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Locomotives & Traction Engine

5 inch Gauge Lion 
Myself and dad started building a 5 inch gauge Lion, but after a while we found that there was a lot of mistakes on the drawings so dad started researching the original locomotive which is currently in the Liverpool museum, and i built the loco.
Like all these things it took many years but when completed it was the only one that was as close as we could get to a miniature replica of the original. 

The model is a working miniature of the original engine. It has been hand built to a scale of 1:1/16inch to 12 inches (27mm to 304.8mm) and runs on 5inch gauge track (127mm) which represents standard gauge track of 4foot 81/2 inches (1.435m).

The model was started in 1976 it was the first Locomotive i built and took 10 years to complete.

It is coal fired, as the original and runs on steam, the boiler is copper and the working pressure is 80lbs per sq inch.

It will pull 3-4 adults on level track.

For further information on Lion Visit

http://www.lionlocomotive.org.uk
5 inch Gauge Great Western Manor Locomotive
Great Western Manor Locomotive. The model will be a working miniature of the original engine. It has been hand built to a scale of 1:1/16inch to 12 inches (27mm to 304.8mm) and runs on 5inch gauge track (127mm) which represents standard gauge track of 4foot 81/2 inches (1.435m). The miniature will be 5 feet long (1524mm) the driving wheels are 6 inches (150mm) in diameter. 

     I had the frames laser cut in December 1998, the tender frames were assembled by July 1999 the bogie frame assembled and wheels turned and main frames assembled by October 2001, there are over 3000 rivets in the tender body and 550 in the tender frames.

The Boiler was made by Paul Tompkins of Southern Boiler Works, more on this later.

     The first of the Manors No.7800 Torquay Manor entered traffic in January 1938 and 20 were in service by February 1939. They used the driving wheels, motion components and tenders from withdrawn GWR 4300 moguls. A new standard boiler, type No. 14, was developed for the class.The outbreak of war forced the cancellation of construction of a further batch of 20 locomotives. The Manor class, with an axle loading of just over 17 tons, could be utilised on many lines. In 1950 a further 10 were built, and out of the 30 in total nine are in preservation.
 Manor wins 1st and Best Loco At Doncaster show 2017 
This is a working miniature traction engine built to a scale of 2 inches representing 12 inches (2 inch Scale). It is a replica of an engine built by the Durham and North Yorkshire Steam Cultivating Co Ltd who had a works in Ripon, they turned out five engines between 1873 and 1883 and this is a model of there Number 2 engine.

The model was finished in 1996 
it is.
30 3/4 inches (781mm) Long
Height 22 inches (559 mm)
Rear wheels 11inches (280mm) diameter
Front wheels 7 inches (178mm) diameter
Fly wheel 8 inches (203mm) in diameter
Single Cylinder 1 3/8 bore x 2 inch stroke (35mm x 51mm)

Class 08 locomotive
This miniature is built to a scale of 1 1/16 (27mm) representing 12 inches, it is a replica of a class 08 locomotive, No 08500 was built at Doncaster in 1958, its original number being D3665. The Number on the decorative headboard is the TOPS location code for York Wagon Depot. In 1998 when the model was finished the full size loco was working at Doncaster rail depot and was still in its red THOMS livery.

Length 32 Inches (813 mm)
Width 9 1/4 inches (235 mm)
Hight 14 1/4 (362 mm)

The drawings and design for the class 08 were obtained from Blackgates Engineering and are based on the “CHARLATEN’ drawing prepared by Warrington Model Engineering Developments, 1981. these drawings have been used for the foundation of the model, but the external appearance has been extensively modified to represent a scale outline. 

The model is powered through 4 electric motors and 2 twelve-volt batteries and is equipped with electronic control. As a working locomotive, access to 08500 was very difficult and therefore close up photographs and measurements were obtained from a class 08 based at the Midlands Railway Center. 

The red THOMAS livery was obtained from photographs that appeared in the magazine ‘RAIL’ during April-May 1990. 

The livery colours were identified by Precision Paints as.
Body BR Royal Mail Red
Buffer Beams/side Valance BR Signal Red
Yellow Trim BR Signal Yellow (pre 1995)

5 inch Gauge Hunslet  THUNDERBOLT 
5 inch Gauge Hunslet This model uses the same Gauge track as the Manor and 08, 5 inches between the rails but it is built to a different scale as it is a model of a narrow gauge locomotive which ran on 2 feet between the rails. it is not an exact copy of any particular locomotive but a representation of the class.
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