No leading pony truck on the Bachmann model - IIRC, they were added to Linda and Blanche very soon after their arrival on the FR.
The addition of the pony truck, and the tender, turned them into very elegant locomotives IMHO. As built, their short wheelbase makes them look a bit clumsy (poor Charles - will he ever escape captivity?), but YMMV.
Mrs BF and I visited the Corris once, but IIRC there were no trains running on that day, and it may have been before they received their replica Kerr Stuart. They have certainly achieved much in the intervening 25 years or so...
I learn from the Corris website that the new Kerr Stuart entered service in 2005, so I did indeed miss seeing it during my 2001 visit!
My last stint on the Other Railway was in 2006, but IIRC we spent our day off riding on the section of the Welsh Highland which was then lately opened. The Garratts were on shed, but I think our train was hauled by Mountaineer.
From BBC Wales: "Rail track testing complex at former mine delayed".
"We regret the late arrival of this testing complex, which is due to leaves on the line, the wrong kind of snow, an argument over who's going to pay, and general complexity and confusion".
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The addition of the pony truck, and the tender, turned them into very elegant locomotives IMHO. As built, their short wheelbase makes them look a bit clumsy (poor Charles - will he ever escape captivity?), but YMMV.
Nice-looking little engines, though.
Mrs BF and I visited the Corris once, but IIRC there were no trains running on that day, and it may have been before they received their replica Kerr Stuart. They have certainly achieved much in the intervening 25 years or so...
I learn from the Corris website that the new Kerr Stuart entered service in 2005, so I did indeed miss seeing it during my 2001 visit!
My last stint on the Other Railway was in 2006, but IIRC we spent our day off riding on the section of the Welsh Highland which was then lately opened. The Garratts were on shed, but I think our train was hauled by Mountaineer.
"We regret the late arrival of this testing complex, which is due to leaves on the line, the wrong kind of snow, an argument over who's going to pay, and general complexity and confusion".