JosephK

Well there is a problem in that the Library have made the reprographics staff redundant so the only way to get hold of the drawings is to make an appointment to see the drawing fiches at least 2 weeks in advance. Unless you know someone who lives near Birmingham, it is a day out by train from Euston. I can post the list of drawings to this discussion if you are interested.

I am building a model of the Bagnall 4-4-0 tank shown in an earlier post. The huge volume on the history of Willuam Bagnall has two good pictures plus a narrative of how the order was placed, changes to the valve gear, colour of the engines etc. You might like to know that manufacturers drawings are available for the Bagnall 4-4-0 tank and the Delta 2-6-2 from the Bagnall collection at Stafford Library for a modest fee on line. The NRM also has the drawings for the Western Oases Naysmith Wilson very large 2-8-2 tender engines. The Birmingham Library Metro Camell collection has about a dozen manufacturers drawings from the Fayoum Light Railway including all the coach types 1st and 3rd class, open wagons, vans, cattlewagons, flat trucks etc.