tracing a boiler id

am needing to trace a boiler rc922 , I am Australian and have no idea how the uk system works , it was said by the po it was built by a well known copper smith , I may have heard of one by the name of chalmers , I,m wondering would that be a ron ? trying to obtain a duplicate cert , many thanks steve

Hi Steve,

RC stands for Reg Chambers, an ex-commercial boiler maker in the UK. I have one of his boilers in my 3.5" gauge Juliet.

I'm not sure if he's still about, maybe someone else on here would know?

Dan.

Reg Chambers died some years ago.

I think most boiler inspectors would take a view on this as in the UK Reg Chambers was highly regarded. A few pics of the boiler might help to dispel any doubt.

I hope this is of some help. I knew Reg from the mid 1990s, and he built a Super Simplex boiler for a new club loco. I redesigned the Martin Evans boiler and Reg built it accordingly and 20 years later the boiler is as good as when made by Reg.

Cheers,

Julian

Edited By julian atkins on 30/05/2017 20:43:40

hi Julian , many thanks for responding would u be able to advise the 922 would he have 922 boilers or does it refer to a date , or mabey the 2nd one for 1992 ?

Hello Steve,

I have just found your post as I am also trying to find info (build date??) for my own boiler. It's stamped on the backhead bottom right, with RC766, so I assume that it's a younger boiler than yours. I would assume that it's the build number and not the date and number. If I find out more, I'll let you know.

Regards from England

Geoff

Reg Chambers' boiler number system seems a mystery he has taken with him unto eternity.

For I now own the loco holding the last boiler he built, and its certificate identifies it as RC180, built in 2000. That number suggests no date connection, and I would be very surprised if he built 180 boilers over the years, let alone 766!

The loco is a 7.25" g. version of LBSC's Juliet, originally built as a club project - Reg was a member of the society.