Baldwin NA class Victoria Govt Railways

[SapperAnt]

Ollo

Does anyone know if large-scale drawings of the NA class exist from which to build a model? Ive got the Baldwin catalogue and that has works photos and drawings of the original cylinder set ups etc (the first shipped to Australia were compounds) but thats it.

Ta

Ant

[JMORG]

16mm today magazine number 137, the center spread is a 1/19th scale drawing of the NA.
All the best.

[SapperAnt]

Cool!!

now just to acquire said magazine...

[JMORG]

It was the August 2011 mag, so they should still be in stock.
SMT is a great magazine, filled with lots of relevent information, great pictures and tips ect.
Do you want contact details?

[SapperAnt]

Yes, please!

Ive had a thing for the NAs since I was like about.....10 or so from watching a TV programme called 'Come Midnight, Monday' from the early 1980s. Wish I could find it on DVD.

[JMORG]

The NAs are nice looking engines, even if they are enormouse.
I have actually seen an Accucraft Lyn converted into an NA (obviously abit short). They're surprisingly similar.
www.16mm.org.uk
The magazine is quarterly, for more information contact the membership secretary (Alan Regan) at: membership@16mm.org.uk (sorry about not giving a phone number, as I wouldnt want Mr Regan to receive prank calls ect. The internet can be very dangerous).
All the best.

[GTB]

Does anyone know if large-scale drawings of the NA class exist from which to build a model? Ive got the Baldwin catalogue and that has works photos and drawings of the original cylinder set ups etc (the first shipped to Australia were compounds) but thats it.

Baldwin built the first two NA locos, but only 2A was a Vauclain compound, 1A was a simple.

4A was also a compound, but it and the simple 3A were built by the VR from the spares ordered with the first engines. 3A still exists (sort of) but the compounds and 1A were cut up in the '20s/'30s.

David Fletcher's drawing of 1A as built is available online here.

http://www.pacificng.com/ref/blw/style/ ... 92-223.png

The drawing also has Lyn for comparison, which emphasises how much smaller Lyn was than an NA.

The VR drawings used to build the later class members survive and the ETRB workshops have a set, but I'm not aware of them being published anywhere.

Regards,
Graeme

[SapperAnt]

Hi Graeme

Many thanks!! Those are great. Definately dwarfs Lyn

[GTB]

I thought I had seen drawings for a 5" gauge NA listed somewhere, but couldn't find the source. Found it today looking for something else, as is always the way.......

This supplier in the northern suburbs of Melbourne has NA drawings listed, also copies of the VR drawings from the look of it.

http://www.mesupplies.com.au/catalog.ph ... &%20BOILER

Argyll Loco Works made a batch of NAs some years ago in 15mm scale for 45mm gauge, but they are rare.

http://www.sidestreetbannerworks.com/locos/loco13.html

They make big models, as they are much the same size in 15mm/ft as a Roundhouse Leek and Manifold loco. in 16mm/ft.

The only rolling stock drawings I'm aware of online are the VR diagrams on Peter Vincent's VR rolling stock website.

http://www.pjv101.net/cd/pages/covrn.htm

Graeme

[TommyDodd]

...and in case that's not big enough for you Baldwin also supplied that style of narrow gauge loco in 2-8-2T form for the Jokionen-Forssa Railway in Finland. The only pics I've seen are in "Fortress Railways of the Baltic Shores" from Plateway Press, because it went 2/h to the Imperial Russian Navy for use in building and supplying coastal defence gun batteries near Talinn, in modern day Estonia. The book includes a drawing, from which the vital statistics I gleaned were: Rigid wheelbase 2.6m, Total wheelbase 6.46m, overall length 9.13m