Hattons goodies on pre-order

[Retiarius]

I have just placed pre-orders with Hattons for two Oxford Rail items. The Aveling & Porter Roller and Tar Spreader - No 11520 Crusader & the Cowans Sheldon 15 ton crane 901628 in LNER black "Sunderland" . The former because it is so unusual an item and the latter for possible conversion into a dockside or factory loading crane and at £21 and £17 each respectively I think jolly good value!

[clayliner]

If it's cranes you're after you might want to have a word with Society Sales who I think have a couple just in stock, one a very nice little yard crane and another a rather chunkier road-mounted metal one. But maybe it's too late (but perhaps not for someone else...)

David.

[Retiarius]

This should make a nice dockside crane. Either remove the crane from the carriage or lay a little standard gauge inlaid track for it. I could fit a 9mm gauge track in the centre so that an NG loco could move it.

[Hugh Norwood]

I could fit a 9mm gauge track in the centre so that an NG loco could move it.

That's an interesting idea!

[clayliner]

Ah - you couldn't resist, Andrew!

David.

[Hobby]

As an alternative, and using less rail, you can just put in one rail and offset the couplings, that method has been used several times in the real world to allow narrow gauge locos to shunt standard gauge wagons.