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BR Swindon & Crewe - Western Class 52 Locomotives
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Western Locomotive Wheels - by Greg Brookes
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D1000 Western Enterprise at Shenston Road (Heljan).
Replacing the original Heljan model, this D1000 Western Enterprise is a Dapol model.
D1005 Western Venturer with modified and weathered Yeoman hoppers.
D1007 Western Talisman at Shenston Road (Heljan).
One for the album - a trio of Heljan Westerns await their next turn of duty at Pudsey Junction
stabling point. D1012 Western Firebrand in maroon with FYE, D1046 Western Marquis in maroon SYP,
and D1017 Western Warrior in blue with SYP.
Shenston Road Western 1012 Western Firebrand at Hornsey Broadway (Dapol model).
A side on view of Heljan model D1015 Western Champion. Most of the detail and weathering
was carried out by Greg when they were in his Shenston Road fleet.
D1015 Western Champion at Wibdenshaw (Heljan).
D1017 Western Warrior with a strip coil train at Shenston Road.
D1022 Western Sentinel - Shenston Road (Heljan).
The express service from Paddington rolls out of the station behind D1022 Western Sentinel
on the last leg of its journey to Wolverhampton.
D1022 Western Sentinel - Shenston Road (Heljan).
Heljan D1023 Western Fusilier, carrying a Western Finale Railtour headboard (which ran on
the 12th of February 1977).
D1028 Western Hussar on the Gulf tanks passing D7093 in the loop.
A rare visitor to this part of London is D1033 Western Trooper at the head of a rail
tour consisting of mark 1 coaching stock (Dapol model).
D1033 Western Trooper at Hornsey Broadway with an inter-regional freight service (Dapol).
D1033 at Shenston Road (Dapol).
D1039 Western King is spotted light engine during a quiet moment in the day.
D1039 Western King - Shenston Road (Heljan).
D1047 Western Lord from the Shenston Road fleet (Heljan).
D1047 Western Lord - Shenston Road (Dapol).
Heljan D1056 'Western Sultan' (c 1969) at Aberath. Work carried out included
removing horn cowls with a razor saw, once done the cab roof and the offending peak
could be filed to a more pleasing curvature, before the horn cowls were refitted. The
fan grilles were replaced with etched replacements from Shawplan, but the original
Heljan walkways were retained, the front valances were modified using the whitemetal
replacements from Shawplan, whilst the buffers are from Craftsman Models. The brake
gear used the brake shoes from the Heljan kit, but using brass for the brake linkages.
Wheels are from Black Beetle with the four holes drilled out in each wheel, although
the Ultrascale conversion would be a much easier route, but these were to hand at the
time and have done the job just as well. Name and numberplates are from Shawplan.
D1057 Western Chieftain on a mixed freight at Hornsey Broadway.
Canada Road's D1059 Western Empire on Mike Anson's Western Road depot (modified Heljan).
D1068 Western Reliance is routed into the Up Goods Loop near BSC Shenston Works, with
a rake of 21 ton mineral wagons. The locomotive was easily identified by a crudely
applied patch on this end of the cab (Dapol model).
At the south end of Shenston Road station with a misty morning shot of D1068 Western
Reliance heading to Birmingham on a coal working.
Heljan Westerns from the Eastwell fleet at Hornsey Broadway.
When using proprietry Jackson wheels (14mm coach disc) to convert the Western loco to EM gauge,
it lacks the characteristics of the prototype, without having the four holes visible. The following
images show a simple jig, which has been made from an old brass loco wheel, and fits nicely
inside the rim of the wheel to be modified. Four equi-distant holes are drilled into it, and
a steel pin fitted to one hole, which protrudes out slightly.
The photograph below shows the wheel before modification.
Now with the jig fitted into the wheel, a hole is drilled through the wheel, using any one of the
holes in the jig. The jig is then turned around, so that the pin engages into the drilled hole.
The drilling process is repeated, until all 4 holes are done, the jig removed, and the
pinpoint is cut and filed off flush.
