Ixion Model Railways Ltd

Locomotives

Final test sample image of the black version of the Ixion Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0

THE HUDSWELL CLARKE STANDARD 13in x 20in INSIDE CYLINDER 0-6-0 CONTRACTOR’S STANDARD GAUGE SADDLE TANK LOCOMOTIVE IN 7MM ‘O’ SCALE (1:43.5)

Ixion Model Railways are pleased to announce the production of a finescale injection-moulded O Gauge model of the Hudswell Clarke standard 13in x 20in inside cylinder 0-6-0 contractor’s saddle tank locomotive in 7mm scale (1:43.5, for 32mm standard gauge). This model is due for release towards the end of June 2012 and we are already taking advance orders for immediate despatch upon release. There has also been a slight change to the liveries available. The blue version of the locomotive has been postponed and instead they will be producing a black version. If customers who have already advanced ordered the blue version would like to contact us with which alternate livery they would prefer just give us a call

Final test sample image of the green version of the Ixion Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0

RTR O Gauge locomotives.

LOCOMOTIVE SPECIFICATION.

• An injection-moulded, painted, ready-to-run body and chassis
• Finescale wheels
• Six-wheel electrical pickup
• High-torque flywheel-equipped motor, driving the rear axle
• 40:1 precision gearbox for slow, smooth running
• Sprung rear wheels, and prototypically correct 'inside-out' coupling rods (front rod outside rear rod)
• DCC and sound ready, with provision for easy speaker installation
• Full cab detail
• Sprung buffers
• Hook drawgear, with three-link couplings
• Choice of three liveries: lined maroon, lined green, and lined blue
• Included is an etched brass fret containing a selection of prototypically correct cabside Maker’s plates, plus suitable saddletank nameplates, and engine number plates
• Also included is a set of injection-moulded 7mm scale loco tools, including shovels, picks, pricker, hammers, oil bottles and bucket

Final test sample image of the maroon version of the Ixion Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0

Ixion Update.

Work is progressing on the Ixion 'O' gauge Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0's. We will take delivery of these in the next few months. Once we have a definate delivery date we will post it on this website. Featured here are the latest images of the test samples ready to go into production. There is just a slight alteration expected to the shade of colour for both the maroon and green versions but apart from that they are very happy with the final test sample.

We have now been informed of both the size of the boxes that the locomotives are packed in and the weight. We can confirm for the UK mainland customers that we will be despatching the locomotives by Interlink next day service which will be post free. In odd cases due to location we may use the Royal Mail. For UK off shore customers we will be using Royal Mail but will charge £5.00 towards the extra postage charges (over and above what we pay Interlink for mainland deliveries) For European customers we will charge between £15.00 and £20.00 for delivery.

The big winners will be customers living in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. For these people the costings will be as follows:

Ixion Locomotive £225.00
Less VAT @ 20% £37.50
Total £187.50
+ Air Small Packet £26.50
Grand Total £214.00

Given the current exchange rate of these countries against the pound that makes the Ixion Hudswell Clarke a real bargain!

Ixion Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0.

Ref.	Description	List Price	Our Price
IX1G	Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 Saddle Tank factory painted green	£299.00	£225.00
IX1R	Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 Saddle Tank factory painted maroon	£299.00	£225.00
IX1B	Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 Saddle Tank factory painted black	£299.00	£225.00

Image of a McAlpine Private Owner Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0

PROTOTYPE INFO
On February 15, 1888, the first of a new class of 24-ton standard contractor’s industrial tank locomotives, Maker’s No. 299, rolled off the production line of the Railway Foundry, Leeds. This saddle tank featured 13” x 20” inside cylinders, and a simple, robust design and construction. Later known as the firm of Hudswell Clarke, this manufacturer eventually had produced eighty of this class of locomotive when the final engine, Maker’s No. 1750, was completed on July 19th 1946.

The model being produced represents the class as built in the late 1920s through to the mid 1930s.

Over a period of over 70 years, these little engines worked on Light Railways (famously including the Easingwold Railway, whose loco No.2 was of this class), railway construction duties, in collieries and government and private industrial facilities across Britain.

Three examples of the class have survived into preservation, though none is operational.