GWR Bogies

[RobMG]

I have resin cast some American type bogies for my Hornby siphon, 

What I would like to know is this.  I am by no means clear as to what is wrong with the Hornby  bogies.  They look pretty good to me, Surely they can be used for 

some other vehicle.  I have searched for info on gwr  9' plate frame bogies and can find nothing . I have googled and asked elsewhere and people just seem to side step the issue and don't give a coherent  answer...  Can anyone here tell me ,  Is it worth keeping these to use on something else. 

 

Rob

 

 

[Miss Prism]

http://www.gwr.org.uk/nobogies.html

 

[RobMG]

Thank you for the link, I have already seen the part on bogies, but it doesn't show one anything like the Hornby bogie.

The rest is very interesting and useful though.

 

Rob

[RobMG]

I am beginning to think the Hornby type is fictitious,  so will consign them to the bits box....

 

Rob

[Miss Prism]

The Hornby moulding is not very good at all. It originated from Airfix iirc. I need a good pic of the 9' plate bogie for the gwr.org page (I suspect Gareth Price has probably got a decent one somewhere in his flickr site), but in the meantime, here's Rumney Models excellent representation:

http://website.rumneymodels.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/BR-Coach-Bogie.jpg

 

[hmrspaul]

2 hours ago, Miss Prism said:

The Hornby moulding is not very good at all. It originated from Airfix iirc. I need a good pic of the 9' plate bogie for the gwr.org page (I suspect Gareth Price has probably got a decent one somewhere in his flickr site), but in the meantime, here's Rumney Models excellent representation:

http://website.rumneymodels.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/BR-Coach-Bogie.jpg

 

Isn't the link to a 'standard' BR Mk1 coach bogie with 8ft 6in wheelbase. Admittedly largely based on Swindon practice at that time. 

 

I believe this is the GWR 9ft bogie https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/bogies/e3de7286f

 

This is the short wheelbase bogie on a siphon https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/bogies/e7026d79

 

For completeness the "American" bogie https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/bogies/e37949112

 

Paul

 

[Miss Prism]

1 hour ago, hmrspaul said:

Isn't the link to a 'standard' BR Mk1 coach bogie with 8ft 6in wheelbase. Admittedly largely based on Swindon practice at that time. 

 

Accepted, which is why I need to find a decent pic of a pukka GWR 9' plate. See below.

 

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I believe this is the GWR 9ft bogie https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/bogies/e3de7286f

 

That's a post-1932 pressed steel 9', the primary visible characteristic being the curve between the underside of the sideframes to the hornguides.

 

Here's a 9' plate (also known as the 9' 'heavy'). Apparently introduced in 1922, but I can't find a pic of one that early. (The early Collett South Wales stuff all ran with 7' plates I think.)

 

 

Edited December 17, 2020 by Miss Prism