[swik1]

hi everyone

i am interested in victorian locomotives and rolling stock. i would like my model railway to have a victorian theme.

what victorian locomotives are available? which companies produce them (hornby, bachmann, lima etc)?
i would be grateful if anyone could give me some examples of victorian locomotives.

the only victorian locos i am aware of at the moment are a dean single 'lorna doone' and a gwr pannier tank.
are there any others? what railway companies do they represent?

thank you

 

[swik1]

thanks for the replies - its good to know that im not the only one interested in these early locos.

i will check out the terrier model. in fact there is an opportunity to see the real thing when it visits the west somerset railway on the 29th of this month! should be good. i like little locos.

as you say, pedromorgan, kits are another option. is it possible to get kits which have plastic body shells? the metal ones are too expensive for me.

i think that you are right, looking on the internet there aren't many victorian locos to be found in rtr format.

how expensive are broad gauge locos? i would like to have something like an iron duke. again, are plastic models available? sorry so many questions. i think that it would fun to have a broad gauge setup, like madkitten says, because its different. i live in the west country and as you probably all know the railways around here used to be broad gauge (brunel's gwr). i think that broad gauge locos look really good.

why do you think that pre-1900 and early 1900 locos are hard to get in rtr format?
i think it might be because they are not as 'iconic', classic and famous as the 20s and 30s locomotives. they are simply not as well known as something like an A3.

the same scenario exists in the r/c model aircraft world. its easy to get a model of a cessna, spitfire or piper cub in artf (almost ready to fly format). but the less well known planes like a percival prentice are impossible to get in artf format. often the rare planes are more interesting. sometimes the only option for the r/c aeromodeller is to build from plans. but this gives you a more original aircraft.

again thank you for the suggestions of models to get. what does lbscr stand for?