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* [http://mikemassee.com/gallery/v/livesteam/my_locomotives/megwendy/ "MEG Steam "Wendy" 0-4-0 Live Steam Locomotive", Mike Massee] | * [http://mikemassee.com/gallery/v/livesteam/my_locomotives/megwendy/ "MEG Steam "Wendy" 0-4-0 Live Steam Locomotive", Mike Massee] | ||
* [http://www.7-plus-ngm.org/arch0704.htm "MEG Steam Castings and Drawings", 2004, <i>7-Plus-NGM</i>] | |||
Revision as of 09:42, 10 August 2016
The Meg Wendy is an 0-4-0 industrial/quarry style steam locomotive. It was designed by Dougal Hubner of Meg Steam Inc, of Victoria BC, who also supplied castings. Meg Steam Inc now appears to be out of business.
The Meg Wendy is typically built as a 7.25 or 7.5 inch narrow-gauge locomotive.
Castings are available from Wellington Foundry.
Blackgates Engineering offers similar locomotives, the "Sweet William" and "Sweet Pea".
Most Meg Wendys are design to use the Hackworth valve gear.
Testimonials
Bill Laird wrote, 18 December 2002:
- The MEG Steam engines are very easy to build and plans are good (not perfect, have some errors, but overall good). However, the two as built engines they offer are not American and to my eye ugly. But, the frame, cylinders, running gear, and boiler plans are a good way to start. Buy the plans, study them, get creative and design your own locomotive. I know of seven locomotives built or under construction in central Texas based on the MEG Steam plans, none of which look like any other. The MEG Steam engines are 0-4-0's with saddle tanks. In Texas in the summer the water in the tanks gets so hot the injectors will not pick up. We scrapped the tanks on the locomotive and added tenders. I am personally building a 2-4-0 Porter based on the MEG Steam design and I know of other 0-4-0's, 2-4-0's, and 2-4-2's under construction all based on the MEG Steam plans. They are a great place to start kit bashing a locomotive. I have found Dougal of MEG Steam sometimes difficult to get in touch with, but eventually you can. Shipping can be slow. One of the first cylinder castings he sent me had a void in it, discovered after 2 full days of machining on it. I contacted him and he asked me to send it back and he did replace it several weeks later with a new casting. I know of two other cylinder castings he sent out with similar problems, eventually all replaced with new castings.