As I was already going to do some tidying up in my wargame/toy room, I decided to get all my narrow-gauge railway locomotives and rolling stock together so that I can put it in one storage box ... and to photograph them at the same time.
Locomotives
Two ROCO 0-6-0 Tank Locomotives.
Three Liliput 0-6-2 Tank Locomotives ...
... one of which is a non-runner.
A Jouef/Egger-Bahn 0-4-0 Tank Locomotive.
Passenger rolling stock
A Liliput green twin-bogie passenger carriage.
A Liliput red and cream twin-bogie passenger carriage.
A Liliput blue and cream twin-bogie passenger carriage.
Five Liliput four-wheeled passenger carriages (three brown and two yellow) and a Liliput four-wheeled goods van.
Three Jouef/Egger-Bahn four-wheeled passenger carriages,
Other rolling stock
A ROCO twin-bogie hopper wagon.
Four ROCO four-wheeled hopper wagons
Over the years I seem to have collected far more 009 railway locomotives and rolling stock than I realised! Certainly enough for a sizeable Continental model railway …and my plans were for a simple layout.
It seems that I might have to rethink my plans.
During my sort out, I found some Siku TT-gauge locomotives and rolling stock.
Locomotives
I have four steam 0-6-0 Tank Locomotives and two diesel 0-6-0 Locomotives.
Rolling stock
The rolling stock comprises six four-wheeled passenger carriages and two four-wheeled open truck wagons.
These were cheap to buy, and (with the exception of the diesel locomotives which are definitely of a post-World War II design) would be excellent props for any wargame using 15mm figures that was set during the early to mid-twentieth century. If the diesel locomotives were used, the timeframe for the wargame could be extended up to the end of the twentieth century.
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Bob,
ReplyDeleteVery good of you to assemble your miniature engines and rolling stock- you do have a sizable collection. Any news of an OO9 Decauville? I can see the TT equipment being useful for your 15mm figures. Stay well there in Lonon. Cheers. KEV.
Kev Robertson (Kev),
DeleteI must admit that I was very surprised at just how much 009 and TT stuff I owned.
I have some Kato N-gauge track on order to use with my 009 trains (it was highly recommended by several more experienced railway modellers) and have a bid in on eBay for some TT track so that I can use those locos and rolling stock in my 15mm wargames.
I just missed winning the Decauville, but I’m happy that I was not tempted to go over my bidding limit.
There are predictions that next month’s weather is going to be bad … but they said that about this month, so who knows what it will be like.
Stay safe and stay well,
Bob
The best combination of Railroads and Wargames that I ever heard of was some guy, here in the states, refurbished an old Caboose (I Think) that went for cheap money, and moved it to his bak yard to use as his gaming room! I did a search on line but couldn't find the reference. This was probably 20years ago or so.
DeleteDick Bryant
Dick Bryant,
DeleteNow that would be something to emulate! As a caboose would have windows as well as being relatively empty, it would have been an ideal piece of rolling stock to convert ... and not too difficult either!
All the best,
Bob
That's a fine collection Bob. The little 0-4-0 engine is very nice.
ReplyDeleteMaudlin Jack Tar,
DeleteI must admit that it is my favourite.
All the best,
Bob
Quite a collection already. I do much prefer the look of the older locomotives. Any thoughts on doing a Victorian era armored train?
ReplyDeleteMark Cordone,
DeleteThe older locomotives do have something about them that is appealing. As to building an armoured train ... well, I had a go a few years back and the finished train can be seen here. I cannot find it at the moment and it isn't the right gauge, but no doubt I could convert it ... or I might just build a new one.
All the best,
Bob
Very nice! Did it ever see any action? My mind turned to ways to use it in a 3x3 game.
DeleteMark Cordone,
DeleteIt hasn’t as yet … but if I can ever find it, I hope that it will.
All the best,
Bob
Bob -
ReplyDeleteIt seemed to me, looking at these locomotives (and knowing very little about them), that they would not look out of place in a late 19th Century setting. My small collection of Hornby-Dublo rolling stock really dates from the 1940-50s, I think...
Cheers,
Ion
Archduke Piccolo (Ion),
DeleteFrom what little research I have been able to do, all the H09/009-gauge locos and rolling stock date from the later nineteenth and early twentieth century, but as railway companies seem to keep engines and carriages in service for many years, they can be used to represent Colonial and industrial railways well into the twentieth century.
I take part of my inspiration for mixing railways with wargames from good old HG Wells. His book FLOOR GAMES includes a section about building cities that features a clockwork railway in amongst his soldiers. I've also always wanted to emulate John Ruddle and his garden wargames, which included an 0-gauge garden railway ... but inside.
All the best,
Bob
Charming! The game is in the building of these cities and archipelagoes and telling oneself (and anyone who would listen) little stories of the edifices and personalities therein).
DeleteI recall reading in Mil Mod an article on John Ruddle's garden world. I have occasionally thought of creating something temporary in my own back yard, using my Army Men figures and kit. Sort of like Tim Gow's 'Little Cold Wars' style of thing. I've plenty of kit for a playable game. Has to be the right sort of day for it though. About now (late February) we get very heavy dew falls that take a while to dry out.
My campaigns, by the way, are really my form of compromise, not having a suitable large surface to be really expansive. My 'indulgence' of a couple or so years back was something of a compromise, too, with the campaigns of R.L. Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne somewhat in mind.
http://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2020/12/an-indulgence.html
Great fun!
Ion
Archduke Piccolo (Ion),
DeleteThe storytelling aspect of wargaming - what Donald Featherstone called narrative wargames - is one of the most enjoyable aspect of wargaming,
Before my arthritis and scoliosis stopped me from getting up and down easily, I used to enjoy taking part in wargames fought on the lawns of Knuston Hall (and other locations) or on the floor. Tim Gow is still running floor wargames on a regular basis … in fact, photographs of the most recent were on Twitter earlier today.
Some years ago my wife and I looked at the possibility of buying a house which had a gymnasium-sized room attached to it that I intended to use as a wargame room. It would have been big enough for me to have had a huge table on which I could have constructed a semi-permanent wargame terrain …possibly with its own railway system. It did not happen … so I’ve had to find alternatives.
All the best,
Bob