Phoenix locomotive collection

Industrial

Comet

Industrial character in a compact battery electric locomotive. A familiar sight on garden railways and club tracks.

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Titan

A customer’s request for more hauling power helped create one of Phoenix’s most recognisable bogie locomotives.

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Project Loco 2

A freelance industrial design whose influence runs through the Phoenix collection.

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Hefty

The Tug’s bogie counterpart, developed around a generous driving position and a substantial steel body.

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Class 52 Western

The Western’s recognisable shape was among the earliest scale models in the company’s story.

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Class 50 Hoover

A detailed British diesel outline that became part of Phoenix’s expanding scale collection.

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Class 24

A familiar British outline with the disc headcodes and proportions of the early diesel years.

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Class 42 Warship

The Warship connects Phoenix’s later collection to the earlier Express Locos years.

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Trams

Y6 Tram

An enclosed tram locomotive outline that brought a different character to the Phoenix collection.

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The Hesketh

An industrial locomotive outline inspired by the Hibberd Planet.

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Class 14 Teddy Bear

One of the scale designs Phoenix offered in more than one gauge.

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DB V200

The German diesel hydraulic outline brought an international dimension to Phoenix’s scale range.

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The Geep

A general purpose ride on locomotive with a roomy body and practical access.

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The Tug

A visit to the Steeple Grange Light Railway helped inspire a Phoenix workhorse.

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Industrial

Tin Turtle

Phoenix’s model of the protected Simplex locomotive known as the Tin Turtle.

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Industrial

Druid

A distinctive Motor Rail inspired design from the Phoenix industrial collection.

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Vale of Ffestiniog

Phoenix’s interpretation of the Ffestiniog Railway’s distinctive double cab diesel.

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Polar Bear & Sea Lion

The Groudle Glen inspired pair held a particularly personal meaning for Keith.

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Steam outline

Timber Creek

Peter Griffiths’s logging locomotive idea brought a new shape to Phoenix.

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Beefy Auto Truck

An auto truck design recorded in the Phoenix engineering archive.

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Industrial

Budgie

A compact industrial model preserved in the original Phoenix files.

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Voltswagen

A Volkswagen inspired rail vehicle announced by Phoenix in December 2017.

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Scooter

An auto trolley style ride on design for garden railway work and passengers.

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F7 Heavy Haul

The American outline that connects the collection to the Express Locos years.

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Class 37 Tractor

Phoenix’s Class 37 project, documented through its development photographs.

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Trams

Kew Tram

A 7¼ inch gauge bogie tram recorded in the Phoenix range and on the railway.

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Super Tug

A bogie development recorded as experimental in the supplied asset list.

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Turbostar

The completed Anglia miniature, with body and chassis photographs from the project archive.

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