Engineers Train
I have been doing some thinking and had a few discussions with members of the 009 modelling group on social media.
The Kato 106 chassis, while nippy and reliable, just cannot handle heavy loads. So it is back to the drawing board in a sense. I purchased the boxcab body shell with the intention of creating my own Funkey style locomotive but it just would not suit hauling a large rake of carriages. The Kato chassis is not designed for heavy loads of more than one other piece of rolling stock.
I have decided that it is going to form my engineering train for the permanent way department. I have altered the A1 kit and will wait till my summer break to build it. I need to find a suitable wagon to pair with the locomotive in a sort of semi permanent arrangement, so I will probably keep the N gauge coupler on one side of the locomotive so that it acts in a similar fashion the Permaquip unit on the Vale of Rheidol Railway. The picture below shows what I am intending it to look like. Ive used a Kato chassis, in place of the wagon, to give an idea of what it should eventually look like. I am thinking of a Network Rail style yellow livery for rolling stock of this nature.
The Kato 106 chassis, while nippy and reliable, just cannot handle heavy loads. So it is back to the drawing board in a sense. I purchased the boxcab body shell with the intention of creating my own Funkey style locomotive but it just would not suit hauling a large rake of carriages. The Kato chassis is not designed for heavy loads of more than one other piece of rolling stock.
I have decided that it is going to form my engineering train for the permanent way department. I have altered the A1 kit and will wait till my summer break to build it. I need to find a suitable wagon to pair with the locomotive in a sort of semi permanent arrangement, so I will probably keep the N gauge coupler on one side of the locomotive so that it acts in a similar fashion the Permaquip unit on the Vale of Rheidol Railway. The picture below shows what I am intending it to look like. Ive used a Kato chassis, in place of the wagon, to give an idea of what it should eventually look like. I am thinking of a Network Rail style yellow livery for rolling stock of this nature.
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| The altered A1 kit with chassis to simulate the final product. |
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| The front of the consist. |
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