Noisseville 1870 FPW

[Leman]

I picked up a lovely little N gauge French 1859 engine from eBay a little while back. It was in a series made by the Italian company that does the football sticker albums. My missing bit is track, but Leon has promised some.

[kipt]

Picture?  Does the European engine look like the American engines used in the ACW?

[Leman]

Nothing like.  I'll try and get a picture up later.

[KTravlos]

Good show on the report and game!

[Leman]

Two trains in N gauge - the 1853 Bourbonnais for use up to the FPW and the Victor Emmanuelle II for use in the late C19th and early C20th.

[kipt]

Thank you. Wonder why the large bellow type stacks in the ACW?

[d_Guy]

Very much like the loco, Leman.

Kipt, I think the bell-shaped stacks were designed to trap sparks.

[Leman]

I have heard that this is because the early American locos were woodburners , whereas the Europeans used coal which created fewer sparks.

[kipt]

Makes sense and I had my suspicions that was the case.

[Womble67]

Those locos looks brilliant

Take care

Andy

[Leman]

Spotted them on eBay a couple of years back and thought they would come in useful one day.