Boiler Identity ?.

[Stewart HartParticipant @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?.

Cheers

Stew

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

[Stewart HartParticipant @stewarthart90345]

[Rik ShawParticipant @rikshaw]

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

Rik

[mark sandersParticipant @marksanders85565]

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

[Maurice Cox 1Participant @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.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

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

Neil

[Stewart HartParticipant @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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