Kirley Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I'm after a drawing of a GNR(I) S Class Locomotive, can anyone help please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 leslie10646 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Kieran I'm after a drawing of a GNR(I) S Class Locomotive, can anyone help please? The IRRS publish a full set off the GNR(I) drawings from the archive. You could build a new one from them. I'll put Richard McLachlan in touch with you. Leslie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Junctionmad Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 The gnr(I) was very progressive with drivers wasn't it , took em young too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jhb171achill Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 That's actually the Senior Locomotive Inspector, CME and Chief Draughtsman all rolled into one, junctionmad....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Garfield Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 That's actually the Senior Locomotive Inspector, CME and Chief Draughtsman all rolled into one, junctionmad....... Well, they do say the female of the species is better at multi-tasking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Kirley Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 Actually it's my daughter many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 leslie10646 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Actually it's my daughter many years ago. Sorry, can't resist this - is she a better modeller than you? With girls spending time (well, they used to) sewing, weaving, knitting, embroidery, cake decorating (The Boss painted locos on two anniversary cakes for the IRRS London and very good they were - the paintings, the cakes weren't bad either) - they ought to make good modellers? Leslie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jhb171achill Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Or models? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 leslie10646 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Or models? :-) Wash your mouth out, Beaumont! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Horsetan Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Careful now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jhb171achill Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Down with this sort of thing! Going back to 171, anyone know why this loco is the one which features on the RPSI's crest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Horsetan Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) The IRRS publish a full set off the GNR(I) drawings from the archive. You could build a new one from them. I'll put Richard McLachlan in touch with you.... Bear in mind that the drawings are for the original "S" (and may include the drawing produced in Dundalk, dated 1925), but I don't think Richard has managed to locate any drawings produced for the rebuilds in 1938, i.e. the form in which 171 exists today. ....Going back to 171, anyone know why this loco is the one which features on the RPSI's crest? Probably because it was their flagship? Edited November 19, 2015 by Horsetan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jhb171achill Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 That's the official reason, Horsetan. The other is that it was the favourite loco of the designer of that crest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Garfield Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 That's the official reason, Horsetan. The other is that it was the favourite loco of the designer of that crest! And who would that be, eh? EH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jhb171achill Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Tis the Tooth Fairy, Garfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mayner Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 It would be interesting to compare 171 with the Beyer Peacock drawings to see how much of the original was retained in the 1938 renewal of the Class. In Irish Steam O S Nock describes the renewal as new locomotives rather than rebuilds. Like the GSWR/GSR renewal of the Coey 321 Class 4-4-0s in the 1920s the renewal of the GNR locos was so extensive that they were practically new locomotives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Horsetan Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) It's the 1938 drawings I've been after for ages. There were, as I understand it, changes to the valve gear as well as the frames, so I want to make sure that I have got it right on my TMD/SSM kit build. It occurs to me that the TMD/SSM kit already provides the later bulkier frames as an option (which I have used), so Terry McDermott must have had access to some drawings for the rebuilds / renewals. Do the 1938 drawings still exist? Well, Richard hasn't stumbled across them yet, but fingers crossed. Edited November 20, 2015 by Horsetan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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