Mystery Cylinder castings

Mystery Cylinder castings

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8 December 2011 at 08:14 #79451
Stewart Hart
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Picked these castings up at the anual club auction

They are off an inside valve loco and have a pert number 3/102 cast into the side, look as thogh they could be off 3 1/2″ gauge loco as they will bore out to 1″ does anyone recognise them.

Thanks for looking

Stew
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8 December 2011 at 08:14 #1055
Stewart Hart
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8 December 2011 at 14:28 #79472
Richard Parsons
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Yes they are almost certainly Locomotive cylinders. They would have been for a locomotive which had outside cylinders with the valves inside the frames. I had a look at MyHobbystore plans and they may well be fopr a ‘Rob Roy’ but I would suggest that you go and have a look your self

Rdgs

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8 December 2011 at 14:51 #79475
Stewart Hart
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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Dick

They are indeed for Rob Roy, I have a copy of Martins Evens excelent book on building Rob Roy, and ran my rule over the castings and they match up with the drawing in the book.

Dont know what I’m going to do with them if anything, they were a real bargan having checked out their cost at Reeves, I had it in mind to use them for a twin cylinder vertical marine engine, but I think that would be a bit of a beast.

Thanks again

Stew
8 December 2011 at 15:24 #79478
Richard Parsons
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A twin Cylinder Marine engine … Why not. All you will need to do then is build a Yarrow or Scott Marine boiler and a suitable boat. Or how about making a horizontal mill engine, with its Lancashire boiler and a cotton mill for it to drive. Or you could build a Rob Roy

One other suggestion why not sell them and buy something you realy want/need

Rgds

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