Based on a design proposal made in the late 1950s by staff members of the then Loughborough Training College - and a panel of Instructors and Organisers -  the 5.125" x 14" Raglan training lathe utilised the same bed section, saddle, apron (less the screwcutting mechanism) tailstock and compound-slide assembly (though unfortunately with different feed screws and nuts) as the company's well-established "Little John" model. The 1.031" bore (7/8" capacity) No. 3 Morse taper spindle ran in Timken taper roller bearings and was driven by a 1/2 hp single or 3-phase motor (externally-mounted beneath the headstock on early versions, enclosed on later) through a 3-step flat belt pulley to give speeds of  125, 350 and 600 rpm. As an option (though rarely fitted) a 2-speed 3-phase motor was also available that provided a much more useful set of speeds: 125, 250, 350, 600, 700 and 1200 rpm.
Like the Little John and later 5-inch models, it was a very rigid lathe with the headstock and bed cast as one; unfortunately, its limited speed range and hand-feed-only design, meant that it was unsuitable for all but the simplest of model and experimental-engineering work. Although intended as an inexpensive training lathe it was, like all other Raglan products, sold at a premium price: for example, in 1965 it was listed at £119 : 10 : 0d., a sum only a little less than the £128 : 8 : 0d asked for a backgeared and screwcutting Myford ML7 fitted out to the same specification with motor, switchgear, stand and chip tray.
Although offered primarily as a training lathe, another version was marketed as a second-operation machine for production work. This model had a lever-operated Burnerd "Multi-size" collet closer, a cross-slide with both  4-way and rear toolposts, a 4-position carriage stop and the option of a bed-mounted 6-station capstan head and a rack-operated cross-slide cut-off unit (with its own saddle and bed fittings). The cross-slide was equipped with a rotating multi stop - adapted from the one used on the full-specification  Little John and "5-inch" capstan lathes. Fitted as standard, a 1 h.p. motor 3-phase motor gave three speeds of 300, 750 and 1200 r.p.m. This rare version was advertised in two forms: Standard and Special -  though a close reading of the specification reveals no differences between them - the "changes" probably just being in the copywriing semantics  The machine was expensive: at more than twice the price of the ordinary version it cost, in 1966 (with motor, switchgear and collet chuck--but no collets) between £266 and £316. The 6-station turret unit was an extra £81 : 5s : 0d and coolant £27 : 6s : 0d.
In all its forms the "Loughborough" was 37-inches long, 18-inches wide, weighed approximately 225 lbs and was manufactured until the early 1970s.