Shopping around, Hornby seems to have done two 0-4-0 locos over the years, a saddle tanker and a side tanker. Because of FR20’s history I opted for the saddle tanker and started watching a few on Ebay. I couldn’t be sure that one would be a good basis for FR 20 but they were not too dear and I decided to take a chance. Eventually I bought one in Caledonian Railways livery that was in good condition for not a lot of money.
The model is actually a reasonable representation of the Drummond Y9 shunters introduced in 1882, so I had, in fact, already bought a Victorian loco. They enjoyed very long working lives and even did some main line work with a coal truck to extend their range. However, that was not why I bought one and I had bigger plans for the little engine.
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