Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	619	Nautical		Live Steam on Britain's Newest Warship!	Graham Langer	Spends the weekend on our latest aircraft carrier. HMS Prince of Wales in L... more Spends the weekend on our latest aircraft carrier. HMS Prince of Wales in Liverpool, Accucraft, A1 Steam Locomotive Trust
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	620	Workshop	2	Mastering Non-Ferrous Metal Casting	Gerald Martyn	Has a go at making his own non-ferrous castings. The furnace, more on equip... more Has a go at making his own non-ferrous castings. The furnace, more on equipment, crucible stand
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	623	An Engineer's Day Out	2	Models at the National Railway Museum, York, including the Brass, Steel and... more Models at the National Railway Museum, York, including the Brass, Steel and Fire Exhibition	Roger Backhouse	Visited the 'Brass, Steel and Fire' exhibition at York before it moves to t... more Visited the 'Brass, Steel and Fire' exhibition at York before it moves to the Science Museum in London. Models to catch the eye, models for pleasure, 'Poker' engine used by Chesterman and Bottom, Rocket c1835-40 (Photo, Jason Hynes, National Railway Museum), locomotive Apollo by a Nottingham lacemaker, other models in the Museum collection, T.W.Averill's Midland Compound, Ouest compound, 33mm gauge locomotive & rolling stock by J.P.Richards, London Brighton and South coast Railway 4-6-4 tank loco, Brunel timber viaduct, comments, Deltic engine by Roy Amsbury, carriage compartment, Bassett-Lowke Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway signalling school model, thanks, reference
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	626	Locomotive	6	Wenford. A 7 1/4 Inch Gauge 2-4-0 Beattie Well Tank	Hotspur	Catches up on the description of his Beattie well tank. Making the water co... more Catches up on the description of his Beattie well tank. Making the water control valves
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	630	Stationary Engine	18	Building the Model Engineer Beam Engine	David Haythornthwaite	Describes how to build this engine in 1 inch scale from available castings.... more Describes how to build this engine in 1 inch scale from available castings. Mounting the cylinder, entablature stay, slide valve control mechanism, valve shaft bearings, valve crank levers, valve hand lever
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	633	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	634	Locomotive	2	The American Locomotive	David Rollinson	Traces the development of the American railroad locomotive. The Stephenson ... more Traces the development of the American railroad locomotive. The Stephenson link motion, the Westinghouse 'automatic' air brake, an American cab (Photo, Lake Superior Railroad Museum), the site of the Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory Summit Utah (Photo, United States Park Service), cross section of a wagon top boiler, references
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	638	Postbag		Lubrication (Oiling Axleboxes, Tom Parham)	Jeremy Buck
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	638	Postbag		Steam Engines	Matt Jeffery
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	638	Postbag		Duff Coal	Terry Holland
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	638	Postbag		Pure Water	Robert Fielding
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	639	Locomotive	3	A Draught Proposal	Peter Kenington	A controlled environment, box, drawing conclusions, Hereford SME, 5"g. Supe... more A controlled environment, box, drawing conclusions, Hereford SME, 5"g. Super Simplex
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	642	Stationary Engine	6	The Middleton Double Sided Beam Engine	Rodney Oldfield	Constructs another of Bob Middleton's stationary engines. Brass bushes, the... more Constructs another of Bob Middleton's stationary engines. Brass bushes, the beam stays, secondary connecting rods, securing pins and nuts
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	646	Historic	7	The Stationary Steam Engine	Ron Fitzgerald	Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine.... more Takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. Heaton Colliery, power or efficiency, William Brown and John Smeaton, Smeaton's drawing of a Newcomen engine, Smeaton's model of a Newcomen engine, Smeaton's Chacewater Mine Newcomen engine, the Walker Colliery's steam winding engine, the waterwheel and winding equipment for the Walker Colliery, references
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	649	General		Next Issue		Wheezeless Whistles; Watt's Whirling Balls; Bearing Puller; Southern Federa... more Wheezeless Whistles; Watt's Whirling Balls; Bearing Puller; Southern Federation
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	650	Competition		LBSC Rally Weekend 2019	Steve Eaton	Remembers last year's 'Curly Bowl' competition. The 'Curly Bowl', Jim Small... more Remembers last year's 'Curly Bowl' competition. The 'Curly Bowl', Jim Small with Netta, Paul Wootton with Fayette, Peter Wardropper's Jenny Lind, Mike Barnett and Eva May, Roger Holland with his Austerity, Daniel Duncan and Maid of Kent, Carl Jones with Grosvenor, the judges, host club and competitors
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	654	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Barnsley ambulance, National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield, highes... more Barnsley ambulance, National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield, highest fireman's pole, Lee Enfield rifle, AK47, AR15 'Armalite', armoured Land Rover, Ted Fletcher, Bond Minicar, Bled, Yugoslavia, Morris Minor, tony Hawkes
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	654	Club News		Leeds SMEE
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	655	Club News		Ryedale SME
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	655	Club News		Wagga Wagga SE (Aus)
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	655	Club News		Reading SME
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	655	Club News		Sydney LSLS (Aus.)		5"g. Sydney steam tram by James Sanders (Photo courtesy of Warwick Allison)
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	655	Club News		UK Men's Sheds Association
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	655	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA North Yorkshire
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	655	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	655	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	656	Club News		Stamford MES
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	656	Club News		Newton Abbot DMES		Flooding (Photo courtesy of John Rideout)
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	656	Club News		Bromsgrove SME
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	656	Club News		MEE Auckland
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	656	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	656	Club News		Frimley & Ascot LC		Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway, locomotive (Photo courtesy of Peter Gardne... more Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway, locomotive (Photo courtesy of Peter Gardner)
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	656	Club News		Portarlington Bayside MR (Aus.)
	2020	24-Apr	224	4,637	656	Club News		And finally		A Tale of Two Cities, Bicester Times, Worcester Times
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	552	Smoke Rings		Cornavirus
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	552	Smoke Rings		Southern Federation
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	552	Smoke Rings		Chester Machine Tools
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	552	Smoke Rings		Common Misperceptions (Steam Plant Efficiency)
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	552	Smoke Rings		Cock-up-Corner (Workshop Tip. Boring Eccentrics)
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	553	Club		Ipswich Celebrates its 75th	Martin Evans	Went along to join in the festivities on the 7th March. Chairman Mark Dearm... more Went along to join in the festivities on the 7th March. Chairman Mark Dearman, sausage roll, commemorative plaque, John Bloom's 3 1/2"g. LBSC 'Mabel' Caractus, stationary engines, 45mm railway, 3 inch Ruston Proctor engine by Alan Burrows, Terry Woodward's 5"g. J15, 5"g. Dean Goods by Dudley Deas, history of the club
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	555	Railway	9	Magdalen Road Revisited	Jeremy Buck	Invites us back for a further tour of the Magdalen Road garden railway. J69... more Invites us back for a further tour of the Magdalen Road garden railway. J69: No. 87, Claud: No. 1870, No. 226: goods train, No. 1870: write up in a December 1905 issue of Model Engineer, air brake and power assisted reverser schematic, Garratt finale, driving truck, concluding remarks, acknowledgements
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	560	Workshop	1	Mastering Non-Ferrous Metal Casting	Gerald Martyn	Sets up a home foundry. 5"g. LSWR 'Metropolitan' tank locomotive, bogie whe... more Sets up a home foundry. 5"g. LSWR 'Metropolitan' tank locomotive, bogie wheel and pattern
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	563	Stationary Engine	5	The Middleton Double Sided Beam Engine	Rodney Oldfield	Constructs another of Bob Middleton's stationary engines. Slide valve, valv... more Constructs another of Bob Middleton's stationary engines. Slide valve, valve rod gland, valve rod, the beam
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	566	Road Locomotive	68	Garrett 4CD Tractor in 6 inch scale	Chris Gunn	Makes the chimney
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	570	Locomotive	17	A New GWR Pannier	Doug Hewson	Decides that LBSC's well-known GWR pannier tank design needs a make-over. S... more Decides that LBSC's well-known GWR pannier tank design needs a make-over. Steam brake cylinder and bracket, brake rods, hand brake column
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	574	Locomotive	1	The American Locomotive	David Rollinson	Traces the development of the American railroad locomotive. The William Cro... more Traces the development of the American railroad locomotive. The William Crooks (1861) from the New Jersey Locomotive & Machine Co. of Paterson, New Jersey (Photo, Lake Superior Railroad Museum), Henry Campbell's 1836 4-4-0, 4-4-0 locomotive from The Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, a standard 'eight wheeler' locomotive of 1855, bar frames, non-rigid four-wheel truck, references
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	578	Club		We Visit The Wirral Model Engineering Society	John Arrowsmith	Pays a visit to inspect the results of a major track rebuild. Passenger ent... more Pays a visit to inspect the results of a major track rebuild. Passenger entrance, new surface skim, super elevation, anti-tipping rail, lift table, low level carriage store, raised track traverser, club locomotive, Queens Award for Voluntary Service, welding generator, control cabinet, station turntable
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	581	General		Next Issue		Shunting Puzzle: Prince of Wales: Weir Pumps: Polly's 20th
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	582	Postbag		Steam Turbines	Victor J.Croasdale
	2020	10-Apr	224	4,636	582	Postbag		Steam Turbines	James Wells
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