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2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 566 General Next Issue Isle of Man Railway; Rain Gauge; Boilers; Alternators
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 567 Postbag Prostate Cancer Stewart Hart
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 567 Postbag Injectors John Townsend
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 567 Postbag Injectors Editor's opinion
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 568 Postbag Suez Crisis James Wells
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 568 Postbag Tube Expanders Jeff Smith
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 568 Postbag Tube Expanders Ed
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 568 Postbag Valve Gear Design James Wells
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 569 Postbag Communication Cord Ron Fitzgerald
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 569 Locomotive Showcase. A 3 1/2 Inch Gauge Aveling Rail Engine Andy Probyn
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 570 Locomotive 7 GWR County Locomotive Robert Hobbs Builds a 3 1/2 inch gauge model of a GWR County Class locomotive. County of... more
Builds a 3 1/2 inch gauge model of a GWR County Class locomotive. County of Devon
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 573 Locomotive P2 Locomotive Pony Truck Graham Langer Explains how the new-build P2 Prince of Wales is kept on the straight and n... more
Explains how the new-build P2 Prince of Wales is kept on the straight and narrow. Going round the bend with Prince of Wales.. Original P2 No. 2001 swing link, P2 Vampire plot, A1 Tornado 6 chain radius curve, P2 No. 2007 pony truck
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 576 Workshop 3 Dividing in the Lathe Alex Dupre Describes a set of attachments for carrying out dividing in the lathe. Spin... more
Describes a set of attachments for carrying out dividing in the lathe. Spindle lock, baseplate, mounting block, fixed pad, slider block, moving pad, attaching the lock to the lathe, CAD-printed disc, the cutting tools, using the dividing accessories, conclusions
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 578 Locomotive 1 Britannia Class 7 Locomotive in 5 Inch Gauge. A Modelworks Rebuild Norm Norton (Norman Lorton) Takes a renewed look at this popular, kit-built BR Standard Pacific. Oliver... more
Takes a renewed look at this popular, kit-built BR Standard Pacific. Oliver Cromwell on the GCR in Loughborough in 2014, why rebuild a Modelworks locomotive? Don Ashton's Walschaerts' valve gear spreadsheet, weighshaft bracket problems, identification of weighshaft centre and cylinder block edge as a guide, data entry and results pages from Bill Hall's simulator programme, Walschaerts valve simulation, excessive steam lead, references
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 581 General If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 582 Stationary Engine 5 Grasshopper Haulage Engine - Main Bearing assembly and Connecting Rod 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. Main bearing assembly, main bearings, beam assembly, swivel pin and stub shaft, beam spacer, connecting rod, bearings
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 586 Locomotive 67 The Barclay Well Tanks of the Great War Terence Holland Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. The boiler... more
Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. The boiler: some corrections, boiler/frame location, firebox under construction (photo: Devon Steam Boilers), boiler manufacture
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 590 Club News Geoff Theasby's comments Computer code (in 'C')
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 590 Club News Romney Marsh MES
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 590 Club News Reading SME
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 590 Club News Sydney LSLS (Aus.) PLM locomotive (Photo courtesy of Warwick Allison)
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 590 Club News Pickering EEMS
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 591 Club News Bradford MES
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 591 Club News Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 591 Club News Sheffield DSMEE Mixi at fun run, Abbeydale Garden Railway locoshed
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 591 Club News Northern Districts MES (Perth, Aus)
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 592 Club News MEE Auckland
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 592 Club News Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 592 Club News Tyneside SMEE Brian Nicholls' O&K locomotive (Photo courtesy of Editor Mike Maguire), Mik... more
Brian Nicholls' O&K locomotive (Photo courtesy of Editor Mike Maguire), Mike Jordison's Southworth pump (Photo courtesy of Mick Jordison) [Both photos attributed to Hutt Valley & MSME]
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 592 Club News Bromsgrove
2020 23-Oct 225 4,650 592 Club News And finally Voodoo doll
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 483 On the cover à John Merrett's 5 inch gauge LB&SCR 'Terrier' locomotive Brighton Constructed from works drawings over a 21 year period (photograph: R.Dart)
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 488 Smoke Rings LB&SCR Terrier By John Merrett, Brandon DSME
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 488 Smoke Rings Alexandra Palace Show
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 488 Smoke Rings Back Issues 4,635,463,646,374,640
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 488 Smoke Rings Coal Supplies
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 488 Smoke Rings Cock-up Corner Two Little Engines, John Merrett. Lubrication, Vic Whittaker
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 489 Locomotive LB&SCR 'Terrier' Tank in 5 Inch Gauge John Merrett Goes back to works drawings to build this fine model of Stroudley's Terrier... more
Goes back to works drawings to build this fine model of Stroudley's Terrier. Points of interest, boiler construction, cab detail, painting, lettering and lining, finished cab, guard's van, some photos by R.Dart
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 493 Workshop 2 Dividing in the Lathe Alex Dupre Describes a set of attachments for carrying out dividing in the lathe. 3-in... more
Describes a set of attachments for carrying out dividing in the lathe. 3-in-1 mandrel backstop assembly, mandrel, collet, mandrel fittings, mandrel handle, spindle lock, locking disc, components
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 497 Historic 13 The Stationary Steam Engine Ron Fitzgerald The Wilkinson Boring Machine. Takes a look at the history and development o... more
The Wilkinson Boring Machine. Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. A two station horizontal cannon boring machine, John Smeaton's trolley support, Science Museum model, drawing in the Boulton and Watt Collection, City of Birmingham Library, references
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 500 Locomotive 6 GWR County Locomotive Robert Hobbs Builds a 3 1/2 inch gauge model of a GWR County Class locomotive
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 503 Postbag Carbon Monoxide Paperman
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 503 Postbag Woods Metal James Wells
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 504 Railway 3 Railway Brakes Rhys Owen Looks at the development of railway braking systems. The Westinghouse air b... more
Looks at the development of railway braking systems. The Westinghouse air brake, basic principle, air pump of Brecon mountain Railway No.1, brake handles of SNCF Diesel locomotive BB66252, brake application valve, engine pump and ancillaries, the driver's brake handle and gauges, gauges in front of the driver of BB66252, the brake pipe, 'gladhand' hose connectors, angle cock
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 507 General Next Issue Britannia; Air Brakes; Name Plates; Pannier Tank; A1 Pony Truck
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 508 Locomotive 12 Wenford. A 7 1/4 Inch Gauge 2-4-0 Beattie Well Tank Hotspur Catches up on the description of his Beattie well tank. Machining the dome
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 512 Club We Visit the Ickenham & District Society of Model Engineers John Arrowsmith Takes a trip to West London. Booking office, engine turntable and fencing, ... more
Takes a trip to West London. Booking office, engine turntable and fencing, six lever frame inside signal box, instruments and circuit diagram, steaming bays and traverser, lifting trolley, Myford 7, workshops, footbridge, track signage
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 516 Locomotive 1 150 Years of the 'Quarry Hunslet' Dynasty Mark Smithers Celebrate 150 years of the famous Leeds locomotive builder. Dinorwic, Manni... more
Celebrate 150 years of the famous Leeds locomotive builder. Dinorwic, Manning Wardle W/N 353, 0-4-0ST for Woolwich Arsenal, W/N 424 Busy Bee, W/N 613 (later Shrapnel), Derek Brown's 7 1/4 inch Anna, W/N 487, Little Egret W/N 175
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 520 Stationary Engine 6 Musgrave Non-Dead Centre Compound Steam Engine Helmut Heitzinger Constructs a model from photographs of a mill engine of an unusual type. Pa... more
Constructs a model from photographs of a mill engine of an unusual type. Painting, wooden base, final tryout, final assembly/conclusion
2020 09-Oct 225 4,649 523 Stationary Engine 3 Grasshopper Haulage Engine - Piston Assembly 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. Valve rod guide, valve guide stuffing box, piston valve, crosshead, piston, piston rod, piston rod guide