Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Year 2020
Date 20-Nov
Volume 225
Issue 4,652
Page 692
Category Locomotive
Part 3
Title Britannia Class 7 Locomotive in 5 Inch Gauge. A Modelworks Rebuild
Author Norm Norton
Notes Springs and Spring Rates. Takes a renewed look at this popular, kit-built BR Standard Pacific. Oliver Cromwell on the GCR in Loughborough in 2014, design principles, four designs of spring, test frame and results, design and manufacture of Britannia main springs, idealised target weight distribution, front bogie, pony truck, wheel and axle alignment in the frames