Journal Institution of Locomotive Engineers
Volume 9 (1919)
main sequence

Journal No. 37

Kidd, J.W. (Paper No. 67)
Firebox stays. 2-51.
Discussion meeting

Mercer, I.E.  (Paper No. 68)
The training of the locomotive engineer. 55-69. Disc.: 70-106.
As at Crewe

Ryan, M.F. [Paper No. 69]
Presidential address. 122-33.
Some of the problems encountered during State control of railways during WW1.

Journal No. 38

Thompson, T. (Paper No. 70)
Locomotive building practice. 139-52; 175-89. Disc.: 155-74.
Based on NER practice at Darlington: boiler construction, flanging of plates, machining and trimming, assembling, the firebox, boiler mountings, tubing, testing, forge and smithy, springs.

Bazin, J.R. (Paper No. 71)
Suggestions for standardized wagon designs for British railways. 191-206. Disc.: 206-40.
Due to the illness of Bazin the paper was presented by A.T. Houldcroft. The Meeting in Leeds was chaired by H.N. Gresley. Paper noted the strategic importance of standardisation: "from a military point of view standardisation is of the utmost importance". Proposed 12-ton open wagons with high, medium and low sides; a 12-ton covered wagon, and a 20-ton open wagon for coal. All the 12-ton wagons could share the same wheels and underframe. Discussed steel versus wooden construction and opted for the latter due to its longer life. Buffing, drawgear, wheels, axles, axleboxes, bearing springs, brakes and bodywork were all examined. A table listed the dimensions of wagons within the capacities specified on all of the main line railways. Gresley (207-8) was highly supportivae of standardisation for wagons "whatever may be said about locomotives"!, but he considered that the registered carrying capacity was too high as the average existing loads were very low. Gresley was highly critical of private owners' wagoons. J.W. Dow (NER, 208-11) agreed that "it will be a long time before we give up building wooden wagons, especially coal wagons." The experimental use of steel wagons for coal had not be satisfactory. He doubted if the low-sided open wagon was needed, noted that the high-sided 12-ton wagon was virtually a stndard NER type, and the continuing need for wagons to handle specialized freight. G.N. Kitchen (NER, 211-12) tended to find reasons for not standardising wagons citing the needs of special traffic: sleepers, cotton bales and pig iron, but did agree that average loads tended to be low. Duncan Bailey (212-15) would like to have known what the Great Western Railway's exerience had been with steel wagons. Also noted that most plants and the bulk of the workforce could handle timber construction, but that Britain was not self-sufficient in timber.Gave statistics (1902) for the capital cost and earning capcity for private owner wagons and estimated a return of about 10% per annum.  

Journal No. 39

Groom, S.W. (Paper No. 72)
Tube failures. 249-52. Disc.: 52-4.

Mitchinson. H.W. (Paper No. 72a)
Broken crank pins. 255. Disc.: 255-8.
This paper refers to an 0-6-0 with 4ft coupled wheels and an 0-6-2T with 3ft 9in coupled wheels and traffic betwen Lofthouse, Robin Hood and Stourton, so presumably Mitchinson was in charge of the locomotives on the East & West Yorkshire Union Railway. Cited Brymbo Steel as being of superior quality.

Hamers, J.P. (Paper No. 72b)
Overheated bearings. 259-67. Disc.: 267-73.
Also includes fractured axleboxes

Gass, E.M. (Paper No. 73)
The relation of cylinder and boiler power to locomotive rating. 276-338. Disc.: 505-13; 514-17: 1920, 10, 315-19.
Based on road tests of LYR 0-6-0 and 0-8-0 types. Lawford H. Fry (505-13) commented on this paper and Gass responded pp. 514-17.: Brewer responded to this (10 315)

Journal No. 40

Dewhurst, P.C. (Paper No. 72)
Steel fireboxes and tubes in locomotive boilers. their service, maintenance and repair. 365-98. Disc.: 399-438.
Based on experience gained on Jamaican Railways. B.K. Field (399-402) noted that Stroudley D1 class had been fitted with steel fireboxes. There were problems with cracking and with welding. Steel patches had been used on the Vulcan C2 class 0-6-0s, but he remained in favour of using copper. Smith Mannering (LBSCR, 403-5) also made observations on the use of steel patches in copper fireboxes. J. Clayton (405-8) considered copper to be best. The maintenance of steel fireboxes is a much more serious concern and repairs were difficult to execute. Low Moor rivets are best for inside firebox work. B.K. Field (416-17) commented on the staying of fireboxes noting that the GWR did not experience problems with tubeplates due to their liberal proportions, but on the South Eastern Railway during the 1887-1908 period tubeplate cracking predominated.

Sanderson, R.P.C. (Paper No. 74)
Notes on recent American locomotive and wagon practice. 443-9. Disc.: 449-54.
J. Clayton (450-2) stated that he was "horrified" by the use of cast iron wagon wheels in the USA. He was also interested in the use of powdered coal, Duplex stokers and the use of ronze valves and piston rings on the Union Pacific Railroad to combat problems when coasting for long distances downhill.

Journal No. 41

Rowland, W. (Paper No. 75)
An approximate method of estimating superheat and boiler output and evapourative efficiency. 459-69. Disc.: 470-504.
Based on Great Central Railway experience.