A 12-sheet plan by Martin Evans showing a 5" gauge GNR 2-8-0 locomotive 'Nigel Gresley'.

This 12-sheet plan consists of:

Sheet 1 General arrangement, main frames.
Sheet 2 Buffer and drag beams, frame stretchers, horns and axleboxes, wheels and axles, pony truck, crank-pins.
Sheet 3 Cylinders and details, coupling rods, connecting rods, crossheads, combination levers.
Sheet 4 General arrangement of valve gear, motion plates, expansion links, link brackets, radius and eccentric rods. Details of cab reversing gear.
Sheet 5 Full details of the boiler.
Sheet 5a Alternative simple boiler without thermic siphon.
Sheet 6 Details of brake gear, cylinder draincocks, smokebox, smokebox door and ring.
Sheet 7 Details of cab fittings, saddle, grate, ash pan, steam and exhaust pipes and running boards.
Sheet 8 Details of the regulator, superheater, cab, blow down valve, buffers and vacuum brake pipe.
Sheet 9 Arrangement of chassis lubrication and sanding gear, safety valves, check valves, whistles, steam brake, pipe diagram.
Sheet 10 General arrangement of the tender.
Sheet 11 Tender details, hand pump, frames, stretchers, breakgear, buffers, buffer and drag beams.

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