Manning Wardle F class 0-4-0T dimensions

[Irish Padre]

Hello - I’d be most grateful for wheelbase and driving wheel dimensions as above please ? Thank you David 

[Wickham Green too]

IF ( and it's a fairly big IF ) SECR 0-4-0ST No.313 ( SR No. 225S ) was an F class, it had 2'10'' wheels and - scaling from a broadside shot in Russell - the wheelbase looks to be in the region of 5'9''.

[magmouse]

"locomotive Builders of Leeds: E B Wilson and Manning Wardle", by Mark Smithers, has a drawing of an F class. It shows a 4'9" wheelbase, and 2'9 3/4" wheels. This is a 1912 example, and the caption notes 'redesigned mainframes', so earlier examples may have been different. The book has several photos of F class MWs, including the Wantage Tramway no.7.

 

Nick.

[Irish Padre]

Thanks Nick - that’s great 

 

David 

[sir douglas]

MW classes can be a bit vague as 2 locos in the same class can have different dimensions

[doilum]

Was the F the subject of a loco building competition in MRJ some years ago

[MarcD]

I will check my MW standard gauge loco book. It list all MW locos built and any changes from the standard drawings.

Marc

[Irish Padre]

55 minutes ago, MarcD said:

I will check my MW standard gauge loco book. It list all MW locos built and any changes from the standard drawings.

Marc

Thanks Marc. I had wondered if the Slaters 7mm  MW F (pictures below) could be made into this - an Irish Hunslet of that era which had 3’2 drivers and a 5’8 wheelbase

Edited April 30, 2023 by Irish Padre

[MarcD]

Hope this helps

 

150 built between 1869 and 1926

13 built to either NG or BG (NG listed in vol1 and BG listed in Vol3) I dont have vol3 to see where the BG ones went.

 

basic F class dimentions

cylinders 10 by 16

wheel OD 2ft9

WB 4ft9

boiler OD 2ft7

boiler length 7ft11

LOB 16ft 1/4inch

 

common changes

3ft wheels

2ft10 wheels

cover plates fitted over slidebars

volume of tank

 

 

Marc