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John Fowler Diesel Mechanical 0-4-0 |
A 7mm scale (O Gauge) model of a diesel mechanical 0-4-0 with jackshaft drive built by John Fowler of Leeds in 1935 for shunting at the LMS Beeston Sleeper Works in Nottinghamshire, England. The prototype was scrapped in 1962 but similar, more powerful locomotives are Osram, at the The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, and, H.W. Robinson at The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. The model includes a few of the castings from the Eric Underhill kit of the less powerful locomotive supplied to the GWR but it is mostly scratch built. The drive is from an open frame motor to the rear axle via a worm and 2.5:1 spur gear reduction that makes a realistic diesel mechanical sound.