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Moel Tryfan Vs Taliesin

Discussion in 'Narrow Gauge Railways' started by Eagle1711, Oct 6, 2011.

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  1. talyllyn1

    talyllyn1 Member

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    I'm struggling to understand why you would think that?
    The original Moel Tryfan ran for years without attempting to straighten out any curves - why?
    Because it was an articulated Fairlie design like the FRs Taliesin!
     
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  2. Eagle1711

    Eagle1711 Well-Known Member

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    Did moel tyfans power bogie swivel or was it just the rear bogie?

    What other parts survive like dials, gauges parts etc ?

    1) 2x Rear wheel sets which are now on Linda and Blanche

    2) An air receiver tank

    3) The rear bogie frame

    4) a side sheet off one of the side tanks
     
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    MT, Snowdon Ranger and Gowrie's power bogies all swivelled. If they hadn't, they wouldn't have been Fairlies.
     
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  4. Eagle1711

    Eagle1711 Well-Known Member

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    I guess that beddgelert was a ridged type of frame rather than a swiveller lol
     
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    It's been suggested that the handbrake stanchion used on Tal may have come off MT/SR.
    Yeeeeah!
     
    SillyBilly, Oct 24, 2011
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  6. Eagle1711

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    Very Interesting......

    Ive seen a picture in one of the books which shows the last picture of Moel Tryfan at harbour station during its cutting up, must of been a sad sight to be there and see its. did its cab and water tanks get scrapped at the same time as the boiler, frames and wheels
     
    Eagle1711, Oct 25, 2011
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  7. SillyBilly

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    Dobut it because it was all in aid of restoring the Ffestiniog Railway, and they were probably really excited by that.
     
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    Do you mean the picture with about five or six excited local kids hitching a ride on The Simplex as it shunts the chassis and and boiler?
     
    Andy_Elms, Oct 26, 2011
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    I think that's the one but I can't remember which book it's it, I will have to have a route through the library at my local model railway club.
     
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