AJW Posted July 24, 2009 I wasn't prepared for the outpouring of grief and protestations which followed me posting this image after the Brickster raised the subject of flat bed train wagons: However, that was only the beginning of the story... So the loco was hauled away and taken to some sidings next to an orchard: Luckily, the scrap metal dealers had hundreds of coal trucks to cut up first, so they forgot about poor old 7727. And time passed: One pleasant sunny day, Mr Richman and his wife are out for a stroll and stumble across the sidings: Now Mr Richman has always wanted an old steam engine, so he persuades his wife to let him buy it: He gives the owner of the sidings 30 golden quid. The locomotive is his! To be continued..... More photos in my Flickr set Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rijkvv Posted July 24, 2009 Very nice. I like the grass on the loco. The 7750, I hope you can remove that 'sold' easily. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samthelegoman1 Posted July 24, 2009 Great story. You should make an alternate ending of its scrapping, too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJW Posted July 25, 2009 Great story. You should make an alternate ending of its scrapping, too! You want me to depict this forlorn little locomotive being sliced up by maniacs wielding blow-torches? Phew, I'm not sure I can bring myself to do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WesternOutlaw Posted July 25, 2009 AJW: I am so envious in regard to your collection of these wonderful 12V locomotives. I thought I saw everything with your last set of 12V trains, but now I see what looks like a modified 7750 in the picture. Truly fantastic! I want so bad to own some of these classic sets, and truly regret not collecting trains when I was a young chap. I like your story, but you should perhaps add a western outlaw or mystery host purchasing that scrap engine. What would an engine like that cost? I see that it could use some windows. Seriously though, great scene. I thank you for being active on the T&T forum and sharing these classic trains on EB. Now I'm convinced that Lego should bring back another classic train as a Legend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites