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They are like mudguards above the driving wheels. They are used on locomotives where the driving wheels stick above the frame. They tend to be more common on earlier locos. For example a Stanier 8F doesn't have (need) them, but a Caledonian 0-6-0 has them over the front two wheels.

Completed the main lining on the loco this morning, including the buffer plate numbers and the nameplate lining. The plan is to start the tender lining tomorrow but that may have to go on hold for a day or two if my new bathroom sink is delivered - must keep the memsahib happy.

2022-04-06_12-42-32 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 4:12 pm

sandy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 1:14 pm We are thinking off you.

I’m not

I expect the centre splasher was left large as the back of it would always be behind the nameplate.

Lining looks superb Steve.

I was refering to my wife and I.

Ha ha that’s OK then.

Looking forward to seeing the finished article Steve. Looking the part so far.

I think the name plate sits above the splasher not on front of it.

Yes it does, that’s why I said it hides the back of the splasher. On the right side it also has the reversing lever linkage behind it. Not sure why on that particular model of the Castle Hornby made the splasher so deep, don’t recall it being like that on the three I had but perhaps it was and the nameplate hid it.

Steve I have just been looking a Castle pictures and the centre splasher is much deeper and sticks out further than the front one so it is about right.

It sticks out futher because the Crank pin and connecting rod required extra clearence on the middle drivers.

Thank you Darkscot.

John