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Summer 2018 Issue 165 GAUGE 1 7 /4” NEWS SUMMER 2018 ISSUE 165 Darjeeling B Class - manufactured using Blackgates castings to Alan Cooper’s design with modifications during the build. Photo and built by Gordon Roberts In this Issue: 7¼” Gauge Society Proficiency Scheme; Tyneside Society of Model & Experimental Engineers ; Light at end of the Tunnel Society Gala; Design Criteria for 7¼” Railway Bogies; Quirks & Curiosoties; Tram No 141 from Hobart, Tasmania & more In this Issue From the Editor’s Desk 3 From the Chairman 3 BERNSTEIN – Early Port Class 4 Letters to the Editor 5 7¼” Gauge Society Proficiency Scheme 6 Tyneside Society of Model & Experimental Engineers 7 Light at end of the Tunnel - Society Gala 8 Progress Report on the Almondell Site 10 Design Criteria for 7¼” Railway Bogies 13 Bogies get up my nose 17 Quirks & Curiosoties 18 Storm Damage at Grahamstown 20 Tram No 141 from Hobart, Tasmania 23 Book Review 26 A Visit to Switzerland 27 The Story of a Dock Tank called Jersey 28 A Goods Yard Snippet 29 Members’ Notices 38 7¼” Gauge Society Ltd - Information The Society’s website is: www.sevenandaquarter.org President: Membership Secretary: Proficiency Scheme: Brian Reading, 12 Belmore Close, Thorpe Frank Cooper, 47 Holmes Road, Tim Morton Jones St. Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 0PS. Stickney, PE22 8AZ Email: Tel: (01603) 434915 Tel: 01205 481197 [email protected] Email: [email protected] COMMITTEE/DIRECTORS Pattern Bank: Editor 7¼” Gauge News: David Mawdsley Chairman: Nick Deytrikh, Allerton Wood, Stanhope, Email: [email protected] Frank Cooper, 47 Holmes Road, Co Durham, DL13 2JP Stickney, PE22 8AZ Tel: 01388 528365 Committee Member: Tel: 01205 481197 Email: [email protected] Nigel Freestone, 11 Kingfisher Drive, Email: [email protected] Durrington, Wiltshire, SP4 8LJ Trade Liaison Officer: Secretary: Bob Whitfield, No.1 Hall Farm Cottages, Tony Knowles, 12 Highfield Stanton Lane, Leicestershire, LE9 3JR Close, Ravenshead, Nottingham, Tel: 01455 274594 MEMBERSHIP NG15 9DZ Email: [email protected] of the 7¼” Gauge Society Tel: 01623 795242 Annual Subscription AGM (2018) Coordinator: Email: [email protected] Full UK £25, Frank Cooper overseas plus £10 postage (£35), Treasurer: Tel: 01205 481197 John Lawes, 29 Tenby Avenue, Email: [email protected] eMember £17.50, Harrow, HA3 8RU Young members £6 1 Tel: (020) 8907 4700 AGM (2019) Coordinator: Pay to: 7 ⁄4” Gauge Society Ltd Email: [email protected] George White (Cheque or BACS to the Tel: 01749 674489 Membership Secretary), or Email: [email protected] debit/credit card via the Society website. THE 7¼” GAUGE SOCIETY LTD REGISTERED OFFICE: PRESS DATES FOR NEXT ISSUE : 29 Tenby Avenue, Harrow, Middlesex, HA3 8RU Advertisement copy to Trade Liaison Officer by 15th July 2018. Company registered in England & Wales Number 3955091 Articles, Letters, Hints, Tips and Snippets etc. must be with the Editor by the 7th July 2018. Sooner eases the workload. EDITOR: Members’ Notices (Events and Sales & Wants) should be put Nick Deytrikh, Allerton Wood, Stanhope, Co Durham, DL13 2JP directly on the Website. Send written ‘Notices’ to the Secretary PRODUCED , PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY: by 15th July 2018. Imprint, New Road, Newtown, Powys. Tel: 01686 624137 Replacement copies £4.50 All reasonable care is taken in the preparation of this publication but the Society cannot be held responsible for loss or inconvenience arising from errors or omissions. Advertisements are accepted in good faith - reliance on any content thereof is the reader’s responsibility. Views and opinions expressed by contributors to this magazine may not necessarily reflect those of the Editor, Committee or the Company. SOCIETY NEWS From the Editor’s Desk Some readers have clearly been perplexed by the inclusion of a small piece in the last two editions of the News entitled ‘Kitchen Conundrum’, and it is now time for some clarification. This refers to the building of a Romulus locomotive by our erstwhile secretary (John Nicholson) who has been progressing extremely slowly with its build over the years (but now, with more time on his hands, at full speed ahead). Quite why he chose to name it ‘Kitchen’ will become more apparent, I hope, when he writes us a full report on its progress next time. You will know that our Annual Gala and AGM this year will be at Perth, a couple of weeks earlier than usual on the 14-16th September. Booking papers will be enclosed with this edition of the News and you may wish to note that if you book to stay at the Huntingtower Hotel, they offer a discount to 7¼” Society members – if you ask for it. The earlier date of the AGM also means that the Autumn edition of the News will be distributed in mid-August to allow time for inclusion of AGM papers. Your Committee have been considering benefits of belonging to the Society (which I hope you feel includes this periodical!) and we would be interested to hear from members, of any other potential benefits that they would like us to consider offering. Finally, there has been a lot of discussion around the safety of running miniature railways and it has been suggested to me that many a lesson can be learned from examining the cause of accidents which have occurred in the past. This can be a sensitive issue but if anyone would like to publicise any learning points that have been gleaned from accidents on their own railways, it could benefit us all. Nick Deytrikh (whose Romulus rebuild is nearly as slow as John’s) New Boiler Test codes The new (Orange) books are being distributed to all clubs in the next few weeks. When your loco is next tested, you should be handed a copy. The main change is the requirement for the cladding to be removed on steel boilers at 7 year intervals, which may be extended to 10 years at the discretion of the inspector. Copper boilers have a recommendation for removal at 10 years, but not mandatory. All boilers, regardless of size used in public places require testing/certificate. PCMRSG (Passenger Carrying Miniature Railway Safety Group, the HSG 216 replacement) The website, of the same name, will shortly publish the draft edition and invites comment by the 1st September 2018. Please make these on the dedicated website as it will enable the various representatives to receive the comments. The HSE have been sent a copy also for comment. Guess the loco May I invite members to have a shot at guessing the locomotive pictured left (and the driver if you are able). It has quite an interesting story and this will be revealed in the next issue. Please submit answers (+ any other information you may have on the loco) to the editor at [email protected] before 1st July and the answer will be revealed in the next edition. The winner will receive a Society lapel badge or 2017 Gala DVD. If you have a picture of a 7¼” loco that you think may be of interest for our next ‘Guess the Loco’, please send it to me. (Ed) www.sevenandaquarter.org 3 READER STORIES BERNSTEIN – Early Port Class A Builder’s Tale Adrian Hinchcliffe The builder looking pleased with “Berstein’s” first run. A visit to the charming West Lancs Light Railway in the early After closure of the quarry in 1966, “Bernstein” was bought by 2000’s with grandson Alex was the moment in time that gave Jim Morris and taken to the Lytham Motive Power Museum for me the inspiration to construct this great little locomotive. preservation. Here it was restored to working condition, Built in 1898 by the Hunslet Co. for the Port Dinorwic Dry Dock painted lime green and renamed “Jonathan” in memory of the Co., along with sister engine “Covercoat”, they were used to owner’s son. After a 5-year loan period at the Bala Lake shunt slate wagons on the quays at Port Dinorwic, working Railway “Jonathan” was moved to the West Lancs Light there until 1923 (25 years) before being transferred to the Railway at Hesketh Bank and was given an extensive overhaul, quarry at Llanberis. Here “Bernstein” holds the record for going back into service in 1994. continuous use in one location, 33 years on the Pengarret As mentioned earlier, a visit to the West Lancs Railway resulted Gallery some 1500ft above sea level. in being given a footplate ride and the seed was sown. Looking at what was available both in drawings and castings a start was made on the Reeves design “Elidir”. It was soon 5 evident that 3” scale was not for me and a true scale 3 /8 was envisaged due to an offer of 20 or so full size Hunslet drawings of the 1890’s from fellow 7¼” member Frank Sidebottom. With no drawings or castings available in this scale, a start was made to do my own thing. What a joy it was to work from drawings in feet/inches/fractions – plus copper-plate writing. The boiler was to the “Elidir” design plus an extra barrel length of 3”, with a scale backhead, dome and safety valves. At this stage a further visit was made to West Lancs Railway to photograph and measure the full size loco but to my horror it was not there. I was informed that “Jonathan” had gone back home to Lytham and would not return. But good news, access “Jonathan” resting quietly in the now closed was granted by the Morris family for me to view at any time Lytham Motive Power Museum. during the build. 4 Email: [email protected] READER STORIES Patterns were made and castings poured at a local foundry in Wigan for cylinders, valve-gear, horns etc.
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