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Joined: 09 Jun 2009 My Line: Deben Valley Light Railway Posts: 794
Location: Woodbridge
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:43 pm Post subject: Roundhouse Bertie
The is a blue (yay) bertie up for sale at my model engineering club, it has R/C, a chimney cap, bits more on the valve gear, water top up and is in as new condition for £390.
I recan I could get it for £350 or lower. Is it worth it? What are your views? Shoyuld I save for a loco at Stonleigh or sumut??
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Joined: 21 Oct 2007 My Line: Mawnan & Helford Light Railway Posts: 2536
Location: West Cornwall, England
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:01 pm Post subject:
Like I said via Skype, I reckon you should save for Stoneleigh for something with reversable valve gear as you have an end-to-end line... and you already have Millie with has similar design. _________________ Cheers,
Pete
Joined: 09 Jun 2009 My Line: Deben Valley Light Railway Posts: 794
Location: Woodbridge
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:19 pm Post subject:
humm, I wonder if it will still be up for sail in April, that way would be a win win situation! _________________ The railway which people forgot
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Joined: 16 Jan 2008 My Line: Afonglas and Nant Llywyd Railway Posts: 1708
Location: Morecambe
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:23 pm Post subject:
Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:
humm, I wonder if it will still be up for sail in April, that way would be a win win situation!
My guess is probably not, locos tend to go quickly, and £390 isn't a bad price for something that costs £530 new. I'd wait to see if you can get something different, a Bertie will be a very similar running experiance to a Millie (inadvertently I have 4 steam locos with 4 different types of valve gear, and they are all different to run!) _________________ The Killer Bunny's on the loco - Don't Panic!
Joined: 18 Aug 2007 My Line: Seibiant Hill Railway Posts: 2801
Location: Ffestiniog Railway
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:47 pm Post subject:
That's the attitude I try to take, if you've got an Edrig and a Caradoc, they are the same to run, and thus it's only worth having one of them, depends whether you go for looks or running really.
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