HUGH JART 2007 GALLERIES: GALLERY 1                        LAST UPDATED 24/2/09

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Jan - May '07                Jun '07                Jul '07                 Aug '07                Sep - Dec '07

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* PORTERBROOKS POTABLE ENGINE *   -  A National Railway Museum Commission

The brief was to design and build a futuristic train for exhibition and use as an educational

toolbox in & around the museum. The train would then be used for their outreach projects.

It also had to be easily moved by only two people and fit in the back of a transit van.       

PPE - March 2007

The Design -  We ran a series of workshops with one Y6 class of children from Lakeside  

Primary School. We looked at train designs and concepts from past to present & beyond.  

We also visited the National Railway Museum to look at their trains.

Then the children formed design groups where they put ideas down on paper

and went on to build models.  

The children's designs and models.

PPE - April 2007

Taking inspiration from the children's work Hugh Jart built scale models of the final design.

PPE - May 2007

The Build (the concept) -                                                                                      

We designed the actual train to be as large as possible but still able to fit in a transit van.

  The idea was to split the train down the middle, front to back, creating 2 symetrical halfs.  

Each half could be managed by just 2 people & fit inside most vans & single doorways.     

The two halfs could be locked together for exhibition & transportation purposes.

The two halfs could also be opened for access to toolbox etc

The Build (prototype) -                                                                                      

PPE - June & July 2007

The Build -                                                                                                       

The Load Up -                                                                                                   

The Launch - Tues 17th July 2007 - National Railway Museum, York                       

What's that under the blanket............................................................Danger Mouse?

No it's............"VELOCITY".............named by the Y6 children of Lakeside Primary School

With the help from the poet, Ian McMillan, the children created a poem about the train. 

Velocity uncovered in front of the Press for a BBC News feature.  Click image to see clip

VELOCITY - Train of the Future