New Loco for the EALR

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After quite a long wait, the first glimpse of the newly restored Peckett 'Helen' is caught by a cameraman at Myrtle Street Station, before the official naming ceremony to be held there soon. Although the restoration is not quite finished, it is obvious that this loco will nicely fill the present gap in the EALR's loco stock, hopefully carrying out shunting duties at the Quay Station, when it is complete, and hauling various short trains when the line is busy during the summer period.

This loco I constructed from a GRS kit on an LGB chassis and is to be fully radio controlled when I've finished building it. Took a fair bit of time but seems to be looking ok now :-)