Derek Jones 2 | 29/05/2017 13:08:15 |
1 forum posts | I have been given a boiler and a pair of machined cylinder assemblies that I have told are for a Railmotor. The diameter of the boiler barrel and the bore of the cylinders suggest that these parts are for a Railmotor 1. But the boiler only has one large superheater tube? Where the other large tube should be there are 4 more smaller tubes. What have I got? Does a Railmotor 3 have such a boiler? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Confused. Derek Jones.
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julian atkins | 29/05/2017 20:28:54 |
![]() 1285 forum posts 353 photos | Hi Derek, Don Young's 5"g Railmotor designs No.s 1 and 2 were described in ME 1968/9. No. 2 has a 4" OD boiler barrel, 2 x 7/8" superheater flues and 13 x 3/8" ordinary tubes. No.1 has a 4 1/2" OD boiler barrel, 2 x 1" superheater flues and 17 x 7/16" ordinary tubes. The No.3 originated in the late 1970s/1980/1981 via Harry Lumb and Steve Titley as a LSWR loco using the No.1 boiler. I have the drawings for same somewhere which I cant find at the moment but am quite sure the boiler is the same re superheater flues etc as the No.1 boiler. The No.1 boiler is a very free steaming boiler and excellent steam producer. It would take some doing to cram in 4 extra 7/16" OD ordinary flues to replace one of the 1" OD superheater flues. If you fitted a set of stainless radiant superheater elements to the solitary 1" OD superheater flue I think you would end up with a very good boiler. 6mm with a return bend. What a nice present to be given! Cheers, Julian
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