A new project, a Great Eastern Railway 0-6-0 Y14 class steam locomotive.
I started with a new 5" gauge loco; a Great Eastern Railway Y14 class 0-6-0 tender engine. This will be a British model, so I had to make the drawings and order the wheel castings, pressure gauges, injectors, and books about this loco from the UK; and have them delivered before Brexit rules came into effect (1st January 2021).
The new project GER Y14 class
As usual, I start with a OO gauge model, photos of the real loco, and a general sketch. The model was bought after Brexit, and a friend living in England received the parcel for me. I collected it during the summer holiday when visiting him.
With this information, I've started to make the first Solidworks drawings for this new project.
I also visited the preserved Y14 this summer (2022) on the North Norfolk line in East Anglia.
This is the last survivor of the class, which was 294 strong in total.
The drawing of the 00 gauge Hornby loco, as printed on the box the model came in.
We started in December 2020, but due to Corona and because I still wanted to finish the 7¼" gauge goods wagons for the T3, progress has been slow so far.
The wheel castings were made to order by Mark Wood Castings (pre-Brexit).
Buying from the UK is now much more difficult.
The rear buffer beam from the tender.
Buffers and coupling hooks.
The laser-cut frames, made to order by Laserworx in Leek (Groningen)
Solidworks drawings are still under construction, but can be downloaded from:
Update drawing 7 February 2023.
(loco on track with a minimum radius of 7.5 meters.)
See, download, and rotate or explode the Step-CAD model at:
Drawing as it is on May 20th, 2023
(open drawing in a new tab or download, to view full size)