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Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by JFlambo, Mar 9, 2015.

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  1. Jamessquared

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    For the avoidance of doubt, I didn't save it - it was saved!

    Tom
     
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  2. Martin Perry

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    LSWR T1 boiler at Bitton
    GNR Large Atlantic Boiler (x2) - 1 at Bluebell Rly for 'Beachy Head' Atlantic recreation, other one scrapped at Brightlingsea during 1980s.
    LMS 3F (?) Boiler - to Mangapps farm, since moved on?
     
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  3. PolSteam

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    3f boiler?
     
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    i'd heard a rumour it was to receive new tubeplates and be incorporated in an Aspinall class 28 recreation
     
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    Should have rebuilt my favorite Triang loco the 3f 0-6-0 tender engine.
     
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    Having seen it at Mangapps, I doubt it was off a Jinty. In the end, didn't people decide that it was a M&GN boiler?
     
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  8. Martin Perry

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    It's identity seems to have been uncertain, perhaps

    @flaman

    Could advise?
     
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  11. Jimc

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    Does M7 No. 30053 qualify?

    Have heard that the bunker had already been scrapped when the Americans rang to save her?
     
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  13. JFlambo

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    Thanks for everybody's contribution to this thread. Makes a great read.
     
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  14. Hurricane

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    With 71000 didn't one of the cylinders end up in the science museum?
     
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    Yep, and and all the motion.
     
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    That was the only bit deemed worth saving wasn't it? o_O
     
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    As I recall, they took everything, and left the frames, wheels, and boiler. Why they never actually preserved the engine. was probably down to money and space in Kensington. I used to love the coal mine they used to have there. Last time I went there with the kids, it had gone all high tech, and the historical stuff was behind glass. It used to be very different. I bet the 1940's house in the IWM has gone too. :)
     
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    And the other one whipped off and scrapped for balance?
     
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  19. GWR4707

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    So what are you saying Tyseley are telling fibs that it's 4965?
     
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    It was the Derby G6 boiler from M&GN class D 4-4-0 No.50, which was scrapped at Stratford in 1945. The smokebox is from a GER J15, F5 or similar and is presumed to have been fitted to the boiler when it was sold by the LNER for re-use at the timber factory. The chimney shown in the photo is from an 8F and was placed on the smokebox as being a more suitable storage place than sat on the ground! The smokebox is now cosmetically restored and is on display in the museum at Mangapps. It is now fitted with the chimney from (wait for it)..... a GWR pannier tank:eek:
     
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