by Ian Holmes
As a result of some conversations with Mike Decker on the Minimum Gauge and Estate Railways forum I ended up with some photographs and a dimensioned sketch of the Riverside and Great Northern Railway works loco.
Photograph © Ian Holmes
Oft described as a “park bench on wheels” I set out to build one, the result of which is shown here.
During construction I sought advice from technical experts on how to solve certain problems. Then something unusual happened. My advisor started to build one! Then another senior member of the consortium got in on the act too.
You can see Steve Bennett’s and Carl Arendt’s versions of the speeder here on Gn15.info - just remember I was first… 
- About Ian: Lincolnshire Lad Ian is doing valuable missionary work, bringing colour and humour (and especially the letter "u") to Minnesota. Among his other claims to fame are that he's the brains behind Gnine website. For more of Ian's sensible Gn15 work, visit his website.
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- This article was published on Sunday, July 27th, 2003
- It is filed in the Model Showcase category
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