RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2021 S7 working vacuum brakes, anyone? 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Star Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 On 09/07/2021 at 11:43, Compound2632 said: S7 working vacuum brakes, anyone? Just as soon as you show us how to produce working Harrison cord braking in P4...... 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 10, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2021 Just now, Western Star said: Just as soon as you show us how to produce working Harrison cord braking in P4...... That ought to be quite straightforward, at least as a DCC feature. Press the appropriate function button, model passenger leans out of window, pulls in cord, whistle sounds, and the rest is left to the discretion of the driver. Other features that "ought" to be modelled: water pick-up from trough driver going round oiling engine in motion fireman changing headlamps when engine runs round train porter closing level crossing gates homing pigeons released from baskets &c. 1 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Does anyone know of drawings of either of these MR cranes, please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 14, 2021 Compare the crane restored and on display at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton Road: Details of these Goods Department cranes differ. The one at Quainton Road is claimed to have been built at Derby in 1890: (see also photos I posted a couple of weeks ago when the colour of such thinks was being discussed.) I wonder how many were actually made by the Midland and how many bought in? I think your best bet for a drawing is to use the drawing a few pages on from the page you've photographed as a guide to dimensions and then do a sketch from the photos. I think the one in that drawing is of more modern construction - with a fabricated rather than cast main frame - but is broadly the same type. The Midland Railway Study Centre does have a drawing of 1890 for the truck to carry a 5 ton goods crane (Drg. 858, MRS Item 88-D0342). This shows a substantial cross-shaped cast bed connected to the solebars and headstocks. Although the cranes in those photos are only of 3 tons and 2 tons capacity, there must be a similar cast bed behind those innocent-looking dumb-buffer frames - note the weight of the 3 ton crane wagon - a bit over 11 tons. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Thank you for that, Steven. Perhaps I need to take myself off to Quainton Road. Presumably this is the prototype that Mike's Models did. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted July 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2021 The photograph below has appeared on the MRS chat pages and although I know that I've seen it before captioned as showing electric vehicles, I can't recall where it was. Any ideas? Dave 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessy Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Dave, I too have seen this before. I've looked through the British Railway Journal and it was on p269 of number 46 (spring 1993 - but the issue dates rarely matched when it was actually issued). The site is stated to be the Agar Town road vehicle yard and the picture is recorded as being taken in late 1914. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesfeldian Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/10th-january-1918/15/electrics-in-railway-service http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/17th-january-1918/12/-electric-s-in-railway-service 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Chuffer Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 22 minutes ago, Holmesfeldian said: http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/10th-january-1918/15/electrics-in-railway-service http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/17th-january-1918/12/-electric-s-in-railway-service Very informative, now remind me, how far have we come in 100 years..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted July 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2021 I was going to suggest Agar town as well but was beaten to the draw. I have the BRJ it was published in. Regards Lez. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) The photo of feeding time at St. Pancras Goods is a Derby Official, DY10641, taken on 11 July 1917. An interesting sidelight on the rise of motor delivery vehicles, whether steam, electric, or petrol: the Midland's stock of horses for cartage work was just below 5,000 in the years up to the Great War. One might expect a very significant drop during the war, as horses were requisitioned for war work, and indeed the number was down to just over 4,200 at the end of 1919. But the really sharp drop comes in 1921/22, with the number falling to just 3,000. That suggests to me the impact of army surplus petrol lorries - the number of road motors (all forms of traction) was just 19 before the war, 89 by the end of 1919, but up to 195 by the end of 1922. [Source: Half-Yearly and Annual Reports & Accounts of the Midland Railway Company, held by the Midland Railway Study Centre.] That implies that just over 100 motor vehicles were doing the work of over 1,000 horses. Which committee of the board would have oversight of innovation in road vehicles? Traffic Committee? Road vehicles built in-house (chiefly horse-drawn*) were designed and built in the Carriage & Wagon works, so the Carriage & Wagon Committee might have had some input? *But not drawn by horses; Fred Crocker was the draughtsman chiefly responsible for standardisation of the company's fleet of road vehicles from the 1890s onward. Edited July 16, 2021 by Compound2632 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 On 14/07/2021 at 21:34, Compound2632 said: Compare the crane restored and on display at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton Road: Details of these Goods Department cranes differ. The one at Quainton Road is claimed to have been built at Derby in 1890: (see also photos I posted a couple of weeks ago when the colour of such thinks was being discussed.) I wonder how many were actually made by the Midland and how many bought in? I think your best bet for a drawing is to use the drawing a few pages on from the page you've photographed as a guide to dimensions and then do a sketch from the photos. I think the one in that drawing is of more modern construction - with a fabricated rather than cast main frame - but is broadly the same type. The Midland Railway Study Centre does have a drawing of 1890 for the truck to carry a 5 ton goods crane (Drg. 858, MRS Item 88-D0342). This shows a substantial cross-shaped cast bed connected to the solebars and headstocks. Although the cranes in those photos are only of 3 tons and 2 tons capacity, there must be a similar cast bed behind those innocent-looking dumb-buffer frames - note the weight of the 3 ton crane wagon - a bit over 11 tons. There is a photo in MRN November 65 of this crane at RAF Henlow before being rescued by the LRPS. I was informed that there was a drawing too, but no. Never mind. Going to be a problem sourcing those wheels! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted July 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2021 27 minutes ago, PenrithBeacon said: There is a photo in MRN November 65 of this crane at RAF Henlow before being rescued by the LRPS. I was informed that there was a drawing too, but no. Never mind. Going to be a problem sourcing those wheels! Centres from wheels will do the trick. Do you know what sizes you requires? I may have a pair of old S scale centres I could send your way: them at the rear, and some 4mm scale centres at the front might do the trick. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 I’ve posed this question over on my ‘Midland in Tewkesbury’ thread - but I’m wondering what motive power would have been shedded there in c1907? All the photos I can find on the web are of a much later period. Any ideas? Also wondering if anyone knows of a kit for one of these? The picture has been snapped from @Dave Hunt’s lovely book: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted July 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) There obviously was one at some time: https://www.hattons.co.uk/296219/kitbuilt_kb570_kb_1116a_class_0_4_0st_1514_in_midland_railway_black_unmotorised_dummy_pre_owned_/stockdetail.aspx Maybe Jidenco? Also discussed here (4mm old K’s kit, plus prototype info): Edited July 22, 2021 by Regularity 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2021 11 minutes ago, Tricky said: I’ve posed this question over on my ‘Midland in Tewkesbury’ thread - but I’m wondering what motive power would have been shedded there in c1907? All the photos I can find on the web are of a much later period. Any ideas? Replied there: For the Johnson 0-4-0STs, Summerson gives 1503 and 1505 of the 1322 Class and 1519 and 1525 of the 1134A Class allocated to Gloucester in May 1908. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted July 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2021 I don't think the 0-4-0st's were employed at Tewkesbury. The quay branch, west of the high street, used gravity down to the quay and a horse to pull the wagons back up to the loop in the old station one at a time. Later on in LMS days they used a tractor with a large buffing plate to replace the horse. However my 4mm model of Tewkesbury will be loco served under rule one as I have a K's model of the 0-4-0st. Regards Lez. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2021 A late friend of mine,Tony Bond scratchbuilt one in 7mm. I believe his daughter still has it. I'll try and post a picture of it tomorrow. Jamie 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted July 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2021 There definitely was a kit of a Johnson 0-4-0ST in 7mm as Bob Essery made one that we used to use on Dewsbury. I don't know where it is now but I would guess either with the Warley Club S7 group or the HMRS people who took the goods yard section of Dewsbury. If it is with the former then Paul Stokes may know, if the latter, then George Brodie may be able to find it. In either case, there may be some marking on the chassis that could identify the kit? Dave 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 10 hours ago, lezz01 said: I don't think the 0-4-0st's were employed at Tewkesbury. The quay branch, west of the high street, used gravity down to the quay and a horse to pull the wagons back up to the loop in the old station one at a time. Later on in LMS days they used a tractor with a large buffing plate to replace the horse. However my 4mm model of Tewkesbury will be loco served under rule one as I have a K's model of the 0-4-0st. Regards Lez. That’s very interesting - perhaps in my instance a Manning Wardle 0-4-0ST, also under Rule 1? 10 hours ago, Tricky said: I’ve posed this question over on my ‘Midland in Tewkesbury’ thread - but I’m wondering what motive power would have been shedded there in c1907? All the photos I can find on the web are of a much later period. Any ideas? Also wondering if anyone knows of a kit for one of these? The picture has been snapped from @Dave Hunt’s lovely book: I forgot to mention I’m looking at 7mm for the saddle tank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) As promised here is a photo of the lovely little tank engine that my late friend built. Jamie Edited April 22, 2022 by jamie92208 10 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Rambler Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 If you visit the 'Other Place' aka Western Thunder and go to the S7 Group you encounter a page or two down a topic entitled 'Midland Railway 0-4-0ST (Burton Tank) posted by Rambler. I understand he is using/modifying an ABS Zero Zephyr kit - don't know anything about the kit I'm afraid but the post is well worth visiting. Crimson Rambler 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted July 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) Another small step for man but a giant leap for a modeller: I have finished the water tank and tank house for my layout. My usual construction using a plywood shell with various balsa and ply overlays all clad in Slaters English bond Plastikard. The roof sections are 1mm MDF with roof slates and tall windows by Tricky, AKA Monksgate Models, whilst the other windows, doors, drain pipes, gutters etc. are by me using an assortment of plastic, MDF and whatever else came to hand. The ladder isn't yet cut to length and fixed in place as that will have to wait until the groundwork around the base of the building, which will be about 5mm deep, is completed. As with the other layout buildings, this one is not fixed down as it hides a couple of surface mounted Tortoise point motors. The cast-iron water tank panels are also by Tricky and are, I think, the first examples of his 3D prints of these items in captivity. He won't mind me saying that he had a lot of trouble getting them right but he persevered at no small cost to himself and the finished articles are very good. All the time I was building the tank house I was dreading getting to the tank itself as I really had no idea how I could make the panels with all the bolts and flanges, not to mention the raised decorative mouldings, whilst retaining my sanity; then, at the eleventh hour along came Richard and although it took some time for the project to reach fruition the wait was worth it. The worst job was painting them but I had a batch of reject panels that Richard sent to me that I could practice on and in the end I hit on the idea of spraying the whole thing in Denby Pottery cream then outlining the raised mouldings using a permanent felt tip pen before carefully painting up to the outline with Tamiya red brown acrylic and finally spraying the whole lot with Dullcote. It's not perfect but it looks OK, especially after muckying it up a bit. Thanks Richard! The handrail stanchions are from a model boat shop and scale at about 3ft 6in, which seems like a reasonable height in the absence of any evidence of the actual size that I have been able to find. So, it's now on with making buffer stops and starting the task of painting and ballasting all the track before taking care of all the other groundwork. The idea is to complete the layout all except for the last board which will contain the shed as that itself will probably take me twelve months and I don't want the acres of bare plywood and unballasted track that presently greet the eye to last any longer than necessary. However, I am also making some rolling stock at the same time as working on the layout itself just to avoid boredom with any one project creeping in. Therefore, whilst I've been making this water tank I've also finished off my breakdown crane and match wagon, which I'll feature in my next post. Dave PS Although when I composed this post the photographs were full width, for some reason that escaped me when it was completed they came out smaller. Why? I don't know. Edited July 23, 2021 by Dave Hunt Add PS 6 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Dave Hunt Posted July 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) As threatened earlier, there now follow some notes on the other build I have been working on recently, namely the Cowans Sheldon 15 ton steam crane and match wagon. The crane started out as a D&S kit that Jill bought for me 24 years ago (!) but due to a number of factors didn't get started until earlier this year. When I did start it I found a lot of errors, omissions and other problems so eventually about half of it one way or another has been scratch built. The kit comtained several instances of confusion between the Mk.1 and Mk.2 cranes such as flat section jib stays for a Mk. 1 (which is the version I supposedly had) rather than round bar, lots of missing bolt heads, rivets etc., lack of quite a bit of detail in the operating area, one of the scrolls for elevating the jib being threaded the wrong way, no cylinder drains etc., as well as being designed without working suspension, which I needed for S7 (but for OF would probably be OK). However, eventually it got finished, except for the builders' plates that were not acceptable in the kit but are being custom made for me by Guilplates, and here is the result. The extra bolt heads and rivets are resin castings from Masterclub, sold by Historex Agents, and are superb, if a little fiddly to use. The chain is gunmetal, bought on Ebay. The underframe is largely scratchbuilt to include suspension via guitar wire impinging on the axleboxes, the wheelsets being Slaters sold by the S7 Group. The match wagon is scratchbuilt mainly in Plastikard with hundreds (literally) of Masterclub bolts and rivets. The worst job was cutting the plastic sections (Greenscene) of the jib support so that all the angles fitted together and making the unit used up quite a stock of my rude word store. Wheelsets are Slaters with guitar wire suspension again and brakegear is a mixture of Slaters, Bill Bedford and my components. Buffers and couplings are Slaters. The metalwork on the jib support is from nickel silver strip bent to the appropriate shapes and bolted. The match wagon has no lettering on it as after a lot of searching I came to the conclusion that there is no evidence prior to 1907 for the Midland Loco. Dept. Wellingborough legend on the sides that as far as I can make out first appeared when No. 28 was photographed at the Silkstream Junction smash in 1907. Photographs taken at that time indicate that crane and match wagon were freshly painted, which would follow for a vehicle taken into stock in 1893, so since I am trying to depict the combination as in 1905/6 I have left the lettering off. I have also weathered the crane and the match wagon to try to simulate the appearance of them as I suspect would have been the case at that time, i.e., getting a bit grubby but still well looked after, as I am pretty sure they were. The transfers are from Fox and were made to an order by Jamie Guest. They actually depict the arrangement post-1907 so I had to cut and paste quite a bit, which is an interesting thing to do with waterslide transfers of very small lettering. Paint is enamel made many years ago by Joseph Masons of Derby that they say was the same colour that they used to supply to Derby Works in Midland days and was discovered by David White. The boiler was different from the one fitted when the crane was new and appears to have been a replacement in about 1898. Hence it differed from the one in the kit and was scratch built. Some of the innards. the scroll at the top for winding the chain that raised the jib was the one that was cast with the wrong thread so this one is scratchbuilt. The handrails on the crab sides outside the cylinders were an addition made in about 1900. Some of the match wagon details. As built, there were no lockers in the match wagons of the first five Mk. 1cranes but the 1899 ones had them and I have supposed that they were retrofitted to the earlier wagons. The later ones had the propping girders stowed underneath but as far as I can ascertain that was never done to the earlier examples. Another view of some of the wiggly bits. So that's about all my modelling activity of the last seven or eight months accounted for. Sorry that the photographs aren't of the best (Photography is notably lacking from my skill set) and again the editor has shrunk them from the way I put them in. Ah, well, I suppose you can't have everything. Dave Edited July 23, 2021 by Dave Hunt correcting poor typing 5 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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