HO NR [was: NR web site]

Marty Nash (martyn@nsydtafe.nsw.edu.au)
Thu, 19 Jun 1997 21:11:25 +1000

Kim Hazelgrove wrote:
>
> > That is correct, photos of the scratchbuilt locos will be appearing
> > soon!
>
> Ah, Marty, are these the photos of the loc you and I were discussing
> last year?? The plans I scanned on a disk and left on my desk when I
> went on holiday?? Should be good. Actually I do like the locos, but they
> do have a nasty habit of not working. The ease with which they pickup a
> 1.7km train and zip it down the rails is incredible. I watch them start
> off lots from Forrestfield and up through the hills - beautiful!!
>
> Cheers
>
> Kimbo

That's the one Kimbo. My friend got sick of trying to find plans so he
scratchbuilt the shell from photos in Railway Digest [I'll let you plug
their site too Dave ;-) ]. The loco is currently running on an 82 class
chassis, with plans for it's own prototype chassis and sideframes. I
must say that I prefer the looks of the model to the prototype, and it
looks great leading a container train. I haven't seen much of the
prototype in action, but they look a bit garish to me. That nasty habit
is due to Goninan Quality [lack of!]

Later,

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