Lack of hostile responses from the diesel only brigade has confirmed that next time I chase up a show for Cement Quay it will be temporarily exhibited as a steam era layout. The La Farge signs will be removed and the red and white striped works chimney replaced with something a little more old fashioned by borrowing one from Mendip Colliery.
- A bigger version of the above photo can be seen HERE!
Hi Chris
ReplyDeleteI've been following this blog for a while now, because your pictures never fail to make me happy :) I particularly like the large freight locos that crop up from time to time: the unashamedly workmanlike lines of the big eight-coupled machines are attractive in their own way! I was wondering, though, if you might prevail on your editor to have an article appear in MR? What I had in mind, given the imminent release of the Bachmann S&DJR 7F, was a comparison of the freight locos now on the market, particularly their haulage capabilities. Although I would expect the Bachmann 9F to romp away with it, I would be interested to see how (for instance) the Robinson O4 compares to the Railroad 9F, or the Stanier 8F to the 28xx. Is this sufficiently intriguing a proposition to warrant consideration? In any regard, keep up the extraordinarily good work!
Regards,
Gavin
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