1870's oil pot drawings

The "Knotty Trust" are on the last lap of the restoration of NSR coaches No's 61 & 127. We have made our own lighting drawings and the interior "oil" ( LED ) lamps are looking very good.

We think however that our prototype oil vent ( bucket ) is to small, we had a re think today looking at photos and scale. We have come up with a diameter of 14" - I wonder if anyone knows how this compares with other 1870's coaches ?.

 

I have a drawing of a B & E Second that shows an oil pot, & the scale suggests that 14" is about right:



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It was originally printed as part of D.K. Clark's 'Railway Machinery', first published in 1855.

Pete S,
C&W Dept.,
GWS Didcot

 

Many thanks, there are no "Knotty" coach drawings of the period hence the question. We tried 14" oil pots ( upturned plastic bucket ! ) on the coaches yesterday and checked against photos of the period, I think that we are on the right track.

Thank you again.

Dave Scragg

 

No probs, might be worth contacting the Bluebell... http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/cw_news/106.html ...looks as though someone has confected some new ones

One thing that differs from the B&E drawing is that they've fitted them with the hinges & catches in line with the coach. The B&E drawing shows them as being transverse, as does this one of a GW Y.2 Fruit van:


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This pic in Nick Baxter's (813 Fund) Flickr album of GWR BG convertible No 817 might be of interest too:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/25830408@N08/7644437904/sizes/o/

Note the 'tripod' affair next to the oil pot. This is assumed to be a stand for the lamp unit to enable it to be filled and/or trimmed in situ (or as near as). I haven't found a drawing that shows this feature as yet, but it's one of those things that's easily retro-fitted.

Can't tell you when Bolton beat Derby 4-1 though

Pete.