jhb171achill Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Ahh, the double height keg cages. And a 60's style light, and a H wagon. Nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Nice pic from that wonderful era. The buffers on the keg wagon seem exceptionally long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Nice pic from that wonderful era. The buffers on the keg wagon seem exceptionally long. Just checked my survey notebook against the photo. the buffer casing is 450mm long and the buffer itself is another 150mm beyond that, or 2 feet in old money. It's quite standard for the 14' wheelbase /22' flat wagons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclass007 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Just checked my survey notebook against the photo. the buffer casing is 450mm long and the buffer itself is another 150mm beyond that, or 2 feet in old money. It's quite standard for the 14' wheelbase /22' flat wagons. Is there a chance the image is a little stretched? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 No, the photo is pretty good. Threw it into AutoCAD, scaled it up, and it all works out. Up close they look seriously out of scale with the wagon mind.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 I took the pic at the time as broadside as I could, with modelling in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Richie's cad does not lie (does it ever?). Here's a shot of a flat in Limerick 10 years ago, plain to see that the buffer is a big boy all right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 [ATTACH=CONFIG]22893[/ATTACH] Richie's cad does not lie (does it ever?). Here's a shot of a flat in Limerick 10 years ago, plain to see that the buffer is a big boy all right. Any reason for the casing being so long? The excursion of the buffer itself doesn't seem to be that long. Was there a reason to space the flats? Couplings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 The "modern" 4w wagons were fitted with 2' buffers and instanter couplings most likely to reduce slack between wagons and allow faster running 50mph compared with 35mph for loose coupled working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Nice shot, John. The advantage of the Instanter coupling would be to allow tighter coupling thus higher running speeds. Good on the mainline and slackened on tight curves in the yard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junctionmad Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Very similar to BR heavy duty buffers. Available in 2' and 1'6" versions from dart casting for those of you in 4mm land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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