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    Apr 21, 2022 4 minutes

    WEBB COAL TANK TRANSFORMATION

    I have a real liking for ex-London & North Western Railway (LNWR) locomotives, and, as I model a fictitious 1930s Joint GWR/LNWR (LMS) South Wales branch line in OO gauge, I always wanted a Webb 17in coal engine.

    I recently bought An Illustrated History of LNWR Engines by Edward Talbot and was looking at the drawings of a ‘Coal Tank’ and a ‘Coal Engine’, and realised that the wheel size and axle spacings were the same, so I thought about converting my Bachmann 0-6-2 ‘Coal Tank’, using the chassis and body to provide me with an 0-6-0 17in ‘Coal Engine’ chassis and body. I would worry about the Webb tender later.

    It was

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