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Manual of Model Steam Locomotive Construction by Martin Evans w/ DJ THIRD ED
Manual of Model Steam Locomotive Construction by Martin Evans THIRD edition
Hard Cover with Dust jacket
172 pages
Copyright 1960 SIXTH impression 1976
Contents
The Choice Of Gauge And Scale Types Of Locomotive
general Principles Of Design
mainframes, Stretchers, Axleboxes And Horns
wheels And Axles, Crank Axles, Crankpins
bogies, Pony And Radial Trucks Cylinders And Details
crossheads And Motion Details
valve Gears: Link Motions
valve Gears: Radial Gears
boilers
boiler Fittings
lubrication, Pumps, Injectors, Brakes Platework, Tenders, Tanks And Fittings Fuels, Raising Steam And Driving
index
Foreword MODEL ENGINEERING IN GENERAL appeals to the mechanically-minded amateur as an absorbing hobby and its accomplishment gives deep satisfaction in the development of the necessary skill and the pride of craftsmanship which arises. Of the many subjects which can be taken for modelling none is more popular than the steam locomotive. It has a fascination all its own and our ancestors very aptly dubbed it the "Iron Horse". It has its parallels in the Derby Winners, the also-rans and the smart carriage horses, those patient beasts drawing heavy carts, the slow-moving plough or the narrow boats on the canals. There were willing horses, those needing the touch of the whip and the jibbers. Breeding played its part just as design does in a locomotive in its performance and suitability in service. Like a musical instrument the steam locomotive is influenced by the enginemen; some are better performers than others.
The naming of locomotives added interest and gave individuality to each of them. In the earliest days the "high-brows" were in the ascendant and drew the nomenclature from mythology, the classics and the heavens. What a lovely and imaginative selection of names followed on the old London and North Western with its haphazard numbering. Look up the eighty names of Dean's 7 ft. 8 in. single wheelers and try to imagine these wonderful creations of Swindon gliding almost silently at speed along Brunel's track of bridge rails on longitudinal sleepers as then reduced to standard gauge.
Regimentation of names and numbers began on the G.W.R. with Churchward, when blocks of numbers were issued for "Saints", "Stars" and "Counties".
Grouping subsequently extinguished a good deal of the romance attaching to the little railways absorbed. Pooling of locomotives led to indifference and neglect and it remained for Nationalisation to reduce the steam locomotive to its nadir in dirt and ugliness.
Only those at the present day who are sixty-five or over can recall such things as the glamour of Stroudley's engines on the old Brighton line, the thrill on first sighting an eight-footer on the Great Northern or a distant view of Caledonian blue streaking across country like a Kingfisher in flight.
The model engineer can turn away from the dirt and depression of the present day and try to recapture some of the charm of the past by looking back over some 150 years and alighting upon some design of bygone days which takes his fancy. A beginner could select some simple and straightforward design yet aesthetically pleasing in possessing beauty of line. The more ambitious can pick on a Webb compound, cross the Atlantic for a Pennsylvania design, adopt a Garratt from overseas or select that Rolls-Royce of the locomotive world, the Southern's "Lord Nelson".
Models can be divided into two branches, the static and dynamic. Examples of the former can be seen in the Science Museum, South Kensington, and other such places. These are scaled-down replicas of some actual locomotive and every detail is faithfully reproduced by working to a large number of drawings of the original. Such a job is beyond the resources of the amateur, but something smaller and lacking the finer points in detail can be attempted by working to a general arrangement drawing and scaling it for dimensions of parts. The finished product may perhaps stand on a mantelpiece under a glass case as an exhibition of craftsmanship, but it would not survive the rough and tumble of operating on a track under its own steam.
Such an objective satisfies few. Most want something dynamic, a small locomotive which will steam well and pull loads on rails. To accomplish that, modifications are necessary, especially as regards boiler heating surface and superheater, smokebox layout and ashpan arrangement, while cab fittings may be somewhat out of scale if they are to be workable. Nevertheless, the exterior may be made to reproduce very closely that of the full-size locomotive which it represents to a reduced scale. It is actually a real locomotive in miniature rather than a model as strictly defined.
Present-day methods of construction are the outcome of patient development in producing a code of practice which anyone who possesses a small metal turning lathe and the necessary hand tools can follow the directions given, confident that the completion will produce a locomotive which will give the performance expected of it.
The most noted of the pioneers in the evolution of reducing the complex to the simple is Lawrence of Purley Oaks, and his serial articles in the Model Engineer have been an important feature for very many years under the magical initials of L.B.S.C. His peculiar genius has brought him world-wide fame and has resulted in chief mechanical engineers and other "high-ups" in the railway world, besides notabilities in other fields interested in his work, coming to his modest establishment in Purley Oaks to see and admire. Top link drivers have called round to try their hand on his multi-gauge track at operating the Lilliputian for a change.
Time moves relentlessly on and the original contributions of L.B.S.C. have come to an end leaving a deep sense of indebtedness in his followers for what has gone before.
The task of carrying on the good work in the Model Engineer has been entrusted to Martin Evans and he has continued by selecting some particular class of locomotive and following it through by descriptive matter and drawings of details derived from actually constructing the model himself.
Now we have his book and this opens up a much wider field for the adventurous. They can decide on some actual locomotive which they fancy or indulge in a freedesign and find all the data to assist them in a veritable glossary, descriptive of all parts of their varieties which go together to form a working locomotive. They can take one of those delightful outline drawings by J. N. Maskelyne which appear from time to time in the Model Engineer and bring it to life with flesh, bones and "innards".
On being invited to contribute a Foreword to this book, I readily agreed, for although not a practising model-maker myself I have always taken a great interest in the subject generally. My contribution has hitherto been confined to making drawings for special parts on request, such as the valve gear of the famous Tugboat Annie and others. Of late I have furnished a complete set of drawings for the construction of a new locomotive having some novel features, just to keep my hand in after some fifty years spent on the job. H. HOLCROFT, M.I.Loco.E.
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