Hi all,
I know it's a long shot but I am looking to buy a pair of B5 bogies. Not fussed on wheel condition but the frames must be sound. Does anyone have any idea where i can get some?
Do you know there are two types of B5 bogie
B5 coach bogies and B5 (sr) emu bogies
Do you know there are two types of brake rigging
underslung with the brake rod from the brake cross shaft to the rigging going under the axle to apply the brakes
overslung with the brake rod from the brake cross shaft to the rigging going over the axle to apply the brakes
The cross shaft on the V iron that is a third of the way down a Mark 1 coach from the left hand end of a coach, one turns clockwise and the other anti clockwise to pull the brake rod to connect to the bogies to apply the brakes
Only worked on bogies in preservation so don't know air brakes, but on vacuum it is easy to spot one has the cylinder on the left of the V iron (overslung) the other the right