Seeing double

[Bob G]

Mick

Did you do this to taunt me?

Honestly.... I'm not playing

[Newportnobby]

Maybe try and limit it to something you only have two of, Bob. Difficult for you, I know
E.g. I have 5 Westerns so which do I choose?
But I only have 2 class 22s so I'll get a pic of those as one is pristine and the other is weathered

[njee20]

I don't particularly like 66s, but they're just too ubiquitous these days! This after I sold quite a few!

[Newportnobby]

Strewth! A village of sheds

[ntpntpntp]

I don't particularly like 66s, but they're just too ubiquitous these days! This after I sold quite a few!

Yeah but they're all the same size!  At least I have a variety of sizes    Need to add a Dapol 0 gauge example when they come out, though really I want a European one.

[pinball]

Is this cheating?



I have to say I'm a bit of a fan of the class 33...

[crewearpley40]

Paul
The hst power car pair isn't cheating. Love these.  As for the 33 collection fair play

[njee20]

Yeah but they're all the same size!  At least I have a variety of sizes   Need to add a Dapol 0 gauge example when they come out, though really I want a European one.

I do have an ancient OO gauge one! A few locos in multiple scales too, but not quite the array you've managed! I do like those Aristocraft 66s.

[Greygreaser]

4 multiples only each runner paired with a non-runner so not popping up photos

Minitrix Ivatt tenders
Minitrix 9F locos
Union mills J39s
Graham Farish 47s

Boring I know!

[SouthernJohn]

Oh goodness, for me it is Merchant Navy and BOB/WC pacifics. I have 6 of the new Farish, and I think 6 of the original Farish? I could probably build another 2 from parts of the original Farish...

Could be a brilliant Bulleid fest if I got them all running at one time!

[Foxhound]

I have to say I'm a bit of a fan of the class 33...

I am sooooo jealous. All those lovely Little Cromptons

[Newportnobby]

And so to my diseasels

Class 20s Farish (old top, new below)

Class 22s Dapol

Class 24s Farish 2 of 3

Class 25s Farish (old top, new below) 2 of 3

Class 26s Dapol

Class 31s Farish (new top, old below) 2 of 3

Class 33s Farish top, Dapol below

Class 35s Dapol 2 of 5

Class 37s Farish (old top, new below)

Class 40s Farish (old top, new below) 2 of 3

Class 42s Farish 2 of 4

Class 47s Farish (old top, new below) 2 of 3

Class 52s Dapol 2 of 5

Deltics Farish

Peaks Farish 2 of 3

Farish D16 Twins

[Bealman]

That's a nice swag there.

[Hiawatha]

Seeing double?



Well, both are members of the German BR 05 class.  

In fact both are the same locomotive, 05 003!
"Class" is a bit exaggerated as there were only three BR 05 locomotives. The first two were built in 1935 (05 002 made the steam speed record in 1936 which Mallard captured two years later), and 05 003 followed in 1937.
This was built by Borsig as a cab-forward to show the Reichsbahn that steam locomotives too could offer the same good forward visibility like electrics and those pesky little SVT diesel streamliners. The SVTs were seen as a threat to the locomotive industry as they weren't involved in building them – coachbuilders and engine makers could churn them out without the need for locomotive builders.
Oil-firing would be the logical way to go for a cab-forward but Borsig also wanted to emphasize that locomotives could use domestic coal instead of wasting diesel oil (which the Wehrmacht needed in huge quantities) for the SVTs. No problem, pulverised coal could be used instead of oil, and pressurised air would blow it the mere 14 metres from the tender to the firebox in front.
Well, that worked just as well as it reads.

After standing around in a corner of the Borsig factory for a few years, another brilliant idea emerged in 1944. "Just building war 2-10-0s is soooo boring. Let's turn the boiler around and make 05 003 a conventional coal-burning locomotive. You know, 'Wheels must roll for victory'" (written on tenders during the war) – "Excellent idea! Of course what the Reichsbahn now needs most is a 110-mph express locomotive."
That happened and, as the streamlining had been removed, a rather nice 4-6-4 appeared in February 1945. And then only made one journey from Berlin to western Germany when the Red Army was knocking on Borsig's doors.

With eight consecutive liveries available in N (three cab-forwards from Lemke Collection and five unstreamlined from Arnold), the 05 003 must be up there with Flying Scotsman regarding different liveries. Not bad for an engine that was scrapped after only 20 years of service.

[Newportnobby]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting that.