Battery Diesel

[Cyclone]

Im thinking of getting a battery diesel for my line, but Im struggling to work out what would be appropriate for the 1930's. I know the ex WD simplexs would of been around but what else was around? (my googling has been unhelpful)

 

[Nodrog1826]

How about this, Armstron Whitworth shunter.

http://www.lner.info/locos/IC/aw_shunter.shtml

There is also a 0-4-0 version as well, one of which is preserved at the Tanfield Railway.

There must be other makes as well...

 

[Neil Robinson]

I you prefer a narrow gauge prototype how about, arguably, the daddy of all diesels; Kerr Stuart 4415?

http://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Kerr_Stuart_4415

http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/s...x.?p=kerr+stuart+4415&ei=utf-8&iscqry=&fr=sfp < Link To http://uk.images.search.y...amp;iscqry=&fr=sfp

 

[Rob]

How about An andel moelwyn? The original being built by Baldwin for WW1

 

[GTB]

Im thinking of getting a battery diesel for my line, but Im struggling to work out what would be appropriate for the 1930's.

Assuming you want a narrow gauge ic powered loco, Fowler, Hunslet, Hudswell-Clarke, Ruston-Hornsby and Baguley had all started building petrol mechanical locos in the 1920s and by the 1930s were making diesel mechanicals in the UK. There were also smaller builders around. US builders like Plymouth, Davenport and Whitcomb/Baldwin were active in the field before WW2, as well as continental builders, eg. O&K.

In 16mm scale UK prototype, Essel Engineering have a ready to run late '20s Fowler in their range and Brandbright have a model based on a Kerr-Stuart design. For kits, IP Engineering have a '30s Ruston, a Simplex and an O&K.

On the used market there are also several out of production models of '30s prototypes that turn up now and again.

Regards,
Graeme

 

[Cyclone]

Thanks I can start looking around.