Midland 4F 44373 5 inch gauge live steam

run round a private railway in Cambridgeshire. thanks to Ollie for the video.
loco is a Maxitrak 4f 5 inch gauge. lots of work done to the workings and appearance of this locomotive. one of the best locos I have driven. now proud to say I also own this loco.

[@greatwesternproductions2857]

Very nice, very nice indeed. Love the moving internal valve gear.
Cheers and keep up the great work - Alex.

[@FamilyByCycle]

Just about to leave a comment asking about your 4F, and what you've (had) done to it, because I'm considering getting one myself and thinking through what we might do with it (I was already thinking about coal rails), and hold the bus - are you also the chap who is going to be working on my little lad's 'Rheneas' at Digitrains?! 😲

[@johnjmc]

I used to work for Digitrains. So it won't be me, I had the whole bottom end redone. But these engines do work very well.

[@FamilyByCycle]

Oh, I see@@johnjmc! I saw the OO9 'Alice' video and made the connection. I have one of those to do, at some point, too! When you say 're-done', have you started from scratch, or rebushed everything? Weighing up whether we would want the mechanical lubricator and/or an injector on it...

[@imscandii]

Hi, nice engine. What kind of steam whistle do you use on your 4F? Is it the original 4F/Maxitrak whistle, or did you replace it? If it's a replacement whistle, when where did you get it? I'm building a 5" inch gauge steam engine, and i think a whistle like that could be perfect for my loco 😁

[@johnjmc]

I'll be changing this whistle

[@skravabarkenfiatagri8931]

Selfmade or Maxitrak?

[@johnjmc]

Heavily modified Maxitrak, complete strip down and rebuild