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Well Jack That is a nice model - but it was put out to the market in 2001? (and how well did it sell?) If LGB is serious about a Garratt, what about the 400 class that Franco Belge built under licence for the South Australian Railways. Even using LGBs unofficial 22.5:1 it would sit nicely as a metre gauge (whats 67mm between friends and be about 1.3m (about 4 feet for the unmetricated) about a foot longer than the NGG Being Beyers Standard Light Garratt it would satifisy the Australian LGB (us here in South Australian, and the tropically affected Banana Benders in Queensland) enthusiast and the "other" SAR enthusiasts in South Africa for the EAR "60"'s, the Burmese enthusiast, and those who love the Luanda Railways - that must make it a profitable proposition - a total market of 6!!!! R1 compatibility not a problem for me! The challenge for LGB would be to make it gauge convertable - to cover 42", 56.5 and 63" that the 400 were designed to work. To see a real 400, sadly none in steam - http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/exhibits/nrm_409.html. The next step is to take a power unit and create a Silverton or WAGR W - These were apparently spun out from the SLG power unit after Beyer recognised issues with the original design proposed by Mills! Heres some pix of a W (a Silverton one) - http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/exhibits/nrm_w25.html (there are a few in steam in WA (see www.hvtr.org.au) and a couple ambling along at one of the tourist railways here in SA (www.prr.org.au)
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