Hod Carrier
OcTRAINber Steam 05
There has been some discussion over on Eurobricks about what I'll be running the Trevithick locomotive on. Given it's tiny size the idea that it will run at all is very ambitious, but it did raise an interesting question.
Very early locomotives wouldn't have run on rails as we would recognise them now, but on waggonways or plateways. These would generally have been of wood or iron and would have had a raised lip on the inside to guide the wheels, so I thought I'd have a go at building something to represent these plateways at a gauge that matches the Trevithick locomotive. Whether or not it would prove to be suitable for a running model is to be proved, but I'm not sure if this is the best solution given that it won't be suitable for curves.
OcTRAINber Steam 05
There has been some discussion over on Eurobricks about what I'll be running the Trevithick locomotive on. Given it's tiny size the idea that it will run at all is very ambitious, but it did raise an interesting question.
Very early locomotives wouldn't have run on rails as we would recognise them now, but on waggonways or plateways. These would generally have been of wood or iron and would have had a raised lip on the inside to guide the wheels, so I thought I'd have a go at building something to represent these plateways at a gauge that matches the Trevithick locomotive. Whether or not it would prove to be suitable for a running model is to be proved, but I'm not sure if this is the best solution given that it won't be suitable for curves.