Mystery Cylinder castings

[Stewart HartParticipant @stewarthart90345]

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

[Stewart HartParticipant @stewarthart90345]

[Richard ParsonsParticipant @richardparsons61721]

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

Dick

[Stewart HartParticipant @stewarthart90345]

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

[Richard ParsonsParticipant @richardparsons61721]

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

Dick

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