Product Description
This book has been written to provide practical help and information for engineers who build model steam locomotives of any gauge between 1.25 in and 10.25 in. Each part of the locomotive is dealt with by the author, and his instructions are supplemented by drawings and photographs. The book claims to be the most comprehensive book on the subject and enables builders of small locomotives to go ahead with their work with full confidence. It will help the reader learn the general principles of design; there are fifteen chapters looking at the choice of:- gauge and scale; stretchers, axleboxes and crankpins; wheels, axles, crank axles and crank pins, bogies, pony and radial trucks, cylinders and details, crossheads and motion details, valve gears & link motions, valve gears: radial gears, boilers, boiler fittings, lubrication, pumps, injectors, brakes, platework, tenders, tanks, fittings, fuels, raising steam and driving