The CK Holliday Plans set

I’m very please to announce the result of the CKH model you’ve seen me built on this blog: The CK Holliday Plans set!

From the site:

Now you can own the most comprehensive set of plans to one of the most famous landmarks in the Walt Disney Kingdom: the Disneyland Railroad Steam Locomotive Engine No. 1: CK Holliday.

Intended for detail-obsessed fans and model makers, the CK Holliday Study Plans are the ultimate tool for skilled modelers wishing to build an accurate model of the engine, and for any fans of Disneyland Railroad and steam locomotives wishing to take a closer look at the engine.

They are suitable for any modeler striving to achieve the perfect look and proportions of the Holliday engine, whether on a ridable live steamer or a museum-quality display model. Over 90 pages of high quality drawings will guide the reader to make and place every component with precision, right down to the very last cotter pin.

Railheads and fans of the Disneyland Railroad can also use the plans to study the inner mechanisms to see exactly how this iconic steam engine lives and breathes. Accompanying text guides the reader through each part of the engine, with description of its function and how it works.

The plans set will be available to purchase soon.

ckhollidayplans.com

re: mystery

Steve D has posted the answer to the set of mystery pictures on Burnsland. You can read it here. Meanwhile, I am making small adjustments here and there on my Holliday model.

Here’s the speedometer conduit wiring (highlighted blue). The junction box under the right running board “plugs” into the tender.

I also changed out the try-cock funnel into a more traditional funnel shape, and extended the boiler jacket down to the oil can shelf.

Here’s just one of the many subtle details: the curved cylinder cover:

43: speedometer

The Holliday’s speedometer is mounted above the engineer’s left side on a ball and pocket swivel. This allows the gauge to be adjusted for comfortable reading. The gauge shows the train’s speed measured in feet per second, and the speed is read from the last car in the train (which means the speedometer can’t be used to detect wheel slips when pulling out of the station).

the drr ck holliday cab interior

Still busy with the secret second phase of the project! So here’s a nice wallpaper of the Holliday’s business end: the cab space.

I decided to show this with the natural wood color. Looks quite different from the Holliday you know, doesn’t it?

Ready to take in all the details? Can you identify all the pipes and valves? Then go grab your CK Holliday Cab Wallpaper!

cut-through engine

Today I’m showing what certainly is my favorite result from the engine model: the partially cut through view of the engine. It shows the internal build and mechanisms inside the CK Holliday. Let’s take a look at it below, and at the end, I’ll link the pictures in large format that are suitable for wallpaper.

Because the engine is completely mechanically correct, the model can be “sliced” across to show its inside with all the components intact. It’s like having a giant saw to cut the engine in half. Here, I cut the top half of the engine through the boiler, and the bottom half through the cylinder.

Here’s the steam dome section, showing the dry pipe rising in the dome, the throttle valve link or crank, the header pipe at the rear, and even the dome covering.

One of the most intriguing part of the engine is the cylinder and piston. With the cylinder sliced open, the numerous and once hidden steam and exhaust passages can be closely examine. See also the valve slide in the steam chest, and the piston and piston rod. Note the brass valve stem packing at the rear of the steam chest. And again, the section also shows how the decorative coverings work.

At the rear, the stay bolts are visible, and show how they suspend the firebox in the boiler. The throttle rod can be seen just above the firebox’s crown sheet, along with the header pipe’s “root” in the boiler. Just below the throttle link at the back of the boiler is the brass washout plug.

I think the cut-through model really shows off what a beautifully simple, yet intrigate, machine she is. It is of course also educational, for both the steam expert and novice, because it really is the best way to see and appreciate what’s underneath all that brass and bright colors.

Ready to examine the engine yourself? Just follow this link to the picture set, and you can even select the picture closest to your desktop size and set it as your wallpaper. But be careful, you might end up looking at it all day and not get any work done.

I hope this model help you gain further insight and appreciation for the CK Holliday.

The CK Holliday Cut-Through Engine Model.

42: the builder’s plate

This is the last construction update. The model has now received all the parts that its 1955 counterpart had, so the model is finished.

The last piece to go on is of course the builder’s plate. The builder’s plate can be found on everything from ships, to planes, and spacecrafts. It usually contains the builder’s name or company, the place of construction, the date, and serial number. Quite accurately, it’s very much like a machinery’s “birth certificate”.

There are no rules for the builder’s plate so information varies from plate to plate. On the DRR’s twins the plates were merely part number stamping. Each plate is found on respective engine’s backhead.

Around the park’s 50th anniversary the engines finally receive proper builder’s plate. They were designed by Michael Broggie Michael Campbell to reflect each engine’s style and period. Read more about this at MiceChat.

The markings are very simple. They read:

  • National Boiler registration number (for the CK Holliday, it’s NB 642, [year] 1954).
  • Working Pressure: 200[psi]
  • ???: 213[psi]
  • Disney’s serial number: 12554-55

So there it is, the last piece of the engine. In total, there are over 3500 parts on the engine, with 676 unique parts.

But this is not the end of the blog. There will be more updates to come!