Cardinal's Wharf

I do not recall seeing a model of a Richmond before, so this may be a first. This began life as a GEM kit with a price that was probably in £-s-d. It has now been built with a new chassis, courtesy of John Birch, a home brewed boiler and has incorporated some of the original castings. The drive train is not the recommended Triang XT60, but a Mashima motor with a HighLevel gearbox, that is small enough to allow a backhead (kindly supplied by Mike Waldron). Number plates in this case are also vintage Kings Cross Models, number 213.

The main external differences between the Richmond and Gladstone are that the boiler on the Richmond is about a foot shorter and slightly smaller diameter (although the smokebox was the same diameter as a Gladstone). Therefore the footplate is about a foot shorter at the rear overhang and the cab moves forward by about the same amount (reducing the size of the cab splasher for the trailing wheels).

This loco has been known to appear mis-named as "Cruttenden".    

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