The Stanworth Heath Light Railway

 

Motive Power

 

No. 1 - LGB Stainz 0-4-0

I'm sure most G scalers have one of these little workhorses in their stock  This was the first engine purchased and came as part of a starter set.  Recently re-sprayed in black and currently awaiting renumbering.

No. 2 - LGB Stainz 0-4-0

My second loco.  Also purchased as part of a starter set.  Some great shots on the site of No's 1 and 2 double-heading prior to No. 1 getting it's re-spray.  No. 2 will remain in original condition.

 

No. 3 - LGB OBB U Series 0-6-2

Completely unchanged.

 


No. 4 - Scratchbuilt Steam Tram

Vertical boilered steam tram engine loosely based on an engine at the Telford Steam Railway.  Scratch-built superstructure on a Playmobil chassis, fitted with lighting and smoke generator.
 

No. 5 - LGB TA Corpet 0-6-0

Untouched apart from replacing the LGB the driver. (I liked the look of this guy leaning out), and retro-fitting a smoke generator.


No. 6 - Accucraft Caradoc 0-4-0 - "Ellie"

Gas fired live steamer.  Safety Valve bonnet, Nameplates, and Smokebox handrail added.  An LGB coupler has also been fitted to the rear.  Loco is named after my wife.  Additional details and lining, plus radio control to be added as funds permit.
 


 
No. 7 - Hartland/IP Mack Railcar

This one it still at the development and build stage.  A Col. Stephens type railcar based around the Hartland Woody Railtruck and an IP Engineering 3 compartment coach kit.  Details of the build will be posted on the projects pages when completed.
No. 8 - IP Engineering Punch

This was an absolute bargain from Dragon G Scale (thanks Jeremy).  Less than 70 quid.  comes in kit form and goes together very easily.  Has a nice slow running motor, cleverly geared so that when you cut the power it slows down quite prototypically).  Battery powered with single-speed radio control fitted (to see how this was done click on the Projects link).
No. 9 - Accucraft Baguley Drewery Diesel

The latest ready-to-run addition to the fleet.  I don't know what the attraction is with these Accucraft Baguley's but I just love 'em.  Had to have one in the fleet.  Only mods so far have been the addition of a Schleigh driver and LGB coupling fitted to the rear.

No. 10 - Diesel Boxcab 0-6-0

Scracthbuilt mostly from 80thou styrene sheet and loosely based on the Diesel boxcab kit produced by P&J Models.  Uses a cheap plastic toy loco chassis/motor assembly with On-board battery power via 6 1.5v AA cells.  Radio controlled by way of an Aristrocraft Basic Train Engineer system.


Bachmann Baldwin 4-6-0

I had always intended for my railway to be British or European in outline, but then saw this in the window of my local Garden Railway stockist.  Compared to my other stock this looked massive, and had a very impressive spec.  Not only that but it was roughly half price (hence a bargain), and there were only two left in the shop.  I thought that it would go very nicely with some American carriages I already had (left over from a starter set), so the deal was done.  Oh and there was a bonus, my wife liked it.  Job done!

This loco has now relegated to a display cabinet in my Office at work.  Really was far too big for the railway, but I just can't bear to part with it.  Will probably still be run occasionally for visitors (if I remember to bring it home!!).