Moors End (4)

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The rolling stock of the Ding Dong Moor Railway originally was built using kits, but in later years Reinier started working more and more from scratch. The latest locomotives Reinier built were mainly made of brass, like the small Bagnall shown below. All couplings are of the Greenwich type, a near-scale size coupler made of etched brass and steel wire originally developed by the Greenwich & District NGMRS. The Greenwich coupler allows magnetic uncoupling, and it was a pleasure seeing Reinier shunt his little trains in Moors End station.

Text and video captures: Ted Polet.

This Bagnall is the most intricate model Reinier ever made. It has split frames, 5mm pinroller wheels, and outside cranks with a 1.5mm throw successfully driving the leading wheels. Believe it or not, it runs quite smoothly…

Left upper: Reinier's Decauville loco was built from a Duton kit. Above: 'Louisa', built from a whitemetal kit improved by adding rivets using… woodworking glue. Upper right: the well-known motorless Simplex and its motorised pusher wagon. Left and right: another motorless Simplex and its motorised twin which regrettably was never completed.

This railcar featured in the last 009 News article Reinier wrote in the summer of 1999.

Reinier built his own coaching stock, basing his models loosely on Glyn Valley and Corris stock. He worked mainly in card and stripwood. The open carriage to the left is a shortened Meridian kit and one of his earlier models.

Most of Reinier's goods stock was made from plastic kits. The brake van to the right however was his own design. A nice detail is the van shown above with a little dog peeping out of the door. This idea came from a road van Reinier saw during a holiday in Spain, where another dog looked out at the traffic. This image was faithfully copied in the model.

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