Can anyone help? PLease reply direct to Kyoto.

Colin 

   To Pro Colin Divall:

�@ �@�@�@ The wooden model of an  old tender type locomotive is
preserved
in the Kyoto University Museum (JAPAN). It is  supposed the model's
original locomotive is a locomotive which the Bayer Peacock  Company in
England made first in 1882. Refer to the following URL for the wooden 
steam locomotive model.


�@ http://inet.museum.kyoto-u.ac.jp/materials.html/locomotiveeng.html


         The wooden model is  very elaborate. For example, the screw
and the nut of the six corner heads are  made with wood one by one. In
addition the inside is also made with precision.  For example, when we
open the smoke box door, we can see the smoke box tube plate with a lot
of holes in the smoke box. Also,  the U-type tube wasn't made by simply
bending a round bar. It was cut down from  a single board. This method
is very time consuming and requires a lot of labor.  This wooden model
was made with so much precision.�@  

�@�@�@�@ However, it is unclear how it was made. To learn  the advanced
techniques utilized by Europe and America, Japan in those days 
referred to an imported steam locomotive and reconstructed it using
wood. This  is possible.

�@�@�@�@ Another possibility is the model and  steam locomotive were
imported from England at the same time. Unfortunately, the  data which
would shed some light on which theory is true is unavailable. If you 
have any information concerning this matter, I would greatly appreciate
you  forwarding it to me.


Kyoto University (JAPAN)

The  Kyoto University Museum

Sohei Shiroshita


TEL: 075-753-3282

FAX: 075-753-3277


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