Never heard of R.F. Steadman before until Graeme pointed me to these two coaches on E-Bay. Very attractive wood coaches with glossy paper litho overlays and tin roofs. Need a few more I guess.
Steve
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those look pretty nice. never heard of them either.
R F Stedman founded Leeds Model Corporation
You can find out more about Leeds trains and Rex Stedman here
http://www.leedsstedmantrust.org/
Roland
Roland
I am aware of that site. They have a great photo library of their cars and engines. Do you know if the date they show for the various models was the mfg date or the date that item was released and then sale continued for them.
Steve
Steve,
I am not sure, but if there is a contact email, I would ask David Peacock.
he runs the trust and archive and would be able to answer your questions.
(normally I would look up the answer, but I am currently in Belgium and very far away from my books)
Roland
David Peacock published a centenary history of the Leeds Model Company, founded in 1912, last year, including a cd so you can view or print photos of the company's products on your PC in colour. I jbnow, living just down the road from David, that he still has some copies left.
LMC or Leeds as it is usually referred to in the UK, was the third largest maker of 0 Gauge trains after Hornby and Bassett-Lowke. The one thing they produced that is much admired now is a range of strikingly authentic little tank locomotives, all made from standardised tooling but nevertheless most realistic. Since they never offered a clockwork version, and permanent magnets were practical by the 1930, the mechanisms were small enough to allow low boilers - typical of small British locos until the turn of the century.
Leeds also produced a nice range of eight private owner open coal trucks, again with coloured lithographed paper sides, and several classes of tender locomotives, usually based upon those of the Great Central railway, later the London & North Eastern Railway.
