Steel / Timber sandwich Buffer Beams

Eastsidepilot

Western Thunderer
Well the oak turned out to be not seasoned well enough when they cut into it - same with the larch :rolleyes:
So ended up using 2 thinner planks of sapele for each beam that has proved quite stable - kind of club sandwich buffer beam construction?

Anyway, its all done now View attachment 106052 and soon to have some trial runs:

News from MSLR - Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Museum

P.S. If all goes well the Fowler can be seen working at the Middy's Diesel Day on Sun 30th June.

Hopefully catch up with that as I'm only a couple of miles away :D

Col.
 
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