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Double Fairlie ‘Little Wonder’ by John William Langridge
Showing the genesis of the famous articulated locomotive type with the original open cab style.
This locomotive was scratch built from brass and nickel silver in the early 1970s by John William Langridge.
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission
Double Fairlie ‘Little Wonder’ by John William Langridge
Showing the genesis of the famous articulated locomotive type with the original open cab style.
This locomotive was scratch built from brass and nickel silver in the early 1970s by John William Langridge.
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission

Saltford Models 0-4-0WT “Audley”
One of a small number of ready to run 0-4-0 well tanks supplied by Saltford Models during the early 1980s and based on a 005 design that proprietor Brian Clarke built during his schooldays.
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission
Saltford Models 0-4-0WT “Audley”
One of a small number of ready to run 0-4-0 well tanks supplied by Saltford Models during the early 1980s and based on a 005 design that proprietor Brian Clarke built during his schooldays.
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission

PD Hancock diesel “Joan”.
Built by pioneer 009 modeller P.D. Hancock for his Craig & Mertonford railway this freelance loco adapted from a Lindsey / Kemtron “Stubby” HOn3 American kit in the early 1950s, though by 1955 it had been sidelined somewhat as P.D. Hancock notes “Her coupling rods developed an ever-increasing tendency to bind (leading to) Joan’s final break down and ignominious withdrawal from service” (quote from Narrow Gauge Adventure). At some point this loco was much refurbished to the condition seen today, though not by P.D Hancock.
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission
PD Hancock diesel “Joan”.
Built by pioneer 009 modeller P.D. Hancock for his Craig & Mertonford railway this freelance loco adapted from a Lindsey / Kemtron “Stubby” HOn3 American kit in the early 1950s, though by 1955 it had been sidelined somewhat as P.D. Hancock notes “Her coupling rods developed an ever-increasing tendency to bind (leading to) Joan’s final break down and ignominious withdrawal from service” (quote from Narrow Gauge Adventure). At some point this loco was much refurbished to the condition seen today, though not by P.D Hancock.
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission

Derek Naylor 0-4-0T Aire Valley Railway No.2 ‘Anne’
Built by Derek Naylor in the late 1950s as a freelance loco being fairly typical of those supplied to civil engineering contractors, and featured in the January 1964 issue of Railway Modeller. ‘Anne’ features a tinplate body and scratch built chassis with spacers and cylinders made from wood and a Triang OO motor.
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission
Derek Naylor 0-4-0T Aire Valley Railway No.2 ‘Anne’
Built by Derek Naylor in the late 1950s as a freelance loco being fairly typical of those supplied to civil engineering contractors, and featured in the January 1964 issue of Railway Modeller. ‘Anne’ features a tinplate body and scratch built chassis with spacers and cylinders made from wood and a Triang OO motor.
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission

Derek Naylor Aire Valley Railway No.1 2-4-0T ‘Anthony’
Built in the 1950s ‘Anthony’ uses a Triang TT chassis, converted from 0-6-0 to 2-4-0, along with a body made from a (tinplate) OXO tin. The design is based on the 2-4-0T locos supplied to the Isle of Man by Beyer Peacock.
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission
Derek Naylor Aire Valley Railway No.1 2-4-0T ‘Anthony’
Built in the 1950s ‘Anthony’ uses a Triang TT chassis, converted from 0-6-0 to 2-4-0, along with a body made from a (tinplate) OXO tin. The design is based on the 2-4-0T locos supplied to the Isle of Man by Beyer Peacock.
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission

Sharman ‘Monsters’ “The Monster”
Built by the late Mike Sharman in 1968/69 and described in a Railway Modeller article in 1970.This freelance loco has worked on a number of layouts, including Paul Towers’ ‘Wunce Onli’
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission
Sharman ‘Monsters’ “The Monster”
Built by the late Mike Sharman in 1968/69 and described in a Railway Modeller article in 1970.This freelance loco has worked on a number of layouts, including Paul Towers’ ‘Wunce Onli’
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission

Sharman ‘Monsters’ “Mobile Sludge Pump”
Built by the late Mike Sharman in 1968/69 for Doreen Andrews and described in a Railway Modeller article in 1970.This freelance loco has worked on a number of layouts, including Paul Towers’ ‘Wunce Onli’
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission
Sharman ‘Monsters’ “Mobile Sludge Pump”
Built by the late Mike Sharman in 1968/69 for Doreen Andrews and described in a Railway Modeller article in 1970.This freelance loco has worked on a number of layouts, including Paul Towers’ ‘Wunce Onli’
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission

Sharman ‘Monster’ “Halfashay”
Built by the late Mike Sharman in 1968/69 and described in a Railway Modeller article in 1970.This freelance loco has worked on a number of layouts, including Paul Towers’ ‘Wunce Onli’
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission
Sharman ‘Monster’ “Halfashay”
Built by the late Mike Sharman in 1968/69 and described in a Railway Modeller article in 1970.This freelance loco has worked on a number of layouts, including Paul Towers’ ‘Wunce Onli’
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission

Restaurant Car Train
Built by the late Pete Brennand for Paul Towers for Paul’s ‘Wunce Onli’ layout to provide various refreshments for travellers, though it looks like someone may have partaken of too much rot gut or overcome from the fumes from its production!
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission
Restaurant Car Train
Built by the late Pete Brennand for Paul Towers for Paul’s ‘Wunce Onli’ layout to provide various refreshments for travellers, though it looks like someone may have partaken of too much rot gut or overcome from the fumes from its production!
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission

Micro Metalkit “Sapphire Series” “HOz” locos and stock.
Originally started as part of the Merkur & Fisher (M+F) in Germany, when that firm ceased production in the early 1980s the company was bought out by a UK firm, where the MMT system languished in a drawer until it was unearthed and reintroduced in 1992, being sold as both unbuilt white metal kits and, in very small numbers, as ready to run items.
The system was designed to use Z gauge track and chassis / wheel sets to represent models of industrial 600mm gauge railways in HO scale (HOz, also known as HOf), but there is some confusion as to the actual scale of these models, as M+F also produced Nm models (N scale, meter gauge), and measurements taken of the loco cab suggest that they may be models to European TT (1:120) scale where the track gauge of 6.5 mm would represent 750/760mm gauge (also known as TTe).
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission
Micro Metalkit “Sapphire Series” “HOz” locos and stock.
Originally started as part of the Merkur & Fisher (M+F) in Germany, when that firm ceased production in the early 1980s the company was bought out by a UK firm, where the MMT system languished in a drawer until it was unearthed and reintroduced in 1992, being sold as both unbuilt white metal kits and, in very small numbers, as ready to run items.
The system was designed to use Z gauge track and chassis / wheel sets to represent models of industrial 600mm gauge railways in HO scale (HOz, also known as HOf), but there is some confusion as to the actual scale of these models, as M+F also produced Nm models (N scale, meter gauge), and measurements taken of the loco cab suggest that they may be models to European TT (1:120) scale where the track gauge of 6.5 mm would represent 750/760mm gauge (also known as TTe).
Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission

David Mander DHR B Class 0-4-0ST
One of the very successful 0-4-0ST designs for the Darjeeling & Himalaya Railway, this model was built by David Mander in the late 1950s for his pioneer 009 layout “The Stronachlachar Railway”. Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission
David Mander DHR B Class 0-4-0ST
One of the very successful 0-4-0ST designs for the Darjeeling & Himalaya Railway, this model was built by David Mander in the late 1950s for his pioneer 009 layout “The Stronachlachar Railway”. Photo © Andrew Burnham, used with permission