Mike 84C Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Would anyone have drawings/ dimensions of the wagons that were used. I have looked at quite a few photo's and apart from being 4'6"/ 5' wide I'm a bit flumoxed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Take it you mean the wooden tippers not the V skips? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Sounds interesting What is the final project? Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Thanks guys for the interest, its a sort of long term thing that would make a good Rice type layout. From what I can find about the wagons some had a flat floor and sides others had a longtitudal Vee type hopper floor plus sides and were called 'deeps'. I rather like the idea of 4ft narrow gauge, only 3 loco's all different.And one with a Gooch firebox. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2996 Victor Posted April 28, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2018 Hi, Sorry if I'm barking up the wrong tree, but do you mean the Redruth & Chasewater Railway? It was 4'-0" gauge, and used three Neilson Box Tanks for motive power in later years. If so, there was a layout built donkey's years ago by Bob Tivendale, featured (I think) in Practical Model Railways. I seem to recall some drawings in the articles. Best regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 Hi 2996 Victor , you are quite right Redruth and Chasewater. Thanks for the information and now a long shot. Would you know what edition the article was in and have you a copy that I could beg or borrow to copy? I have found lots of photos on a historic Cornwall site and a bit more info at the British Library at Kew. And I have the small book published by D.B,Barton in 1960. This has a loco drawing with no scale but it could be 4mm , no wagon drawings. I suppose a little conjecture, pencil, paper and what I know would produce a reasonable plan. This is all for the future for the projects file. Best Regards Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 There's an extensive article on the R & C in John Vaughn's book - Branches and Byways, Cornwall. Also, according to this same book, there was a Camborne and Redruth tramway along with several other obscure lines. Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 There's an extensive article on the R & C in John Vaughn's book - Branches and Byways, Cornwall. Also, according to this same book, there was a Camborne and Redruth tramway along with several other obscure lines. Brian. Thanks for the info; Brian I didn't know that. Looks like the recently thinned book collection will start to grow again. Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve W Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Local history web sites for the villages along the route have info also Cornish Memory website. Drawings are a bit scarce, in 7mm Andy Duncan did a wagon kit based on, but not claimed to be a true scale model and I have seen a resin body kit I think for 'Miner' (with the 'haystack' firebox) it was going to be produced by a chap in S. Wales who did a range of mostly GWR loco bodies, sorry don't know his name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I think this is where "3D printing" comes into its own. Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 Local history web sites for the villages along the route have info also Cornish Memory website. Drawings are a bit scarce, in 7mm Andy Duncan did a wagon kit based on, but not claimed to be a true scale model and I have seen a resin body kit I think for 'Miner' (with the 'haystack' firebox) it was going to be produced by a chap in S. Wales who did a range of mostly GWR loco bodies, sorry don't know his name. Thanks for that info; steve W I shall do a little trawling, see if I can find that kit for 'Miner' I found the Cornish Memory website a while ago. Some 'interesting'! stuff on it. I think this is where "3D printing" comes into its own. Marc Totally agree Mark, just wish I was a lot more computer literate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2996 Victor Posted July 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2018 Hi 2996 Victor , you are quite right Redruth and Chasewater. Thanks for the information and now a long shot. Would you know what edition the article was in and have you a copy that I could beg or borrow to copy? I have found lots of photos on a historic Cornwall site and a bit more info at the British Library at Kew. And I have the small book published by D.B,Barton in 1960. This has a loco drawing with no scale but it could be 4mm , no wagon drawings. I suppose a little conjecture, pencil, paper and what I know would produce a reasonable plan. This is all for the future for the projects file. Best Regards Mick Hi Mick, many apologies for the delay in responding - I forgot to add a "follow topic" tag and only just noticed! I'm afraid I can't remember what edition of PMR the layout featured in, but I THINK it was called "Wheal Louise". From the depths of my memory, I seem to recall there may have been two or three articles covering different aspects of the layout. I used to clip articles of interest out of magazines, so I'll see if I've got any of it in a wallet file somewhere. The locos were named "Miner" (0-4-0T, later 0-4-2T), "Smelter" (0-4-0T, later 0-6-0T) and "Spitfire" (0-6-0T). Have you got a copy of the Bradford Barton "Mineral Railways of the West Country"? I imagine that's the one you mentioned above. There's a little bit of info on the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum website www.narrowgaugerailwaymuseum.org.uk but probably nothing new to you! I'll see what I can find, but I can't promise I kept it all through marriage, children and divorce! Cheers, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2996 Victor Posted July 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2018 (edited) Mick, I've just done a quick Google search of "Robert Tivendale Wheal Louise" and the following came up: http://www.magazineexchange.co.uk/practical-model-railways-magazine-march-1985-issue.html which has an article about building wagons for the layout. I can't remember whether the article(s) were in consecutive issues or not, but it narrows the time frame down a bit! I'll have a look through my clippings and see what I've kept! Cheers, Mark EDIT: There was an article about his tin ore processing plant in the December '86 issue of PMR, and also apparently a layout description in the January 1990 Railway Modeller, though I've never seen it! Edited July 5, 2018 by 2996 Victor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 Mark; I also did the Google search but didn't pick up on the Wheal Louise bit! but did find the magazien sale sie which I went through and found zilch Redruth and Chacewater! I shall keep my fingers crossed your stash of stuff is still with you, funny how the marrige, children and divorce thins out ones hobby stuff. I am still replacing things I had in a previous life but chose well the second time . Regards Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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