We are back

After a gap of getting on for two years, and attending the first attending our first Garden Railway AGM in three years, we had our most successful show ever. Looking forward, we are looking towards a slimmed down Wrightscale, keeping going for at least the next couple of years. One of the reasons for the success of the Show was, after three years of slow progress through COVID and many personal changes, we were able to deliver eight out of ten Baldwin Gas Mechanicals. We have pictured one of these below, resplendent in its French Horizon Blue livery. This is the fourth batch we have built over the years. The cab windows are now glazed and the headlight and rear light are illuminated. We used 2mm warm white LEDs. They really do look like incandescent electric lamps. This batch of engines, like the last, completed about six yeards ago, are powered with 3V-12V COMO 62:1 gearhead motors. They drive through a final 1:1 bevel. These motors only draw 100mA under load and should give a few hours of running on the 12 AAA battery pack.