Month: May 2026

BR (ex LNWR) Bowen Cooke class G2A 0-8-0 Super D no. 49008

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BR (ex LNWR) Bowen Cooke class G2A 0-8-0 Super D no. 49008
BR (ex LNWR) Bowen Cooke class G2A 0-8-0 Super D no. 49008. Very well built from a nickel silver specially ordered David Andrews kit by Martin Wyatt with fully working inside cylinder and valve gear motion. Builders nameplate on the underside of the tender as provenance. Presumably painted and lightly weathered by Martin also. ABC motor and gear unit with current collection on the loco by plunger pickups, and with additional belt and braces collection, probably by wipers, on the tender. The loco chassis has axle compensation on the rear two wheel sets. The tender likewise. The wheels are by Slaters. A lovely model, built with no expense spared.
The real no. 49008 locomotive, was actually the original Webb “A” class compound no. 50, built in 1893, going through rebuilds to “D” class, “G1” class before finally being rebuilt to “G2A” in 1943.

GWR Dean Goods 0-6-0 no. 2326

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GWR Dean Goods 0-6-0 no. 2326. This fabulous model of a very popular prototype is by the Lee Marsh Model Co. and was constructed with fully working inside motion in South Korea, with DC/DCC control and sound. The build quality and paint finish (cellulose) is second to none and the model, although second hand, is still in mint condition.

To complement the model I have purchased and fitted to the cab, a professionally painted by A C Stadden driver and fireman from the “Hero’s of the Footplate” range, which have been custom designed for the Lee Marsh Dean Single model. As the Dean Single and Dean Goods have virtually the same design of cab I was sure that they would look just as good in this model, and I think they do?