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Originally Posted by keith morgan
I'm not into this gauge of railway engineering, but i have to comment on the quality of this project --- its beautiful!! its a shame that the maker never seen it finished, but i bet he did in his minds eye.
You could contact Model Engineer magazine in the UK. who will help you with its potential.
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Hi Keith, the maker took 7 years to make his first train - a smaller train which ran at Florida and Centurion stations here in South Africa, for hours at a time. This small train managed to pull an incredible 40 people! I think it was nicknamed the "Sweet Pea" - whether that's the nickname he called his wife, or whether it's a train, I would not know.
The front section was made of copper and was polished clean every time it went out. Only once he stopped riding it did he actually paint it.