IIRC, Hornby have made a J15 for some time now (I have one in BR black) - is this a new model, or the previous one upgraded?
A Great Eastern 2-4-0 would complement the J15 very nicely, so perhaps Rapido might think about it...you could suggest it to them, maybe?
The J15s seem to have mostly worked in former GER territory in their last years, including hauling six-wheeled coaches on the former Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. Like the E4s, they were small, but powerful (though they probably didn't have much in the way of steep gradients to contend with).
The J15s seem to have mostly worked in former GER territory in their last years, including hauling six-wheeled coaches on the former Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. Like the E4s, they were small, but powerful (though they probably didn't have much in the way of steep gradients to contend with).
I don't know ... the gradient on the Middy leaving Haughley was 1 in 42, and the line mostly followed the lie of the land. The gradient on the North Norfolk Railway through Kelling Heath is quite steep, too. So is Belstead Bank coming south on the main line from Ipswich.
It's not so much hilly as bumpy. And money for railway building was hard to come by, hence major earthworks are rare - the GE mainline is a very different beast from (say) the London and Southampton. https://www.railwaydata.co.uk/linefiles/route/?ELR=LTN1
The flattest area is the fen country north of Cambridge.
An E4 would be dangerous for those of us who know that they were what John Hadfield had in mind for the Earl of Flamborough’s locomotive in Love on a Branch Line…
It's not so much hilly as bumpy. And money for railway building was hard to come by, hence major earthworks are rare - the GE mainline is a very different beast from (say) the London and Southampton. https://www.railwaydata.co.uk/linefiles/route/?ELR=LTN1
The flattest area is the fen country north of Cambridge.
Yes, bumpy is a good description!
The J15s worked in that area, too, I think - or would that have been Great Northern territory? I'm afraid my knowledge of railway geography in that part of the world is sketchy, to say the least, and my handy atlas of pre-grouping lines isn't handy IYSWIM
Well, I stand corrected - suffering from the common misconception that the whole of East Anglia (with which I am largely unfamiliar) is Flat.
Which it ain't.
My constant refrain regarding my home island is "it's not flat it's low-lying".
Another good description!
BTW, Rails' ad for the blue J15 refers to it as a *highly anticipated new edition*, which implies that it's not a brand-new tooling, but an addition to the previous range of J15s.
It certainly looks stunning, and the original model (even in black) is very good (well, mine is). The price is not too silly by today's standards.
I'm tempted...Get thee behind me, Satan! My Suffix Border Railway has no need whatsoever for such a large engine, though I suppose our Greatly Elongated Railway offshoot might...
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A Great Eastern 2-4-0 would complement the J15 very nicely, so perhaps Rapido might think about it...you could suggest it to them, maybe?
The J15s seem to have mostly worked in former GER territory in their last years, including hauling six-wheeled coaches on the former Mid-Suffolk Light Railway. Like the E4s, they were small, but powerful (though they probably didn't have much in the way of steep gradients to contend with).
Which it ain't.
The flattest area is the fen country north of Cambridge.
My constant refrain regarding my home island is "it's not flat it's low-lying".
Yes, bumpy is a good description!
The J15s worked in that area, too, I think - or would that have been Great Northern territory? I'm afraid my knowledge of railway geography in that part of the world is sketchy, to say the least, and my handy atlas of pre-grouping lines isn't handy IYSWIM
BTW, Rails' ad for the blue J15 refers to it as a *highly anticipated new edition*, which implies that it's not a brand-new tooling, but an addition to the previous range of J15s.
It certainly looks stunning, and the original model (even in black) is very good (well, mine is). The price is not too silly by today's standards.
https://railsofsheffield.com/blogs/news/hornbys-new-ger-class-y14-lner-j15-steam-loco-is-due-soon
I'm tempted...Get thee behind me, Satan! My Suffix Border Railway has no need whatsoever for such a large engine, though I suppose our Greatly Elongated Railway offshoot might...