Here are my two Castles. On the left, the earlier three rail Bristol Castle (an original and, apart from a paint chip on the tender, mint example) with the half inch motor, and the later Ringfield version (a three railed conversion of a Dublo two rail Cardiff Castle renamed and renumbered as Isambard Kingdom Brunel). The Ringfield motor takes up virtually all the space in the cab and then sticks out a bit into the bargain. Not a very good look, although if you use your imagination it does vaguely look like a boiler backhead......Wolseley wrote:I'll post some photos later.
And, to show what the Ringfield looks like underneath the body, here are my two West Country locomotives, Dorchester (the three rail version) on the left, and Barnstaple (the two rail version, but here converted to three rail) on the right. I used these locomotives to illustrate the appearance of the motor, as I've had my Ringfield Castle apart several times over the last few weeks due to a number of issues with its performance and, as it's now running perfectly, I wanted to leave it alone.