ianmax69 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 With the 200th Anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway coming up in 2025 and with the tiny motors Hornby have manufactured for George Stephenson's "Rocket" would it not be economically viable to make a nice 00 RTR version of George Stephenson's other famous North Eastern Locomotive "Locomotion No1" along with its small tender?? Surely this would be a great match to sit alongside Rocket.. Of course standard tension lock couplings would be a bit of a problem but Hornby designers have overcome this before... With a rake of Georgian short wheelbase coal trucks to pull along with the open passenger wagons Hornby currently make.. Of course the Stockton and Darlington only took passengers on Saturday originally.. the money was in shifting coal "Passengers on Railways? What an obsurd idea!" the owners said.. The rest was history... /media/tinymce_upload/612828d22d97f027c999c239e1e621ef.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/d8824f000cf5705e21876c06dfe338ec.jpgThe original is still in Darlington and a working replica is currently have its boiler ovehalled in time for the 200th Anniversary Hornby please celebrate ths with a running model... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSR_NSE Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 100% agreed. I certainly would find it impossible to resist! 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Early locomotives and short trains of four wheelers certainly fit in well with railway modelling, far better than hulking great Pacifics. You get 'more bang for your buck'. I well recall articles about models of early trains and locomotives by the late Mike Sharman which featured some of his models of the weird and wonderful creations from those early days. As a starter why not the Liverpool and Manchester 'Lion' which was the star of that delightful comedy "The Ti tfield Thunderbolt". The goods trucks of the period were quite a merry bunch too. The old Chaldron coal wagon with inside axles and dumb buffers which would be a good accompanyment to Locomotion No 1, is a 'must'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rana Temporia Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Didn't Kays make a model of Lion? Someone in the past obviously thought it was worth making. A genunite Titfield Thunderbolt set could then be made with the 14xx added for good measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravity Graham Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Didn't Kays make a model of Lion? Someone in the past obviously thought it was worth making. A genunite Titfield Thunderbolt set could then be made with the 14xx added for good measure. ?????? - I responded to this earlier, and it got deleted because I used Banned Words ?? It would have been nice to know what was wrong, instead of just deleting it.. confused.Yes, they did - and I've had one since Rocket 150 - and still not built it. But now Hornby are going to produce it, my wife asked when I'm going to get round to doing it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael-367234 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 looks like getting your wish for 2024 range - ordered mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSR_NSE Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Thanks Hornby (Santa/Fairy/Bunny etc.) Preorder duly placed with chosen retailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YattonPete Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 How about something simple like curved station canopies to match the existing straight ones? They were discontinued before the latest design was introduced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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