Garden Railway Forum

With the current interest on the forum in Merlin and the like. I would like to propose a register of any old locos that members may have kicking about.
It might be nice to see what stuff from the early days of the hobby are still extant.

I suggest that anything from the 1970's or 80's.

To start with I own;
1 Merlin Maestro
1 Archangel Brick
Plus the remains of a steamcraft atlas.

I will post pics when my camera battery had been changed.

Big Jim:108185 wrote:With the current interest on the forum in Merlin and the like. I would like to propose a register of any old locos that members may have kicking about.

You proposed it - you do it!

The only "heritage" item I still possess is my Big Big Ruston..............

Good idea, may I ask that there is a section to see which ones work and which don't to get a rough idea of how many were faulty? Also I was thinking of making a blog about merlin locos and spare parts etc so if anyone is interested in that and has any information please message me
Cheers
Joe

No idea how it will be organised yet and I don't propose to go into the whys and wherefores of defunked locomotives. I can't see any point in going down that route. As something that has failed due to many years and miles of running, is not the same as something that was a nail right from the word go.

Initially I think if people want to post pics and details of currently owned locos on the forum I will take it from there if there is any interest.

As I have explained in another thread i have now got a early Merlin Midas, i will post pictures shortly so i dont know if you want to add that to the list

cheers
Joe

1 Merlin Little Wonder
(I think this counts as heritage) - 1 Peter Jones aveling

Is this wise? (From a security angle)?

I had considered this aspect. I don't think I should be a problem as we all post about our railways and locos anyway.
I don't see any need for any address locations or other information other than what older locos are still in existence.
Infact if a list exists on this forum, with possibly pictures of the engines then if something does go missing then the more people who know about it the better when the stolen items resurface.
The positive ID of stolen engines was clearly seen recently on this and other forums with the attempted ebay sales of several engines.

There are some words that make me cringe! ...'Heritage' is one of them. Trying to make something valuable when its not. Label a item with this word to make it collectable which in the case of live steam make item end up in a glass case. My one remaining old engine is my dear old Froig BBE i/c locomotive. Such a wonderful engine now converted to 7/8" scale purchased around 1987. A great purchase indeed!

Bill/Rubery:108404 wrote:Trying to make something valuable when its not.

The same can be said for the word "marine". If it's going to go on a boat, you'll pay at least twice as much for the same thing for in a car or in the home.

I know where:

1 Merlin Hunslet (late build)
1 Merlin Meastro (re-boilered with other mods)
1 Stemlines Reidol
1 Merlin Huddy Hunslet, all call home.