Re[2]: UK Live Steam

2004-06-09 Thread Bert & Edmunda
Hello André The Excelsior may be a good engine for you. You can't get much more Scottish than a "Kerr Stuart" engine and in Caledonian blue! Could even be eligible for "national support"!! You never know. Bert. - Bert & Edmunda [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re[2]: UK Live Steam

2004-06-09 Thread Bert & Edmunda
To all interested. There are a number of Excelsiors out there new. The offers I have seen seem to have dropped in price somewhat. One of my engines is a Superior which I intended to sell further. The pre drilled holes for radio gear the battery space under the cab and space for a whistle under th

Re: UK Live Steam

2004-06-09 Thread Andre' Schofield
Sam, You could always build an appropriate body for the works of an NG loco? I'm afraid you've never seen my work Sam. To make that attempt would be a waste of good raw materials! hehehe I have an Accucraft 3 piston Shay and love it but there is that beckoning of a British loco that I keep hear

Re: UK Live Steam

2004-06-09 Thread Sam Evans
Buy an Accucraft 'Excelsior' (pre owned) or 'Superior' (still available) These are prototype locos based on versions of stock Kerr Stuart/Bagnall designs built for the 30" Bowaters Paper Mill in the UK. Excelsior is modelled as now running on the Whipsnade and Umfolozi railway, running thro Whipsn

RE: UK Live Steam

2004-06-09 Thread Ciambrone, Steve @ OS
ts of sslivesteam Subject: UK Live Steam I'd love to have just one, OK more than one but I'd settle for one.maybe, UK live steamer. They have a style all their own that appeals to me. HOWEVER, the price was barely attainable for me before the exchange rate went into th

UK Live Steam

2004-06-09 Thread Andre' Schofield
I'd love to have just one, OK more than one but I'd settle for one.maybe, UK live steamer. They have a style all their own that appeals to me. HOWEVER, the price was barely attainable for me before the exchange rate went into the bin! Now its just a pipe dream. Where the balance betwe