In the above image you can see I have painted the locomotive Satin Black and added red pinstriping, she has her new nameplates and makersplate, she has also got a shedcode attached to the front reading 51f Which is the code for West auckland and Wearhead (Sub Shed) which is near to where I live,
now the good thing about the WNGR written on the side of the locomotive is where she is currently based is the Woodhorn Narrow Gauge Railway, and when she visits her “Home” Line in Weardale its the Weardale Narrow Gauge Railway, so no need to change the lettering
In this image she is coupled to my P-way Train, the wagons are all my own and the last two in the train where built by myself, the first wagon the chassis where built by allens of Tipton as abrick kiln wagon that i have modified into a modular flat wagon, (in the image it has the modular tipper fitted)
initially the couplings on the timber wagons where a hinge pin and a d shackle with a 3 link chain between them, this in not suitable and was changed to a center buffer with link and pin, these were manufactured in my yard with 5mm plate (photos below)
Now with these Couplings i had a sneaking suspision my welds may not have been good enough but after “Testing” the wagons (Bashing them about the yard and being rough with them) the couplings have proven that they can take atleast a shock load of 2.7 tons in buff and under load
In these images you can see the end plate wagon that i made useing a set of old tub wheels and some timber from my garden, this wagon runs roughly but is suprisingly reliable, you can see the previous method of coupling,
for those of us who do enjoy making railway items the lamp brackets are baricade bars from ebay 40mm ones, they work lovely and i have now fitted them to most of my Rolling stock