Leader has a sister!

After some major saving and finding another suitable engine, I'm pleased to reveal what will be Steam Engine No.2.

Photo from the SKLR website

No.2 is a second Accucraft Leader which will become 'Premier'. In real life, Premier and Leader are both sister engines of the Brazil class ordered as in 1905 for the Sittingbourne Paper Mills. Ironically, In real life the numbers were the other way round with 'Premier' being No.1 and 'Leader' being No.2. My 'Premier' has been sourced from a online forum and is arriving in Apple Green carrying the last owner's railway Livery which will be removed and repainted into a basic form of the Sittingbourne livery which the prototype engine carried before dismantling for its current overhaul began. Nameplates are now on order for both engines from Narrow Planet (who come highly recommended from myself but then I'm biased (I work for them from time to time)).

As such, the numbers for the rest of the fleet have all moved up one place to fit Premier into the sequence but I'm sure it will all be worth it in the end.

Until next time,

Jon