DGW1247

‘No Name’ is the title of a novel by Wilkie  Collins  (the author of ‘The Moonstone’ and ‘The Woman in White’ - so perhaps ‘Wilkie’s Wharf’ would be a good name for your new layout?

David

Sorry I can't help with the Railway Modellers, but there is an article by Sidney Stubbs  on loco frames etc was in Model Railway Journal No 56. 

An article on motors by John Langan appeared in Model Railway News, November and December  1964 issues. He and Sidney Stubbs were contemporaries in the Manchester Model Railway Society, along with Alex Jackson, of coupling fame.

Hoping this of use, 

regards from

David.   

This project has advanced somewhat. Earlier this week I began pattern-making for Hercules and when it came to the smokebox door I wasn't convinced that Iain Rice's version was right, especially (as mentioned previously) how I suspect he never had access to photos of Hercules. Mr. Rice fitted rectangular doors on his model but the photo in the Industrial Railway Record doesn't show it well, so no one could really say that it was wrong but I have found a photo of one of 4 locomotives built by James Cross & Co. for Portugal.

 

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It does feature a double door but it isn't rectangular and although it isn't conclusive proof I am going with it for my model. The Portugese loco shares similarities with Hercules, which are what must have led Trevor Lodge, and indeed Rosling Bennett, to say that Hercules was built by Cross.

 

Going slightly off topic, but still very interesting, is this photo of another Cross locomotive, built in 1863 for the Anglesey Central Railway.

 

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A standard gauge Fairlie! I have never seen such a thing before. Note the design of the slide bars. Is anyone up for the challenge of scratchbuilding this beast?

On page 121 of ‘Locomotives of the LNWR Southern Division’ is a

photo in which about half of the front end of ‘Hercules’ is visible, but in deep shadow. The top edge the smokebox door or doors is just visible.

Hope this is of use !

In 'Railway Archive' 35 there are photographs of 'Hercules' (page 48) and Boulton's Bury 0-4-0 No 26 (page 59) for which see pages 32 and 33 of 'The Chronicles of Boulton's Siding.

There is also an article, 'Notes on the Chronicles of Boulton's Siding'  in the Locomotive Magazine for March 1931 , pages 92 & 93. This has a small photo of the Stephenson long-boiler 0-6-0 'Lord Robartes'.

More interesting perhaps is the drawing of Boulton's owner's plate.

(The 1931 article may have been incorporated in the David & Charles reprint, in which case apologies for cluttering this thread with stuff you already know! I haven't seen a copy of the reprint for donkey's years, and my copy of the Chronicles is one of the 1927 originals, a fortunate and much prized acquisition!)

I hoping this is of use.

Regards, David.