddities - show and tell."

FatmanOGR Forum Member

I think for my most sentimental oddity I have to depart momentarily from O gauge to HO

( Stone the Heretic!!! )

I am a big fan of ingenuity and sheer brilliance when it comes to faffing about with things , and my little live steam offering below is definately a great example of both ...

Sometime in the 1930's to 50's a man in the UK took on the challenge of creating a live steam HO locomotive and I was lucky enough to become its guardian into the future ...

Its a little wee masterpiece of engineering to pack all that into a loco less than 3 3/4 inches long and 3 inches from rail to chimneytop !

The wire you see out the back is wound with wicking material and can be fitted into a brass sleeve reservoir for spirit , or into a small tender behind with a spirit reservoir ...

11/7/191:52 AM

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