It is just possible that some of you have been waiting with baited breath - not too baited, I hope - to find out the results of the gauging trials with the Princess.
The one you see in the picture is the 'reasonably priced Pacific' I bagged from the well-known auction site a couple of weeks ago.
After being adapted to tow-only mode by the surgical removal of gears from the tender drive it was passed over to Himself for testing on Minffordd.
As you may recall, the more recent version of this model, which comes with extra details like pipework beneath the cab (and some front footsteps which were added on by a previous owner) cannot get past the platform edge on our layout.
And so to the moment of truth...
You could say it is now 'full steam ahead' on Project Princess, but of course that would be an entirely inappropriate phrase....
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