Hi John Thank you for the additional information
about the Keniston Atlantic and I would be most
appreciative of any information which you can copy to
me as I do not have access to the issues of ME that
you have referred to in your emails. If you also have
a picture this would be even more help in confirming
that my model is the Keniston model. I am kicking
myself as in the same sale was a 3.5" GNR Atlantic by
the same builder but made much later. I will hope to
take this model to a 2.5" gauge meeting for people to
see. I will have to give careful consideration as T
wether I see if this model could be steamed without
altering its originality. Once again thanks for the
further information. Wait to hear further from you.
Regards Robin




--- John Baguley <baggo@...> wrote:


---------------------------------
Robin,

I know you posted the original message last October
but I've just come
across some information that may refer to the Atlantic
that you have.

I've just acquired some more early Model Engineers and
on reading the
'Shop, Shed and Road' articles in volume 53, I've
found reference to
the Keniston Atlantic in issue 1,276 (October 8th,
1925).
In this issue LBSC tells of a visit by a Mr Keniston
and Mr Collins in
which they all discuss a proposed design for a 4-4-0
Atlantic that
Messrs Keniston and Collins intended to build. It
would appear that
the new loco was based on Ayesha but with a few
alterations. A very
good description of the details of the loco is given
in the article.
The part finished loco was taken back to Norbury and
tested a few
weeks later and put up a good show, pulling Keniston
and Collins
despite poor weather.
Further reference to the loco is given in issue 1,288
( December 31st,
1925) when the loco was again run on LBSC's railway.
This time the
loco pulled Keniston, Collins, and LBSC! There is also
a photo in this
issue.

If your loco is indeed the very same one, then you
have a very
valuable piece of history!

Also in issue 1,276, LBSC says that Mr Collins
intended to build a
three cylinder version with piston valves.

I can send you some scans of the articles if you
haven't access to
them yourself.

John





--- In halfinchlivesteamforum@...,
"robinwest2001"
<robinwest2001@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi folks have just joined this group. Have just
acquired a GNR
> Atlantic built in 1926 by W J F Keniston and would
appear to have been
> coal fired, this is not a 'Ayesha' but is
contemporary for date. Does
> anyone know about a design from another source at
this date which might
> have been coal fired. I have acatalogue for the
Model Engineering
> Exhibition of 1926 showing the model listed and a
certificate for the
> model received at this showand signed by Percival
Marshall.
> Mr.Keniston latter built another model in 3.5" gauge
to the 'Maisie'
> design by LBSC and this was tested on the Harrow and
Wembley clubs
> dynamometer car in 1963 for which I have the
results.
>





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