Boiler Identity ?.

Boiler Identity ?.

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    Stewart Hart
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      @stewarthart90345

      A club member recently passed away, and the club was asked by his relatives to disposing of the content of his workshop. Among the effects we found a completed 3 1/2 gauge boiler that looks well made but no one can identify the locomotive it was intended for so can any of you Guys identify it?.

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      Cheers

      Stew

      Edited By Stewart Hart on 28/03/2018 09:50:10

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      Stewart Hart
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        @stewarthart90345
        #347894
        Rik Shaw
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          @rikshaw

          I have checked all my drawing sets but no joy. It is quite a simple design – TICH maybe?

          Rik

          #347922
          mark sanders
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            @marksanders85565

            forgive my ignorance but isn`t that a traction engine boiler ?

            #347935
            Maurice Cox 1
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              @mauricecox1

              If it was traction engine boiler, then there would be no dome flange where the cylinder block sits, and the the firebox sides would be the same width as the boiler barrel.

              #347963
              Neil Wyatt
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                @neilwyatt

                Not from any great experts – could it be a Don Young Hunslette?

                Neil

                #347976
                Stewart Hart
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                  @stewarthart90345

                  I've been in touch with another club member and he remembers Glyn building the boiler with another member Ron Maddocks:- its an experimental boiler for Juliet with a deeper fire box to try and increase the efficiency. Glyn was the clubs boiler inspector for many years and I'm sure they would have the fundamentals of the design correct by the looks of it they tested it as well but the boiler was never stamped up, the years caught up with these two wonderful model engineers before they could complete the project.

                  I'll give the boiler a good check over to ensure that they got the design parameters correct and give it a shell test and stamp it up with a number and offer it to another club member who I know who is building a Juliet, if they don't want it would any of you guys be interested ?.

                  Stew

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