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| Copper through the ages, Copper Development Association, 13th printing, 1956 |
This locomotive, the William Shakespeare, was featured in a book published by the (British) Copper Development Association as an example of modern use of copper in transport. The firebox, 10ft long, 7 ft 1 inch wide and 7 ft high was made of 5/8 inch copper sheet, with the crown sheet 1" thick. Presumably calculations determined that the crown sheet would withstand the boiler pressure of 250 lbs per inch, but...
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I had one of them (4-6-2) - Britannia - as part of my Tri-ang electric model railway. My nephew has that now, and I have a clockwork "O" gauge set. Going backwards... D.
I usually stay away from British locomotives, they don't really resonate with me, but this one with the unusual firebox material makes me wonder... I did always wonder how clockwork trains were controlled by the operator, do they just go round and round till they wind down?
Mostly, aye. There's a couple of levers whereby you can make it stop or go backwards, but it's just a simple Tri-ang thing. There were more complicated German and American sets available. D.
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