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In my continuing theme of London Underground rolling stock I have turned to
steam traction. This is a Metropolitan Line 0-6-0 Pannier tank loco. Their E and
F class steam locos were becoming too old so London Transport Railways (now
London Underground) bought two then another eleven of these locos for utility
duties and they served there from 1956 to 1971. These last steam locos on the
Underground.
The design is similar to other models of 0-6-0 pannier tanks but with the
constraint of the use of dark red as the body livery. The cab windows, being
done with technic brick 1x2s are currently black, with dark red ones on order
(BL) as these are very rare in dark red. The lower half of the pannier section
is completely upside-down and blocked in place. Unlike the other pannier tank
models I seen, I have chosen to have the hinged third set of wheels (i.e. not
the motor) at the front, so that the motor is central. I happened on the funnel
arrangement by chance, it being the drum of a winch 2x2x2 mounted on a tile 2x2
with vertical pin. I have come to think that the model is actually not tall
enough, so I intend to re-build it soon with one or two more plates of height in
the main body and perhaps the chassis.
My next LU steam loco model is to be either an A class 4-4-0 or a G class 0-6-4,
both of which are currently being worked (as this was) in MLCAD.
This model will be displayed at Brighton Modelworld (15-17th Feb) and hopeully
in the rebuilt form at the London Transport in Miniature event (London Transport
Museum Depot, Acton, London, 8-9th March).
PLMKWYT.
Thanks,
David
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