Beeleigh Mill Malden Essex

Has anybody built this engine and are there any drawings ,castings available for it as i would very much like to build it ??

Searched 40 years of ME and found diddly, sorry

The sole mentions are all the Langford and Beeleigh Railway

Edited By Ady1 on 05/06/2014 01:03:52

I suppose you have had a look on the web, like here**LINK** If you can connect with the ones doing restoration work, someone might help.    Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 05/06/2014 11:12:41

I've not seen it modeled before so looks like its a case of getting some good square on photos, picking the size of flywheel you can manage and them proportioning everything else from that. It does not look too had a one to fabricate, you could always use something like the Vulcan beam as a basis to get the main working sizes and then detail it to represent this engine, the compound cylinders would make it an interesting subject.

Preston's also have a Woolf compound beam engine so you may be able to get some details from that too, they steam it on their open days, I took these at the last one.

J

Edited By JasonB on 05/06/2014 17:22:30

Edited By JasonB on 05/06/2014 17:26:30

I can't see any more photos of the Woolf compound on Preston's website. However there's an 1891 Easton & Anderson A-frame Woolf compound at the Forncett Steam Museum in south Norfolk. If you are anywhere near this part of the world, it's regularly in steam on the first Sunday of the month through till October. There are some still photos of it on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYvbor87Ijo - from 2mins 12 secs.

Looking ahead, I'd love to see a build log when you make the model.

Good luck with it. Bill.

Robert

I have an idea that The Museum of Power at Langford have some connection with Beeleigh as they are only a few hundred yards appart. I am sure that if this is the case you may be able to gain access to the engine for photographs and dimensions. A phone call could prove usefull http://www.museumofpower.org.uk

Edited By Dusty on 05/06/2014 19:16:05

Thanks for all the comments and advice, i shall be writing to the restoration people in due course. Some of this engine seems to be underground so that will be a challenge !!

Regards all

Willy Bailey

Just realised its you Willy, should not be a problem to make from scratch for you.

J