H Vans

[Mike 84C]

Would anyone know what the H vans wheel base would be? It looks quite long in photographs and is there any drawings in New Irish Lines before I trawl its archive?

[Glenderg]

Mayner of this parish posted this photo some time ago, and it works out as 17'4" over headstocks and a 10' Wheelbase. Richie.

 

 

Edited October 18, 2014 by Glenderg
photo link added

[Mike 84C]

Thank you very much Glenderg, I asked because they always look as if the wheelbase is more than 10ft, perhapse its because most photographs are taken from an angle and the low roofline decives the eye.

[Mike 84C]

Nelson, Glenderg posted this picture that Mayner had posted of an H van which may help you.

[leslie10646]

To all intents and purposes, this van is the same size as the ex-GN Bagged Cement van which I have sold about 450 of! Same wheelbase and body size.

 

There the similarity ends - the chassis and brake gear are different, the roof flatter and it has "plain" corner strapping - the cement van had a slopping corner strapping on the sides. The corrugated iron ends aren't necessarily wrong, if you simply repainted one of the RTR vans, as I believe Inchicore often used whatever they had to hand and if they were out of sheet steel but had corrugated .......

 

There's a good pic of one on page 71 of Locomotives and Rolling Stick 2nd Edition.

 

All that said, this van is on my radar, with proper chassis, if you can wait a year.

 

Leslie

[StevieB]

That's music to my ears Leslie - I'm in waiting mode already.

 

Stephen