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26D_Ms letzte Aktivitäten

  1. 26D_M gefällt Nigel Days Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing.

    Below is a file which will tell you you the answers to most of the questions on this thread

    30 Juli 2026 um 09:16

  2. 26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Oil Firing.

    Considering disposal at the end of a shift, with a conventional coal fired loco it would be typical to break the fire up but leave it in the firebox to gradually burn down, thus slowing the cooling and contraction process down. Is there an...

    30 Juli 2026 um 08:43

  3. 26D_M gefällt LMS2968s Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing.

    No. Steel boxes were a rarity on Britain anyway and going to oil fuel was made on standard copper boxes. As I've pointed out previously, the copper boxes in the Middle East 8Fs weren't worried by oil firing. I don't know if the GWR ever used...

    29 Juli 2026 um 21:22

  4. 26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Oil Firing.

    Did the oil burning Halls and 28xx have steel boxes back in the day?

    29 Juli 2026 um 19:48

  5. 26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Oil Firing.

    So possibility of using 2873's boiler as an oil fire conversion if it has no planned usage? I don't know how much work there would be adapting 4965's boiler nor how easy to revert to coal fired. Then there's the tender fuel bunker to adapt. 4965...

    29 Juli 2026 um 18:48

  6. 26D_M gefällt bristolians Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing.

    The extension frames and cylinders from 4942 are now being fitted to 5967.

    29 Juli 2026 um 18:39

  7. 26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Oil Firing.

    I've lost track but is there a boiler from a 28xx/Hall and some Hall cylinders spare from one of the "repurposed" ex Barry locos? Maybe worth considering rather than altering those currently on RAH? Mention of the Turkish 8fs fitted with steel...

    29 Juli 2026 um 14:11

  8. 26D_M gefällt acorbs Beitrag in dem Thema Vintage Trains 2026.

    Usually only if necessary...but the reasons it is necessary seem to get longer by the day - that is the reality of mainline steam. Without wishing to reopen a well worn can of worms, chatting to footplate staff on the Clun Castle trip to...

    29 Juli 2026 um 09:02

  9. 26D_M antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Which is a deception by omission.

    28 Juli 2026 um 19:35
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