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Post by dave1 on Sept 7, 2017 17:54:44 GMT
Anyone know what the weight of a 12 lever section was or approx? TIA
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Post by dave1 on Sept 21, 2017 7:11:37 GMT
As there has not been any suggestions I will put a figure. I reckon the weight must be about a ton?
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Post by railtechnician on Sept 22, 2017 23:07:19 GMT
As there has not been any suggestions I will put a figure. I reckon the weight must be about a ton? I would guess heavier, ISTR that J and K trainstops weighed about a ton, lighter with the replacement motors made of aluminium. Lever frames are solid lumps of steel, the only ones I ever had to manhandle were the old frames at Leyton and Wood Green in the late 1970s and ISTR we stripped those down to smaller than 12 lever sections to put them into engineering train wagons. They of course were not V style frames. I'd have thought that the information would be somewhere online. Actually your guess may be pretty close, a 311 lever 'K' style frame apparently weighed in at 23 tons ! |
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Post by dave1 on Sept 25, 2017 7:53:52 GMT
As there has not been any suggestions I will put a figure. I reckon the weight must be about a ton? I would guess heavier, ISTR that J and K trainstops weighed about a ton, lighter with the replacement motors made of aluminium. Lever frames are solid lumps of steel, the only ones I ever had to manhandle were the old frames at Leyton and Wood Green in the late 1970s and ISTR we stripped those down to smaller than 12 lever sections to put them into engineering train wagons. They of course were not V style frames. I'd have thought that the information would be somewhere online. Actually your guess may be pretty close, a 311 lever 'K' style frame apparently weighed in at 23 tons ! I did not think trainstops were that heavy but looking at some photos there is a huge chunk of kit. I have looked on line but have not found any mention of the weight but going by the frame you mention it could be close thanks. |
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