Through Maidstone Engineering, Maxitrak are pleased to announce that we are able to supply drawings from the Greenly Archive. This is a most important collection of drawings dating from the beginning of live steam miniature railways over a century ago.

Most enthusiasts recognise Greenly’s role in designing large 15” gauge locomotives for the likes of the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch railway and the Ravenglass and Eskdale line. Starting in the early 1900’s he also worked on many designs from Gauge 1 to 10 ¼”. Many of these designs are associated with the Bassett Lowke company, who he worked with over many years.

When Greenly died just after the second war his work was continued by Earnest Steel and his wife Eleanor (Greenly’s daughter). The net result is more or less three peoples lifetime work on miniature locomotive design, including an amazing variety of types. They range from Stockton and Darlington Railway “Locomotion” to the LMS steam turbine engine, including a 4-8-2-+2-8-4 six cylinder Garrett, American and French designs a “Model Engineer” traction engine and a two stroke petrol engine. There are no less than seventeen designs in 7 ¼” gauge, thirteen in 5”, fifteen in 3 ½” and eighteen in 2 ½” gauges, plus a range of ancillary items in each size.

Some of these designs are complete and detailed down to the last item, others are more vague and rely on the builder being able to make components off a general layout or from one of the standard parts drawings. Some are just a general arrangement drawing and if you are lucky a half chassis plan and an end elevation. A single cylinder drawing appears to be used for a number of different designs, this makes sense if the cylinder is basically the same. However most of the time this is the Greenly double port piston valve cylinder, the complication of which had Earnest Steel making updated slide valve drawings, added to the design at a later date.

I have been carefully scanning this archive and so far we have these models archived for re-sale. Not all of these are scanned but if you want them I'm happy to get them done. Full price list and full drawing listing available in Excel, please email for details.
List

15" Gauge
LNER Pacific (all steel drawings) *53*
Ravenglass and Eskdale Rly 2-8-2 plus others 15” gauge *18*
Sundry items *3*

10 1/4" Gauge
Royal Scott 4-6-0 10 1/4" gauge *22*

7 1/4" Gauge
Royal Scott drawing list 7 ¼” gauge. Full scale unless stated. *35*
LNWR Lady of the Lake 2-2-2 7 ¼” gauge (steel) *11*
LNWR Precursor 4-4-0 7 ¼” gauge *3*
LMS, LNWR"George V" 4-4-0 7 1/4" gauge *8*
Midland Railway Deeley compound 4-4-0 (steel redrawing) *11*
Great Western King class 4-6-0 , 7 ¼” gauge *31*
Midland compound 4-4-0 (Steel) *10*
Bassett Lowke 0-6-0 Tank Loco 7 1/4" gauge (steel) *14*
Bullied Pacific, (Steel) *59*
Southern Schools class 7 1/4" Gauge *13*
GWR 2-6-0 type (Saltwood Miniature Railway) *12*
Stephensons LOCOMOTION No 1 Stockton and Darlington Rly 7 1/4" gauge *9*
American Pacific 1924, 7 1/4" gauge *9*
American 4-8-4 or 4-6-4 loco, 7 1/4" gauge *24*
Great Central 4-6-0 Immingham 7 1/4" gauge *10*
0-4-2 tank 7 1/4" gauge (B. Lowke) 1910 *9*
Greasly Pacific (Flying Scotsman) 7 1/4" gauge *13*
Garrett 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 (steel) 7 1/4" gauge *35*
G A, Southern goods 4-6-0
Outline GA, LMS 2-6-4 tank
Outline GA, Puffing Billy 1815
Sundry items

5" Gauge
Great Western Hall *12*
GNR atlantic *1*
Royal Scott 5” gauge (steel drawings) *20*
King Arthur Southern 4-6-0 5” gauge *8*
French PLM 4-8-2 5" gauge *15*
Billington 0-6-0 Tank LBSCR 5" gauge *4*
LNER Green Arrow 2-6-2 5" gauge GA and details (Steel) *1*
L M S Dutchess GA and chassis 5" Gauge 1/2 size drawing
0-4-2 Tank freelance 5" gauge GA and half plan *1*
LBSCR Abergaveny 4-6-2 tank GA and half frame plan *5*
London Tilbury and Southend 4-4-2 tank 5" gauge valve gear and eccentrics *2*
Austerity 2-8-0 5" gauge (Steel drawings) *11*
Halton tank 4-6-4 5" gauge *12*
LMS Turbine locomotive outline design *11*
Sundry items *7*

3 1/2" Gauge
Lord Nelson Southern 4-6-0 in 3 ½” gauge *8*
Industrious 0-6-0 tank *2*
LNER PACIFIC Flying Scottsman *8*
Heston 2-6-4 tank *5*
Caledonian Rly 4-4-0 *2*
LSWR 4-6-0 *2*
Southern pacific, Merchant Navy or West Country, streamlined (Steel ) *1*
LNWR 2-2-2 Cornwall with tender (steel) *1*
4-4-2 London Tilbury and Southend tank *1*
Midland compound 4-4-0 *1*
2-6-4 tank 3 ¼” gauge *2*
2-8-2 goods engine *1*
GWR Great Bear 4-6-2 *2*
4-6-2 Pacific, freelance, (Bassett Lowke) *5*
0-6-0 tank engine (Bassett Lowke) *12*
MISC

2 1/2" Gauge
GA 2-6-4 tank Higate Six
GA, LBSCR 4-6-2 tank, 2 ½" gauge (Steel drawing)
GA, LBSCR 4-6-4 tank, 2 ½ gauge
GA, LBSCR 4-4-2 Tank, 2 ½" gauge
GA, LNWR 4-4-2 Precursor tank, 2 ½" gauge
GA, LNWR Claughton 4-6-0 with tender, 2 ½" gauge
GA, LSWR 4-6-0
GA, Midland 2P 4-4-0, 2 ½" gauge
GA, Midland 4F 0-6-0 goods, 2 ½" gauge (for tender see L 42A)
GA, Midland Johnson single 4-2-2 with tender, 2 1/2" gauge
GA, NER Wordsell V class Atlantic ( for tender see L58A)
GA, GWR County 4-4-0 and tender 2 ½" gauge
GA, GWR Saint, Court class 4-6-0 2 ½" Gauge (steel drawing)
GA, NER Atlantic Z1 class, 2 ½" gauge
GA, Great Central 4-6-0 Lord Farringdon, 2 ½" gauge
GA, GNR Ivatt bogie single 4-2-2 2 ½" gauge
GA, LNER K1 2-6-0 2 ½" gauge
GA,GNR Atlantic no 1419
GA, Stirling single 4-2-2 and tender, 2 ½" gauge
GA, LNWR 0-8-0 mineral loco with tender, 2 ½” gauge (Steel redrawing)
GA, North British atlantic, 2 ½” gauge
GA, North British 0-6-0 goods with tender, 2 ½” gauge
GA, Great Eastern 4-6-0 express, 2 ½” gauge
GA, Lord Nelson southern 4-6-0 express, 2 ½” gauge
General arrangement, Royal Scot 2 ½” gauge
GA, North Eastern R 1, 4-4-0 express with tender, 2 ½” gauge (Steel redrawing)
GA, Great Central Director 4-4-0 2 ½” gauge, no tender.
GA, Great Western 4-2-2 express with tender, 2 ½” gauge
GA, Flying Scotsman 4-6-0 with tender, 2 ½” gauge
GA, Great Northern 2-8-0, O2 class, 2 ½” gauge, no tender
GA, Midland 2-4-0 express, with tender, 2 ½” gauge with tender. (Steel)
GA frame drawing, LBSC 4-6-4 tank, 2 ½” gauge
GA, LMS Princess Elisabeth 4-6-2 express, with tender, 2 ½” gauge
GA, GCR Sir Sam Fay with tender, 2 ½” gauge (steel redrawing)
GA, Great Western King 2 ½” gauge
GA, BR 2-6-4 tank 2 ½” gauge (steel)
Glyn Valley narrow gauge 0-4-2 drawin for 2 ½" gauge dimensioned full size (Steel)


45mm Gauge 1
GWR corridor coach (metric dimensions)
southern pacific
Southern diesel 1-co-co-1 No 10201
Southern Schools class GA and frames
GNR 0-6-2 tank GA and end views
Gauge 1 piston valve inside cylinder (steel)
Austerity 2-8-0
Rebuilt Royal Scott GA and frames.
Great western slide valve cylinders
Rebuilt Royal Scott, GA and frames Steel redrawing
Standard BR tender
Standard LNWR tender 1903
Gauge one standards for locos, rollingstock and track etc (Greenly original )
Gauge one standards for locos, rollingstock and track etc (Steel redrawing)
Three span concrete viaduct (Steel)

Traction engine
Model Engineer Traction Engine 1" scale *4*
Model Engineer Traction Engine 1" scale *5*
English Mechanics traction engine 1 1/4" scale *7*
Greenly under type *10*
Admiralty compound vertical engine *4*
Twin cylinder high speed vertical engine
1/4 h.p. compound vertical engine (Steel redrawing)
Single cylinder vertical launch engine *7*
Twin cylinder speed boat engine
Single speed boat engine
3 cylinder paddle engine



Roger Marsh Drawings
Quarry Hunslet, 4” scale 7 ¼” gauge *24*

Sundry Greenly
Two stroke petrol engine 2 1/4" bore 2 3/4" stroke *5*
LBSC 0-4-2 tender engine "Gladstone", approx gauge 1, dimensioned full size. (early Greenly drawing)
Beyer Garratt, Goodrington Sands Rly 7 ¼” gauge. ¼ full size (steel)
General arrangement, LNER pacific 9 ½” gauge ¼ full size.

*= how many drawings in a set!

NEW ITEMS ADDED 28th April 2009

This will give some insight in to the complications of archiving this extensive set of drawings, in the fifty odd years since the design work was finished there are inevitably some gaps in the drawing sets. No doubt model engineers somewhere have sets that may fill the missing sheets, for the sake of completion of this important archive I would ask enthusiasts to have rummage through their drawing sets to see if they can find the following items:

In 7 ¼” gauge;
RS 29, from the Royal Scott
LL 707 and LL711 from the 2-2-2 Lady of the lake
MRC 10 and MRC 11 from the Midland compound 4-4-0.
BL 103,113, 115, 122, 123, 125, 128, 132, and 147 from the Bullied Pacific.
SC2 from the Southern Schools
AH 3, AH 18 and AH 22 from the American 4-8-4
H 565/4, H 565/5, H565/10 and H 565/11 from the Great Central 4-6-0 Immingham
BP 14, 17, 19, 21, 22, 25 from the Garrett.

In 5” Gauge
AU 7 from the austerity 2-8-0

In 3 ½”Gauge
GN 2 and possibly GN 4 from the “industrious” saddle tank.
(This is not the same as the GN series drawings for the LNER pacific.)
Drawing 680/1, freelance pacific.

There are a number of designs with just a GA and end elevations, I would be interested to hear if any one has more build details on the following engines.
Caledonian 4-4-0, LSWR 4-6-0, Southern West Country, LNWR 2-2-2 Cornwall,
London Tilbury and Southend 4-4-2 tank, Midland compound 4-4-0,
2-8-2 freelance freight engine, GWR Great Bear 4-6-2.

All the 2 ½” engines are GA only though there are odd cylinder drawings as well.

The Model Engineer traction engine only has a modified sheet three (gearing) though this one should be easy to find as it was published in the ME in 1935.

At the other end of the scale the 15” Ravenglass and Eskdale 2-8-2 is an incomplete set of only eighteen drawings while the 15” three cylinder LNER Pacific has over fifty. Though this pacific also lacks a general arrangement drawing.

As you can see from the above this is a complicated subject! There is inconsistency in the drawing numbers particularly with the Steel drawings. Some of these drawings may have never existed or may be just very small details.

The early drawings in particular are a work of art in their own right and would look good framed on the wall rather than being used on the workbench. To this end we anticipate offering reduced size prints of the more visually appealing drawings in addition to the normal full size prints.