Bill

 

My drawings are based on the South African Railways locos that worked the 2foot gauge networks in parts of the country. Being narrow gauge, when converted to 7 1/4" ( or 7 1/2 because the wheel all run on the inside of the chassis) these engines turn out BIG, something similar to what happens to your Durango & Silverton locomotives. The one in the pics that I included is of the Class NG6, 4-4-0 tender, she stands 860mm height ,2600mm long and 560mm wide and is one of the smaller locomotives that was used. The bigger engines were garrets of 2-6-2+2-6-2 and tender locos of 2-8-2 wheel arrangements all turning out well over 4.5 meters. There are 15 different classes of locomotive on the narrow gauge and I wish to complete all the drawings for all 15 and have at least 1 of each.

 

Living in South Africa were the hobby is relatively small, its rather hard to come by miniature fittings and spares from the local shop so by making these brutish engines I can use industrial fittings and spares thus accelerating the pace of building. But were not all that far behind as I can quite comfortably e-mail my drawings down to the laser profiling company and they send back the parts.

 

Let me know what you think of my engine

 

Cheers

Dries