LNER class F2 [ex GCR] 2-4-2T loco.

[keidal]

Can anyone tell me the 5' 7" diameter driving wheel centres dimension please, for this loco ?

I believe that the total wheelbase is 23' 5 1/2".

Thank you.

[micklner]

Some info

 

 

https://www.lner.info/locos/F/f2.php

[keidal]

Thank you, I've already been there and unfortunately it doesn't give the wheel centres dimensions.

 

I'm guessing that the driving wheel centres will be somewhere between 7'0" and 8'0". 

[keidal]

Scaling it off a photograph, the dimension might be 8' 6".

[34theletterbetweenB&D]

I would guess toward the upper end of that range. I don't recall seeing a drawing, is there one listed in the Isinglass series?

[Darryl Tooley]

RCTS 'Locomotives of the LNER' gives 7'10 and a half+8'7"+7'0", drivers 5'7", carrying wheels 3'6"

 

I seem to recall there was a 4mm scale drawing of either the F2 or the very similar F1 in a late 1960s Railway Modeller, possibly in connection with ex-GC push-pull stock drawings.  I stand to be corrected on this.

 

D

Edited September 4, 2017 by Darryl Tooley

[kevinlms]

According to a listing of Locomotives Illustrated magazine, issue 130 covers

 

"The Great Central Railway 2-4-2, 4-4-2 and 0-6-2 tank engines"

 

no idea if it covers the info you need, as I only have most of the LMS issues.

[keidal]

Thank you very much for this information - I'm very grateful !

[teaky]

RCTS 'Locomotives of the LNER' gives 7'10 and a half+8'7"+7'0", drivers 5'7", carrying wheels 3'6"

 

I seem to recall there was a 4mm scale drawing of either the F2 or the very similar F1 in a late 1960s Railway Modeller, possibly in connection with ex-GC push-pull stock drawings.  I stand to be corrected on this.

 

D

There is an article on ex-GC push-pull stock in the November 1968 issue of RM Darryl, but the locomotive drawing is a C13.  Perhaps it is in another issue?

[Darryl Tooley]

There is an article on ex-GC push-pull stock in the November 1968 issue of RM Darryl, but the locomotive drawing is a C13.  Perhaps it is in another issue?

Possibly, or perhaps my memory is playing tricks.  I'm sure I've seen a drawing of a GC 2-4-2T in an old magazine somewhere - not, I admit, a great deal of help in narrowing it down.

 

D

Edited September 4, 2017 by Darryl Tooley

[Michael Edge]

Railway Modeller November 1969, as far as I know a reasonably accurate drawing.

[keidal]

I now have a copy of the "Railway Modeller" November 1969 and it does have a single page article and drawings of this loco.

It is very informative and the 4 mm to 1' 0" drawings are very detailed, but no plan is provided.

I am presuming that it is a fixed wheelbase loco - a pity no front and rear pony trucks, unless I've missed something.

I'm going to have a go at building this loco in Finescale Gauge 1, wheel back to back 42.0 mm and electric motor driven - is there a suggested overall frame width please ? The frames will be 1 mm Nickel-Silver, which is probably about true to scale.

Thank you for all your suggestions and information.

Keith 

[N15class]

I expect the front and rear carrying wheels are radial axle boxes.