Great Central Railway Robinson 8K class 2-8-0 no. 102. Built using the Gladiator kit as a basis, by Colin Garton of Lincoln, a model engineer of the highest calibre. This model features additional chassis improvements of a heavy machined brass frame spacer above the trailing drivers, and tender wheel wiper current collection to supplement the usual plunger pickups on the loco driving wheels, all added by Colin. painted by Conrad Cooper and signed on the underside “painting by C.L.Cooper” as provenance.
