Emu Bay Railway - 12 Class Beyer Garratt - 6

And then there were two.......changes to the second engine unit (foreground) to bring it up to the same level as the first were slightly quicker as I had a pattern to follow. I sincerely hope the next stage is likewise.I have fitted the LH cylinder casing and commenced reproducing the Walschaerts valve gear of the prototype recently, a picture of the incomplete installment is above. The slide valves are from Mainly Trains, the driving rod is cut down rail, and the "Walschaerts" (parenthesis as it is a close approximation rather than a scale copy) is a heavily modified set from a 4mm Alan Gibson etch for a Southern Railway (UK) U/U1 class. While the U/U1 was a very different locomotive, I chose it as the basis for the EBR 12 Class as the Walschaerts configuration was visually quite similar, and the etch readily available.

The Modelling Desk

Emu Bay Railway - 12 Class Beyer Garratt - 5

My cylinder casing master. Two upper piston outlets? I'll be moulding/casting all four cylinder casings from this master so two outlets are there so I can carve one off depending which end/side of the locomotive it resides.

Emu Bay Railway - 12 Class Beyer Garratt - 4

As predicted by a fellow modeller, the vertical connection for the front bogie did not survive testing - though it was fine on all tangents on flat track, it derailed regularly on grade. It has thus been replaced by a more traditional rear mounted swivelling mount.