Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2020	20-Nov	225	4,652	710	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA North Yorkshire		Two's company, Steve Johnson's 2F and the Group's Deeley Dock Tank (Photo c... more Two's company, Steve Johnson's 2F and the Group's Deeley Dock Tank (Photo courtesy of Peter Vincent)
	2020	20-Nov	225	4,652	711	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA		GWR 'Crocodile' given by Peter Woodhouse (Photo courtesy of Garth Bridgewoo... more GWR 'Crocodile' given by Peter Woodhouse (Photo courtesy of Garth Bridgewood), Road-rail Land Rover by Chris Sheldrake (Photo courtesy of Chris Sheldrake), Kirtley Goods by John Kershaw (Photo courtesy of Martin Welch)
	2020	20-Nov	225	4,652	711	Club News		Hereford SME
	2020	20-Nov	225	4,652	711	Club News		Gauge 3 Society		Very atmospheric, Ian Driver's LT pannier tank (Photo courtesy of Ian Drive... more Very atmospheric, Ian Driver's LT pannier tank (Photo courtesy of Ian Driver)
	2020	20-Nov	225	4,652	712	Club News		City of Oxford SME
	2020	20-Nov	225	4,652	712	Club News		Chingford DMEC		He thinks!
	2020	20-Nov	225	4,652	712	Club News		MEE Auckland		YEC 'Janus', apologies to Evelyn Cole
	2020	20-Nov	225	4,652	712	Club News		And finally		Engineering is like maths
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	603	On the cover à		Experimental flangeless boiler parts		A set of parts for a 5 inch gauge Decauville locomotive (photograph: Joseph... more A set of parts for a 5 inch gauge Decauville locomotive (photograph: Joseph-Jean Paques)
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	608	Smoke Rings		Back Issues
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	608	Smoke Rings		Garden Rail Show
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	608	Smoke Rings		Mystery Object
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	608	Smoke Rings		In Memoriam		Mike Sayers writes: Tom Pasco, Tony Allcock
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	609	Boiler		Copper Boilers with Flat End Plates. History and Observations	Joseph-Jean Paques	Investigates the use of flat rather than flanged end plates in locomotive b... more Investigates the use of flat rather than flanged end plates in locomotive boilers. Introduction, firebox of French 141 P, boiler history, tests and references, conclusions from both sets of tests, application of the results of the tests, P.F.Janes tests, Jacques Granet at the controls of the locomotive Ella, conclusions, references
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	613	Locomotive	2	Britannia Class 7 Locomotive in 5 Inch Gauge. A Modelworks Rebuild	Norm Norton	Pistons, Valves and Motion. Takes a renewed look at this popular, kit-built... more Pistons, Valves and Motion. Takes a renewed look at this popular, kit-built BR Standard Pacific. Oliver Cromwell on the GCR in Loughborough in 2014, cylinder bores and pistons, stainless bobbins with cast iron rings, with PTFE rings and 'O' rings, valve liners and bobbins, the motion, air testing and valve improvements, PTFE expansion, references
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	617	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	618	General		An Experimental Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge	Peter Rigby	Makes a rain Gauge, of a type both useful and entertaining. Basic component... more Makes a rain Gauge, of a type both useful and entertaining. Basic components, the mechanism, the tipping bucket, motion of the bucket, dimensions of the bucket, the ratchet and wheel, calibration, the funnel and case
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	620	General		Next Issue		Hilary Jane (locomotive); Drill Improvements; Garrett Tractor; GWR Pannier ... more Hilary Jane (locomotive); Drill Improvements; Garrett Tractor; GWR Pannier Tank
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	621	Locomotive	3	150 Years of the 'Quarry Hunslet' Dynasty. The Rise of the 'Alice' Class	Mark Smithers	Celebrate 150 years of the famous Leeds locomotive builder. Rough Pup (W/N ... more Celebrate 150 years of the famous Leeds locomotive builder. Rough Pup (W/N 541 of 1891), Cloister (W/N 542 of 1891, Cloister at Statfold Barn, Penrhyn 'Main Line' 0-4-0ST Charles, Cloister and Sybil Mary at Statfold Barn 8 August 2020, Charles at Boston Lodge 1993, Linda and Blanche, a 'stand alone' design, 5"g. Charles ta Minfirdd
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	625	Workshop	1	Drill Press Improvements. Spindle Speeds	Jacques Maurel	Upgrades his drill press. Design choices, spindle driving pulley, geometric... more Upgrades his drill press. Design choices, spindle driving pulley, geometrical progression of speeds
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	629	Locomotive	7	Wahya. A 5 inch American Type Locomotive	Luker	Valve Gear and Links. Builds an American 4-4-0. The valve gear, the die blo... more Valve Gear and Links. Builds an American 4-4-0. The valve gear, the die block, the rocker, the lifting shaft assembly, the reversing lever assembly (Johnson bar) and reach rod, setting the valves and testing on air, large scale handle (courtesy of Robert David Grant)
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	633	An Engineer's Day Out	1	Manx Steam Railways	Roger Backhouse	Takes a trip across the Irish Sea to see the Isle Of Man Steam Railways and... more Takes a trip across the Irish Sea to see the Isle Of Man Steam Railways and the Groundle Glen Railway. No. 4 Loch heads south towards Port Erin, museum display, broad gauge line, Peel Station, Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's car ferry Mona's Queen, Douglas Station, No. 6 Peveril, locomotives, No. 12 Hutchinson, ex-Manx Northern Railway Caledonian
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	636	Stationary Engine	6	Grasshopper Haulage Engine - Vertical Beam	Stewart Hart	Completes his trilogy of stationary engines with a grasshopper haulage engi... more Completes his trilogy of stationary engines with a grasshopper haulage engine. Vertical beam assembly, alternative vertical beam, swivel base
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	639	Historic	14	The Stationary Steam Engine	Ron Fitzgerald	Watt Triumphant with Wilkinson's Help. Takes a look at the history and deve... more Watt Triumphant with Wilkinson's Help. Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. The pivoting slide valve (drawing in the Boulton and Watt Collection, City of Birmingham Library, the Egerton Manuscript drawing of the Wilkinson's Broseley Engine, John Colville's 52 inch engine for Torryburn Colliery, Dumfries (drawing in the Boulton and Watt Collection, City of Birmingham Library), references
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	642	Electrical	1	Petrol Engine and Alternator Sets - How to make them work well and why they... more Petrol Engine and Alternator Sets - How to make them work well and why they often don't	Jon Freeman	Explains how to make petrol engines and electrical alternators work efficie... more Explains how to make petrol engines and electrical alternators work efficiently together. Engine and choice of alternators, manual, reactive and proactive control, inverter generator and power supply, powering dummy load, inverter generator installed in Brushless Brute, inverter generators as locomotive power plants, to engines driving alternators, alternators were not designed for this, Lucas ACR alternator, Honda GX35 specification, engine and alternator test rig
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	646	Locomotive	13	Wenford. A 7 1/4 Inch Gauge 2-4-0 Beattie Well Tank	Hotspur	Fixes the dome and makes some front lamp brackets. Fitting the outer dome t... more Fixes the dome and makes some front lamp brackets. Fitting the outer dome to the boiler, making the front buffer beam lamp brackets
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	650	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		How to make a robot cat, power supply, 'Bolide', Seacombe ferry, River Mers... more How to make a robot cat, power supply, 'Bolide', Seacombe ferry, River Mersey Fog Bell
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	650	Club News		Bromsgrove SME		Pat Cross's 'instant' garden railway (phot courtesy of Pat Cross)
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	650	Club News		York City DMES
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	651	Club News		Chingford DMEC		Ted Jolliffe, Lawrie Lawrence
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	651	Club News		Sheffield DSMEE		BR Class 2 by ALD, YEC 'Janus', Yorkshire Engine Company
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	651	Club News		Ryedale SME		Jed and his 'Sweet Pea' (photo courtesy of Bill Putman)
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	651	Club News		Plymouth MS
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	652	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	652	Club News		High Wycombe MEC
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	652	Club News		Teeside SGR
	2020	06-Nov	225	4,651	652	Club News		And finally		Aladdin, performance enhancing rugs, 'keep those bogies rolling'
	2020	23-Oct	225	4,650	543	On the cover à		Hunslet locomotive Velinheli		Seen at Minfordd during the Ffestiniog Railway's 'Hunslet' gala in 2018 (ph... more Seen at Minfordd during the Ffestiniog Railway's 'Hunslet' gala in 2018 (photo Mark Smithers)
	2020	23-Oct	225	4,650	548	Smoke Rings		MINX Loco		Eastleigh Locomotive Works Training School, Denis Pack, Doug Coates
	2020	23-Oct	225	4,650	548	Smoke Rings		Brass Steel and Fire		The Science Museum
	2020	23-Oct	225	4,650	548	Smoke Rings		Valve Gear Design
	2020	23-Oct	225	4,650	548	Smoke Rings		Trevor Shortland
	2020	23-Oct	225	4,650	548	Smoke Rings		Lubrication
	2020	23-Oct	225	4,650	548	Smoke Rings		More Haste, Less Speed
	2020	23-Oct	225	4,650	549	Locomotive	2	150 Years of the 'Quarry Hunslet' Dynasty. The Spreading of the Dynasty	Mark Smithers	Celebrate 150 years of the famous Leeds locomotive builder. W/N 601 Siluria... more Celebrate 150 years of the famous Leeds locomotive builder. W/N 601 Silurian, Glenrafon Slate Quarry, Gem, Pearl, Peep-o'-Day, Huelva, Velinheli, Maid Marian
	2020	23-Oct	225	4,650	552	Road Locomotive	75	Garrett 4CD Tractor in 6 inch scale	Chris Gunn	Prepares to divide the canopy into two parts. Completed engine, Chris d'Alq... more Prepares to divide the canopy into two parts. Completed engine, Chris d'Alquen's Garrett
	2020	23-Oct	225	4,650	555	Locomotive		Making Locomotive Nameplates	Luker	Makes nameplates the easy way with a Cell Phone Charger, Motor and a Transp... more Makes nameplates the easy way with a Cell Phone Charger, Motor and a Transparency. Designing and printing the nameplate pattern, connecting everything up, materials other than brass
	2020	23-Oct	225	4,650	559	Locomotive	24	A New GWR Pannier	Doug Hewson	Decides that LBSC's well-known GWR pannier tank design needs a make-over. 7... more Decides that LBSC's well-known GWR pannier tank design needs a make-over. 7754's turret and manifold, 9682's turret, injector steam valve, blower valve, turret
	2020	23-Oct	225	4,650	562	Obituary		Trevor Shortland	Dennis Herbert	1st October 1929 - 21st July 2020. Trevor at the regulator of Dennis Herber... more 1st October 1929 - 21st July 2020. Trevor at the regulator of Dennis Herbert's 7 1/4 inch GWR 'King' class locomotive
	2020	23-Oct	225	4,650	563	Railway	4	Railway Brakes	Rhys Owen	Looks at the development of railway braking systems. Vehicle equipment, tri... more Looks at the development of railway braking systems. Vehicle equipment, triple valve in running position, Westinghouse ordinary triple valve, triple valve in moderate application position, triple valve in service lap position, brake tests, triple valve in emergency position, perils! Refinements, bibliography
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