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Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by KentYeti, Aug 24, 2010.

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  1. Sir Nigel Gresley

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    Check out the Polski ones
    here!
     
    Sir Nigel Gresley, Jan 26, 2011
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  2. Victor

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    That's my blood pressure c ocked up for the day. I'll take 2,............gift wrapped.
     
    Victor, Jan 27, 2011
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  3. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    Why else do you think all of us keep going back to Wolsztyn at least once a year...

    I thought you said you were past that sort of thing Victor??
     
    RalphW, Jan 27, 2011
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  4. Enterprise

    Enterprise Part of the furniture

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    Or travelling on RTC excursions?
     
    Enterprise, Jan 27, 2011
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    Take care, remember the Sky pundits!

    Regards
     
    Orion, Jan 27, 2011
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    *pedant mode engaged* Do Polish serving wenches count as BSWs? ;)
     
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  7. Victor

    Victor Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    Who cares? they'll do in an emergency. :madgrin: :nod:
     
    Victor, Jan 27, 2011
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  8. Bulleid Pacific

    Bulleid Pacific Part of the furniture

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    A typical comment from an afficionado of a company that added far too much air-conditioning to their footplates, cornered the global market in Brasso and tried to hide the fact that a certain Mr. F. Hawksworth had the inspired belief that 'if a 280psi boiler is good enough for Bulleid, then its good enough for the GWR' ;)! I laughed so much when I read this that my 'air-smoothed' casing almost fell off...
     
    Bulleid Pacific, Jan 27, 2011
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  9. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    I notice it's called 'air smoothed casing' and not streamlining??

    On consideration you could be contravening the trades discription act with 'streamlining'...
     
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  10. Pete Thornhill

    Pete Thornhill Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Administrator Moderator Friend

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    See then you would of had to change your user name to Re-built Bulleid Pacific!!!
     
    Pete Thornhill, Jan 27, 2011
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  11. Spamcan81

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    Bullied? Grrrrr.
     
    Spamcan81, Jan 27, 2011
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  12. Bulleid Pacific

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    Ahh, but its not streamlining, as it has a flat front, so er-go its casing ;) ! I suppose that could make me either a rebuilt, or an unrebuilt under overhaul at Eastleigh. I prefer the latter!
     
    Bulleid Pacific, Jan 27, 2011
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  13. Bulleid Pacific

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    I suppose my user name would be 'Bullied' Pacific (error retained advisedly, Spamcan!) if the GWR chaps had their way...
     
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  14. Pete Thornhill

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    I've edited it just for you!!!!
     
    Pete Thornhill, Jan 27, 2011
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  15. gwr4090

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    There speaks a man who obviously hasn't suffered from the unpleasantly hot environment of a Bulleid cab in the summer months !
     
    gwr4090, Jan 27, 2011
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  16. Stewie Griffin

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    [pedant mode on]

    They're not unrebuilt, they're original! How do you unrebuild something? ;-)

    [pedant mode off]
     
    Stewie Griffin, Jan 27, 2011
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    Spoken by a man who has obviously never been in the cab of a Manor going tender first in the winter. :)
     
    Spamcan81, Jan 27, 2011
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  18. Steamage

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    Fine though all this witty banter is, does anyone have any information they can share about Tangmere's return to duty? I would expect a mainline test run sometime between now and 12th Feb. Has anything popped up in the local notices or time-table supliments yet? There was a rumour it would be this week, but that rumour clearly had no basis in fact.

    IIRC, the "air-smoothed casing" was designed to allow the locos to use the same "car wash" as EMUs and coaching stock. I've never actually seen a Spamcan being cleaned this way, though I did video Tangmere passing through the carriage washer at Littlehampton station a few years ago, to get to the coal lorry!
     
    Steamage, Jan 27, 2011
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  19. Steve from GWR

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    Well at least it means (phew!!) that the thread is now discussing Tangmere and serving wenches and not other side issues :)
     
    Steve from GWR, Jan 27, 2011
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  20. gwr4090

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    Wrong, I have ! No real problem, although I reckon a Dean Goods tender first might be a bit more of a challenge (I never did that !). But generally it is lot easier to keep warm in winter on a GWR engine than cool in summer on a Bullleid pacific - and I'm told that Gresley pacifics can be uncomfortable at times too.
     
    gwr4090, Jan 28, 2011
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