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Guinness Brewery Narrow Gauge bogie wagon


In the 1870s the Guinness brewery had expanded so much that internal transport was becoming difficuly so construction of a narrow gauge railway network serving the entire brewery, with a gauge of 1ft 10in. Much of the basic system was laid between 1873 and 1877, designed by Mr Geoghegan, the chief engineer.
Initially small steam locos wereintroduced, each with problems, partly caused by their low height and closeness to the ground, so Mr Geoghegan set about designing a locomotive possessing all their best features but without their handicaps. The result was an 0−4−0 side tank engine with horizontally mounted cylinders situated above the marine-type boiler driving through a dummy crankshaft and vertical connecting rods, which in turn drove the wheels. Instead of the cylinders being bolted to the boiler, they were fixed to the frames which were carried the full height of the locomotive above the top of the boiler. The side tanks were also attached to the frames. Another novel feature was the independent spring frame which consisted of eight steel leaves in pairs, two pairs on each side of the locomotive and one pair each above and below the axleboxes. It was attached to the front and back stays, so that by removing the pins and connecting rods, and with the locomotive lifted, the spring frame could be wheeled out from beneath the locomotive to receive attention and maintenance. The general layout of these engines was one of accessibility for repair but with maximum protection from dirt.
Converter wagons of 5ft 3in gauge were also designed. The locos could be lifted into these converter wagons and then then run on the 5ft 3in gauge tracks connecting the brewery to the mainline.

Purpose built broad gauge locos were eventually introduced, and diesel locos were introduced on both narrow and broad gauge in 1940s and 50s. The broad gauge lines were closed down in mid 1960s, the narrow gauge surviving till 1975.
Several narrow gauge steam and diesel locos have been preserved, including at least one converter wagon and crane. One broad gauge loco has been preserved in working order, but the diesel loco has been scrapped.

Wagons were mainly 4 wheel tipper wagons and bogie flat wagons for transporting casks. Also some 4 wheel passnger wagins for taking visitors around the brewery.

Requires finishing off, wheels etc





Scale S 1/64


 
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