Handbrake detail
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Bob Willis
- Porter
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Handbrake detail
Whilst researching details for building a BR Trestle ED I was lucky enough to be able to trawl through a load of assorted drawings held by the Rolling Stock Engineer at Thornaby. And came across a drawing of the handbrake details of a BR Boplate E which showed the handbrake handle rack in great detail. The drawing showed and stated that the 15 holes for the pin should be drilled at an angle of 5 degrees 44 minutes downwards !! presumably this to stop the pin vibrating out. Did anyone know of this as i would suspect that all racks will be the same in this regard ???
Bob Willis
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Dave Noble
- Fat Controller
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Brake lever guards
Yes Bob, this was normal, my drawing of the 1923 RCH 12 ton mineral wagon states that the holes were to be at "1/4" angular pitch" which gives an angle of just under 9 degrees.