3.5" Cackler

First run of Chris's newly bought 3.5" gauge Cackler Hunslet from station road steam.

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• 3.5
• gauge
• cackler
• narrow
• hunslet
• steam
• loco
• train
• railway
• guildford
• model

[Encore1332]

gorgeous, goes lovely, is it loosely based on the conway

[andyg3]

@Encore1332

no.

its a model of a Hunslet. Search 'Jerry M' or 'Cackler'

a conway is loosely based on them

[silver760]

Is this a Maxitrac manufactured loco?

[andyg3]

@silver760

no no no

this is a homebuilt one. dont know who by.

allot better than a maxitrak anyway.

[silver760]

@andyg3 Thanks for the reply.It certainly has the same level of quality to it as a Maxitrak loco.Whoever built yours did a lovely job of it,very professionally made.At this scale it turns out at a great size for a 3.5" gauge loco as the prototype is narrow gauge.Do you have your own track or do you run on a club track?Was the boiler on this loco made by the builder or is it one made by a boiler specialist?It's common for people to outsource the boiler.Eventually I will get/build a loco,one day!!

[andyg3]

@silver760

depends which way you look at maxi stuff. i dont think to much of it.

its not my loco! but would be nice to have it. the owner is someone i know from local model engineering club, who bought it secondhand from station road steam. thats all i can say really. theres a listing of it somewhere on their archives page.

[EastwoodBirds]

Big for this gauge!

[andyg3]

@Axbent

thats correct

[Axbent]

Right, this must be narrow gauge?

[andyg3]

@d7106

thank you

I always have that fear in the back of my head, but nothing has ever fallen off in the years i have been there, and i'v seen some fairly big locos go silly speeds