Category: Heritage Operations
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77021 Loco Group update
Just a quick heads-up to bring attention to latest developments with new build 77021. The outer section of the smokebox door has been completed and a mock up of the locomotive’s ‘face’ has been arranged as shown above. The group is also grateful to Matt Stoddon, restorer of EE Type 3, No 37175 for his…
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You’ve seen the model, now meet the real(ish) thing.
Hot on the heels of the 1/76 Bachmann model comes the 10000 group with their on-going quest to build a full size operational replica of this pioneering British diesel loco. The project is progressing well and I genuinely do wish them luck; I’d love to be around long enough to see it standing beside 77021…
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Full size scratch-building.
Regular followers will know of my involvement with the 77021 Loco Group. Since our modest beginnings just four short months ago, we’ve been starting on the way to having our first parts produced. Here you can see the first fruit’s of the group’s efforts, focused on the ‘face’ of the engine, the smokebox door. Here…
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Variety week.
I’ve had a very varied and interesting week for very many reasons. Last Sunday, I visited Expo EM north with Jamie, my regular accomplice in such expo ‘raids’! Held in Manchester this year instead of the traditional recent venue at Slaithewaite, the show struck the right balance between size and friendliness. My phone/camera didn’t have…
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77021 Loco Group
http://www.77021.org/pictures.php A brief introduction to an embryonic group in which I’m involved. You will probably already be aware that despite several BR Standard steam designs having been saved from the slaughter of the 1960s, there were some gaps in the surviving classes. Some of these are being plugged by the Standard Locomotive Group with 72010…
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