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I’ve long been a fan of the Coffee Pot narrow gauge steam railcar, running on
the South Australian Narrow Gauge, and now part of the
Pichi Richi Railway in
Quorn. I understand that
the Coffee Pot is no longer running, but has been, over the years, a major
drawcard for the railway.
I finally got around to building a model inspired by it:
When pondering what could be done with the IR train base for a small train, the
Coffee Pot leapt to mind. The wider (near 8-wide) body helps achieve a narrow
gauge look, while the carriage body/loco cab separation helps to make what is
quite a sizeable vehicle look smaller (or ‘cute’ as some observers have
commented). As I noted elsewhere I
have been very impressed with the operation of the IR system – both in terms of
wireless control and in terms of battery life (more than 8 hours out of one set
of cheap rechargables).
There are some more pics
here if anyone is
interested.
And, having enjoyed running the Coffee Pot for a couple of days, I decided I
needed to build some other rolling stock of a similar size and style. I toyed
with building a four wheel van (which ran with the real Coffee Pot on occasion),
but decided on something a little larger and more interesting, a generic short
wheelbase end platform carriage:
And, again, some more pics here.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
CO Legeaux
FUT .trains
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