Plans for 5″ battery loco

[Mr MooParticipant @mrmoo]

Hello All,

I am hoping some of you knowledgeable gentlemen will be able to point me in the direction of some plans or drawings for a chassis and bogies for a 5" battery loco. Specific loco's are not a requirement at the moment as I will end up buying a "body" from one of the usual suppliers as that sort of bodywork is beyond my artistic ability and patience! But the mechanicals are the bits that interest me.

I have spent the last few evenings searching the wideweb but to no avail.

Thanks in advance,

Ben

[Mr MooParticipant @mrmoo]

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Hello Ben

I have nearly finished drawning up my 0-4-0 design for 3 1/2" gauge (below) and I am working on plans for 0-6-0 versions at 5" and 7 1/4" gauge. The main difference is that the larger gauges may use proper leaf springs, but you could just enlarge the 3 1/2" design and use coil springs.

Send me a pm with your email address (use message member) if you would be interested in these as it woudl help me greatly to have someone doing a build while communicating any queries to me.

Neil

[peter lejeuneParticipant @peterlejeune62195]

Please can you tell me if it is based on a real loco Many thanks Peter

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

If you click the "277 photos" under Neil's name you will get taken to his albums, there is one called "shunter" which has a photo of the full size loco its based on. There is also a thread somewhere on the forum, I'm sure Neil will post a link later.

 

J

Edited By JasonB on 20/11/2013 12:48:32

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

If you search the Model Engineer index under author Rex Nicholls in 1989 did a series called Going Electric based on a tram loco. You could find a better motor and controller now.

I must get on and finish mine, the nephew I started it for has finished his PhD and is getting married next year.

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Hi Peter,

Yes, its a model of an actual engine, Hudswell Clarke diesel hydraulic 'Southam' D604. The super-colourful paint job is that of a different HC shunter.

A few pictures of the real thing by others so I can't put them in my albums:

At the scrap yard in 1976

D625, siter engine which is very similar (but not identical) – the site has two more pictures – only found these pics today!

The latter pics have curious details – the rivets under the window are prominent on many HC engines, but I can see no sign of them on D604 (As one of their first diesel shunters, perhaps it didn't have sliding windows?) The wooden oval behind teh very thin maker's plate? A wartime economy perhaps, to save on brass?

Neil

Edited By Stub Mandrel on 20/11/2013 17:07:27

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

In the ME series "Going Electric" by Rex Nicholls he uses a car generator as a motor, seem to remember that he altered the brush angle, to make it run more efficiently as a motor, I think he used the bevel gears from a hand drill for part of the drive chain, then sprockets, and bike chain to the wheels.

His tram engine is a 4 wheel single motor with one 12V battery, he then has a "Growler", two bogies, two motors, two batteries, with this loco the batteries can be switched 12V each motor, or 24V each motor. Both are 5 inch gauge. Ian S C

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

I used angle grinder bevels, which have the advantage of being helical and therefore quieter. You can get a replacement set off the web for about £4! Compare to the price for a single vanilla change wheel – shows you how volume production reduces price.

Neil

[Peter Middleton 2Participant @petermiddleton2]

As anyone got plans for a 5" gauge class 37 i need to make the bogies.

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