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LOCOMOTIVE DRIVING WHEELS |
| EDM Models is pleased to be able to add a range of locomotive
driving wheels to the ranges we sell. The first examples of these have
been custom made for us by Alan Gibson but with the technology and dies
transferring to York where the machinery is already in place to continue
production and, over time, increase the range. |
| If you have used Alan Gibson wheels before you will be familiar with
the way these wheels work. They are steel tyres with a pressed in
moulded centre. They are designed to be a press fit on to 1/8" diameter
axles. These are supplied with the wheels cut to length for 16.5mm gauge
but you should still use a back to back gauge to ensure this is right.
Crankpins are a 1mm diameter countersunk screw inserted from behind and
self tapped in to the plastic. Top hat bushes and a top hat nut complete
the crankpin assembly |
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| FESTINIOG RAILWAY - ENGLAND ENGINES |
| Type 1 - As Built |
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This wheel is as fitted to Prince,
Princess, Palmerston and Mountaineer as supplied to the
Festiniog Railway by George England. As new the engines
were fitted with 2' diameter wheels.
Our wheels are sold a `loco' pack of four wheels, two
axles and a pack of crankpins to suit.
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| Photo courtesy of Narrow Gauge and
Industrial Railway Modelling Review |
Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway
Modelling REVIEW |
Photo Courtesy of
Continental Modeller |
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APPLICATION NOTES
I am grateful to Adrian Grey for taking one
of his England engines apart to replace the Romford wheels
shown on the left with the England engines wheels on the
right. Click on either picture for a larger view |
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Before |
Things to be aware of: - |
After |
| Gear Diameter |
Motion Bracket Size |
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| Adrian had replaced the supplied 33:1
gears with a higher ratio set of 60:1 and the diameter of
the gear on the axle is pretty close to the wheel diameter.
If fitting these wheels from the outset and
wanting a higher ratio look at a small two stage gear box
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We believe the etched motion bracket
supplied in the kit is possibly oversize as with the correct
wheels in its too close to the ground.
We will be checking actual dimensions on
Palmerston but when we went he was lurking in the gloom at
the back of the shed. |
Assembly Instructions
TO
FOLLOW |
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| FESTINIOG RAILWAY - ENGLAND ENGINES |
Type 2 - As Later
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Later in life the surviving three small England engines
were fitted with 2'3" diameter driving wheels by the
expedient of fitting the original centres with thicker
tyres. Available Now -
initially to to order until we
get stock packed |
Large England Wheel Pack
Contains
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4 wheels
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2 axles
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Crankpins
and bushes
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| FESTINIOG RAILWAY - ENGLAND ENGINES |
Type 3 - The Large England
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The two large England engines were fitted
with a 2'3" diameter wheel with a centre similar to the
Fairlie wheel.
We
will be adding this wheel to the range in the future |
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FESTINIOG RAILWAY -
FAIRLIE ENGINES
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This is style of wheel fitted to the Festiniog Railway
double & single Fairlie engines. The real wheels show
a considerable variation on diameter from brand new tyres
down to scrapping size.
Our Fairlie wheels are sold as a `bogie' pack of four wheels, two
axles and a pack of crankpins to suit.
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| Photo courtesy of Narrow Gauge and
Industrial Railway Modelling Review |
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Photo Courtesy of
Continental Modeller |
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| Merddin Emrys - As Now |
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Scrap Wheel in the Wheel dump |
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| LYNTON & BARNSTAPLE
RAILWAY - Manning Wardle 2-6-2t's |
Yeo, Exe, Taw and Lew - Driving Wheels
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These driving wheels are the ones out of
our kit for the L&B engine and are supplied as a pack of six
wheels, three extended axles, six outside cranks and a pack
of crankpins.
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| Photo courtesy of Narrow Gauge and
Industrial Railway Modelling Review |
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Yeo, Exe, Taw and Lew - Pony Truck Wheels
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The are the pony truck wheels from the L&B
kit and are supplied as a pack of two wheels and one axle.
To
Follow Shortly |
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| Photo courtesy of Narrow Gauge and
Industrial Railway Modelling Review |
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| Guide |
