Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present

The other possibility could be it's 34073 ready to go onto Bodmin. 34073s boiler came off the frames years ago and would certainly speed Bodmins overhaul up having a prepared boiler.


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not bodmin, it will need a full mechanical overhaul, at the least axleboxes remetalling i wouls say more than likely for tangmere , assuming the bottom end is good .

 

Will have to wait and see what happens.


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But when did that stop idle speculation on here?!

 

Spamcan may correct me, but I understand she will be thru piped with a brake valve in the cab so she can run with the continental stock with another loco supplying air. Santa specials run top and tailed with a class 14 and 7 continental coaches.

 

That's very true

Off to Canadian Pacific tomorrow so will be getting my Bulleid fix

 

That's an idea that will never catch on.

 

That's just how we're going about it. Same arrangement as when we did the Santas first time round. It's a clever bit of kit, when the driver applies the brake the valve sorts out the steam, vacuum and air braking to the relevant parts of the train.

 

Just finished a drive and fire on 34027 at the SLL shareholders week on the SVR. Suffice to say, my firing was rather poor, but it still produced steam for my fellow shareholder driver - eventually!

Driving (and stopping) proved reasonably easy, although it was all due to excellent advice (and patience) from the duty SVR crew member.

As my previous attempt was on Rocket, it was very much a different experience, and I'll need to work on my 'firehole fling'. It would also help if a lorry hadn't overturned on the M6, which ensured my journey from York almost resulted in me missing my trip.

Thanks go to all concerned on the SVR and with SLL.

 

If money can be raised and Ian Riley can have some involvement based on where 34092 is located right now I think she would be a winner. Especially with the class 7 shortage we have now. That's just my 2 cents though.

 

As we're on about flat tops, I've been going through the back catalogue piecemeal. and recently re-did this one of 34007 - OK, not mainline, but.........................

https://www.flickr.com/photos/duty_druid/29733050060/

 

Mate that is superb, is there any chance I could use that on my Instagram page? I don't have many followers, would I be ok to use it?

 

Generally speaking, not sure mainline holds the same attraction these days for owners of locos that can earn a crust off the network.
Agree it would be a shame if 34067 was the last of its type to work on the mainline.

 

Fine by me Matt, BTW wots instathingy?...........

 

A way of winding up She who must be obeyed! Joking aside mate instagram's a good way of sharing photos, I love keeping up with how my little niece is growing up

 

Post a link to it on here then, so as I can have a shufty, like...... of mine, not your niece!

 

Wasn't there some talk a while back that Mr Hosking would like to buy a flat top?

 

He most certainly would like a flat top in his collection. He made an offer for at least one that I know of.