When I were a lad, we didn’t have Brio wooden trains. We had to make our own….
You may be able to guess what it’s supposed to be a representation of. This one may have had trouble negotiating tight curves, and probably isn’t quite as accurate as the recent Dapol model.
Clearly a Western! Obviously ‘Western Enterprise’ in desert sand livery, though I’m not sure the roundel (the knot) should be quite so far back. But plenty of detail around the all-important front end! Assume the couplings are at the other end…
Got it in one!
And all the wheels touch the, um, track!
That’s Leonard Budget Engineering for you!
Arguably no worse than anything pre-Dapol
I still haven’t got a Western in N as yet, but I can run to a Deltic Prototype: http://youtu.be/FYDgJ2ph8mY
BTW, my late grandfather made it something like 45 years ago,