November 2010

From the - at least partial - dissolution of the collection of a Spanish industrial narrow gauge enthusiast a small locomotive of the type M00 could be acquired. It was manufactured 1957 in a subsidiary of the O&K-company in Cornellà in Spain. Originally these locomotives carried the typical rhombus as manufacturer sign, however with the letters " OyK". Some of it still exist in Spanish museums. The design of the machine shows unmistakable " Montania"-characteristics, which concerns the framework, the hood and (momentarily still missing) the rear plate. With its weight of 1,2t it could be the small sister of the (anyway already small) MD1. It was - added by lateral ingots, also available with 1,6t. A comparison with the Ns2f shows the size of the M00. Remarkably is the gear box with only one speed forward and reverse, switched and coupled by a handwheel. It is similar to the after the war in the O&K works Bochum developed " Schienentraktor". The locomotive has a "Sole"-diesel engine, which however suffered from the long open air storage time. At least it hasn't been destroyed by frost because of the mild, Spanish climate.

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August 2010

By the hint of a friend an alternative motor for the Deutz OMZ117 could be provided. It doesn't look like it has left the workshop of Deutz last week but it is in much better condition than the existing motor on the loco.

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February 2010

After a brake of more than a year the work at the liner of the benzene locomotive continues, among other things the price of 640 Euros only for the blank of nodular cast iron justifies the slow progress. After the outside treatment is finished on the turning lathe of the Feldbahn Glossen, the drilling of the internal dimension takes place at a machine building company. Afterwards the final surface can be reached by honing. It is always easier to build a new liner than to construct a new piston.

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January 2010

With the help of a long term friend - Simon Lomax from Moseley Railway Trust - I had the possibility to get photos of the LD2 at its time in the leisure park " Bagatelle" in France. He took the pictures in the years 1989 and 1996. In the 80s the park management obviously preferred a "Western look" and into the 90s the locomotive looked already in such a way, as it was taken over.

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