Fat Controller Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I'm having a bit of a wagon-building 'binge' at the moment, and thought I'd found a nice 'quick and dirty' conversion- the Ratio SR even-planked 12t van to a SR 10t Banana van. A photo on page 22 of the 'Railways in Profile- British Railway Vans, Volume 2' provided the inspiration. The body modifications seem simple enough; omit ventilators, fit an extra set of door hinges, and beef up the door frames. At first, the brake gear seemed like the sort of 8-shoe Morton gear used on LMS vac-fitted stock; closer examination suggests the one V-hanger visible is off-centre. Does this mean it's fitted with what ABS describe as 'SR "Patent" clasp brake gear' The wagon number is S50804, built to Diagram 1479. Thanks for any help you can give Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Brian The SR used a brake rigging which had similarities with the LNER - two V hangers on one side and one on the other, but vacuum cylinder was on the centre line. There are drawings inBixley, G, Blackburn, A. Chorley, R. & King, M. (2002) An illustrated history of SR Wagons, Volume 4, Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 86093 564 7. 160 pagesThere are detail photographs in my collection, start at http://PaulBartlett....srvan/e3375e15d in http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/srvan BUT these are on a 9ft wb with a 17ft 6 in oh whereas the batch of banana vans with a SR van roof profile were 10 ft wb with a 17ft 6 in oh - like this earlier banana with arc roof http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/srvan Paul Bartlett Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Does this mean it's fitted with what ABS describe as 'SR "Patent" clasp brake gear' The wagon number is S50804, built to Diagram 1479. I'm not absolutely sure Brian, but I think so - I looked into doing this a while back with a Bachy SR van, and the ABS 'nana van I have (of the earlier type with the arc roof) does have the same brakegear that Paul has linked to Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Masokits do a "SR Maunsell 8 shoe fitted brake gear for wheelbases 9'0" to 12'0"". At a quick glance these look very much like the ones in Paul's photos. If you have, or know someone who has, a copy of Michael Clark's instructions for his various wagon brake etches, there are diagrams that show how it works. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Thanks very much for your help, chaps. I think an order to Mr Swain beckons; I've done one of his single-arc SR Banana vans already, and it looks as though that brake gear is what I want. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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