LNWR Super D at Anything Narrow Gauge

[Steve Cook]

Just popped onto the Anything Narrow Gauge website again to see if anything else interesting had turned up and lo and behold, there is a Super D up for sale too.

http://www.anythingnarrowgauge.co.uk/productDetails.php?ID=819&parent=7

I've attached a photo of said loco running at a GTG earlier this month.
No connection with owner or seller, just bringing to a wider audience.

Steve

[Andy B]

Presumably the same one that was advertised on here a few months back - http://lakes-pages.com/gauge3.co.uk/G3Forum/index.php?topic=1421.0

Andy

[John Candy]

A prominent member told me that the loco is a bit of a "maverick" : Very difficult to control.

From its behaviour at Ampthill, it appeared to have two speeds : Stationary or "flat out", at a speed which would have left a HST 125 for dead (and that with five of Alan's heavy Mk.1's on the drawbar)!

Now, if it were a reasonable price, I would fit it with a large motor and lots of batteries!

John.

[MikeWilliams]

I think John is right and neither of the two owners it has had from new have completely resolved the issues, but it is getting better and has great potential.

Look at it another way, for the asking price you get an unusual hand built unique model which, with a little care and skill could be a superb working engine with power to spare.  Or, for the same price you could get an out-of-the-box Kingscale 14XX just like umpteen dozen others.  Not knocking Kingscale (how DO they do it for the price?) but for future investment and enjoyment I'd go for the 0-8-0.

Mike

[Geoff Nicholls]

I really think someone in this forum should buy it, analyse its construction and publish their findings. Although it's a model of a funny looking loco from an obscure railway, it would be really useful to have a technical description of how it's put together: frame spacing; minimum radius curves etc; springing; if/how the coupling rods are articulated etc. I don't think we have enough of that sort of knowledge widely available to members, especially of an 0-8-0.

[MikeWilliams]

"funny looking loco from an obscure railway"  OI - enough of that Geoff or I'll start commenting on your funny blue engines!

By the way there's nothing special about the design and the rods are three separate ones with no knuckle joint - which is correct for that particular engine.  Prototypically much of the mechanical bits are almost the same as the LNWR Cauliflowers  a.k.a. Venture, so maybe ... one day ......

Mike

[Geoff Nicholls]

Don't worry Mike, I'm just kicking against the inevitable. My 'To Do' list already includes
a Crewe goods
a couple of C & HPR water tenders
the interior of Whaley Bridge transhipment shed,
Lion or an L & B Bury
and the whole of Manchester Liverpool Road station
     so you'll get your satisfaction, though you may have to wait until you're 105 to see it finished.