Isaac Dixon
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Osgood
Western Thunderer
Did you drop onto this in your hunt for info, Mike?
Much conjecture of course:
The early Hughes products seemed to be of a shorter style without the substantial rear overhang - but is that more to do with the Boulton rebuilding process than the original engine designs?
Who knows if Hughes rebuilt a couple of Scottish engines prior to evolving their own distinctive style?
I stared to dig around for info on Furniss and his Hayling Island contacts - not enough time to go far down the burrow, today but you never know if an image of Isaac in his days with Furniss may be right in front of us somewhere in a write-up of construction of these railways.
The Scottish box tank genes are present in Isaac Dixon - and having dug out my Chronicles I discover that Boulton replaced the original 10" x 15" cylinders an 11" x 15" pair before onward sale, so Isaac might have received a replacement tank too.
We are so lucky to have Bennett's history of the Boulton's Siding operation, despite not knowing if the drawings can be relied on 100%.
I've just tried a comparison of his two drawings of Isaac and Nantmwar - the shaded one is Isaac (it would be better but I can't work out how to change the line colour of one):
I don't have enough reference material on either the Potteries, Shrewsbury & North Wales Rly or the South Coast railways to take a search for images of Isaac or Nantmwar further, but I am intrigued.
But in any case its academic at this stage of your build and I think you've already done Isaac proud in your recreation.
Much conjecture of course:
Hughes 0-4-0ST - Steam Workshop Services
This is a very interesting little loco. It came to us as a 5" gauge model of an unknown prototype and with equally unknown history. When it
www.steamworkshop.co.uk
Who knows if Hughes rebuilt a couple of Scottish engines prior to evolving their own distinctive style?
I stared to dig around for info on Furniss and his Hayling Island contacts - not enough time to go far down the burrow, today but you never know if an image of Isaac in his days with Furniss may be right in front of us somewhere in a write-up of construction of these railways.
The Scottish box tank genes are present in Isaac Dixon - and having dug out my Chronicles I discover that Boulton replaced the original 10" x 15" cylinders an 11" x 15" pair before onward sale, so Isaac might have received a replacement tank too.
We are so lucky to have Bennett's history of the Boulton's Siding operation, despite not knowing if the drawings can be relied on 100%.
I've just tried a comparison of his two drawings of Isaac and Nantmwar - the shaded one is Isaac (it would be better but I can't work out how to change the line colour of one):
I don't have enough reference material on either the Potteries, Shrewsbury & North Wales Rly or the South Coast railways to take a search for images of Isaac or Nantmwar further, but I am intrigued.
But in any case its academic at this stage of your build and I think you've already done Isaac proud in your recreation.
john lewsey
Western Thunderer
Your work is really good Mike, this looks good and your 9f is stunning.
John
John
spikey faz
Western Thunderer
Yes, I'm too far into the build to make any drastic changes now. But, I'm happy with how it looks.Did you drop onto this in your hunt for info, Mike?
Much conjecture of course:
The early Hughes products seemed to be of a shorter style without the substantial rear overhang - but is that more to do with the Boulton rebuilding process than the original engine designs?Hughes 0-4-0ST - Steam Workshop Services
This is a very interesting little loco. It came to us as a 5" gauge model of an unknown prototype and with equally unknown history. When itwww.steamworkshop.co.uk
Who knows if Hughes rebuilt a couple of Scottish engines prior to evolving their own distinctive style?
I stared to dig around for info on Furniss and his Hayling Island contacts - not enough time to go far down the burrow, today but you never know if an image of Isaac in his days with Furniss may be right in front of us somewhere in a write-up of construction of these railways.
The Scottish box tank genes are present in Isaac Dixon - and having dug out my Chronicles I discover that Boulton replaced the original 10" x 15" cylinders an 11" x 15" pair before onward sale, so Isaac might have received a replacement tank too.
We are so lucky to have Bennett's history of the Boulton's Siding operation, despite not knowing if the drawings can be relied on 100%.
I've just tried a comparison of his two drawings of Isaac and Nantmwar - the shaded one is Isaac (it would be better but I can't work out how to change the line colour of one):
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I don't have enough reference material on either the Potteries, Shrewsbury & North Wales Rly or the South Coast railways to take a search for images of Isaac or Nantmwar further, but I am intrigued.
But in any case its academic at this stage of your build and I think you've already done Isaac proud in your recreation.
An afternoon of more rivets....
Mike