Post by Harlock on Jan 20, 2011 16:56:09 GMT -5
New Zealand master model builder John Heald is building serial #1 of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway B-Class engine in 4" scale, 7.25 / 7.5" gauge, and formal drawings are being made alongside the build by myself with input from a small group of professional draftsmen and machinists. This project is also the test bed for a new Australian boiler standard (currently ABMSC part 4 draft standards) using duplex alloy steel, which has some of the corrosion resisting properties of stainless without the many drawbacks. More information and many build photos can be found on the site:
sonadaworks.com/
John will be state-side next month and we will be happy to talk about the project and show some hardware he is bringing at the Bitter Creek Presidents Day Meet. I will also have some drawing samples there.
Probably one of the best images of the prototype engine is here:
geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/p64128735.html that one is the only B-Class that has been taken out of India. The only major difference between that and the model is that engine has a tender, unless the builder wishes to make one for riding instead of a modified coach or baggage wagon.
The 0-4-0 engine in its normal configuration requires 5 people to operate it: one coal breaker riding atop the coal bins, two people hand sanding the engine from platforms on the front, and a fireman and an engineer. Only in India...
You can see the coal breaker and sanders beginning around :30 in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwnmaB4OaIo
And a nice video of Adrian Shooter's engine in the UK is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU-CvPW67ks (note: some of the shots appear to have been sped up)
This is the same engine that formerly resided at the Heston Steam Museum in the United States until it was damaged in a fire.
Note this project is totally unrelated to the 3.5" gauge 1 1/2" scale B-Class project series currently running in the UK Model Engineer magazine, which began its run after our engine had already been started.
Cheers,
-Mike
sonadaworks.com/
John will be state-side next month and we will be happy to talk about the project and show some hardware he is bringing at the Bitter Creek Presidents Day Meet. I will also have some drawing samples there.
Probably one of the best images of the prototype engine is here:
geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/p64128735.html that one is the only B-Class that has been taken out of India. The only major difference between that and the model is that engine has a tender, unless the builder wishes to make one for riding instead of a modified coach or baggage wagon.
The 0-4-0 engine in its normal configuration requires 5 people to operate it: one coal breaker riding atop the coal bins, two people hand sanding the engine from platforms on the front, and a fireman and an engineer. Only in India...
You can see the coal breaker and sanders beginning around :30 in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwnmaB4OaIo
And a nice video of Adrian Shooter's engine in the UK is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU-CvPW67ks (note: some of the shots appear to have been sped up)
This is the same engine that formerly resided at the Heston Steam Museum in the United States until it was damaged in a fire.
Note this project is totally unrelated to the 3.5" gauge 1 1/2" scale B-Class project series currently running in the UK Model Engineer magazine, which began its run after our engine had already been started.
Cheers,
-Mike