westernfan
Western Thunderer
I like the idea of the cut down tender version for your west country spam can, IMO they look the part running tender first with a few mk1s in tow ,as they often did in practice From Ilfracombe to Barnstaple .
... so can start thinking about hornblocks, they are (unusually?) set in the centre of the frame rather than set behind so as Dave Finney said the gaps between wheel backs and frame must be bigger than "normal".
Yup, Standard Pacifics and Bullied Pacifics all have the horn guides dead centre to the frame, not inside as is usual and thus have a larger clearance between wheel and frames. The standard 5s do not and often the rear box wears so much that the rear wheel comes into contact with the frames and starts rubbing, never seen it happen with Black 5s or other 4-6-0 but Std 5 seems very prone to frame wear from wheel rubbing.Simon,
This was a feature that was incorporated in several of the BR standard designs.
Nice wheels.
Jim