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    The Elephant in the room...

    Scottish coal was £149 per ton, the Russian is £199 per ton.
    Post by: blandford1969, Dec 12, 2013 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Reducing costs while preserving safety - can it be done?

    I personally don't think there is any easy answer, and these are my personal opinions . There might be a bit of a difference hear between what is...
    Post by: blandford1969, Sep 25, 2013 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Valve fitted on large GW frieght engines to moderate the application of the brake

    That would certainly make sense as it came straight out of BR traffic and has not been used since. Does anyone know of any fitted on engines that...
    Post by: blandford1969, Jul 8, 2013 in forum: Locomotive M.I.C.
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    Valve fitted on large GW frieght engines to moderate the application of the brake

    Thanks, the valve on 2857 was removed in the 1980s. It seams logical that on vacuum fitted trains, which is of course what most engines now work...
    Post by: blandford1969, Jul 6, 2013 in forum: Locomotive M.I.C.
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    Valve fitted on large GW frieght engines to moderate the application of the brake

    Hi All, Another question on GW brakes. Mathers wrote in the vacuum brake that the large engines 28/38/52 and 72xxs were fitted with a valve to...
    Thread by: blandford1969, Jul 5, 2013, 5 replies, in forum: Locomotive M.I.C.
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    Ejector fitted to GW ROD engines

    That is really helpfull Jim as it suggests they were fitted with the combined brake, with automatic attachments, but that a separate reservoir...
    Post by: blandford1969, Jul 4, 2013 in forum: Locomotive M.I.C.
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    Ejector fitted to GW ROD engines

    Thanks for your message Jim, I did not know they were steam braked only. Do you know what type of brake valve was fitted on them as there must...
    Post by: blandford1969, Jul 3, 2013 in forum: Locomotive M.I.C.
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    Ejector fitted to GW ROD engines

    Hi all, Would anyone know what type of ejector was fitted on the ROD 2-8-0s that were bought by the GW after WW1, was it a Dreadnought (if so...
    Thread by: blandford1969, Jul 1, 2013, 4 replies, in forum: Locomotive M.I.C.
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    Small ejectors fitted to 56 and 66xx tanks

    Thanks for that, I had forgotten that one had not gone through Barry. Looking at some photos of the cab of 6697...
    Post by: blandford1969, Jun 10, 2013 in forum: Locomotive M.I.C.
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    Small ejectors fitted to 56 and 66xx tanks

    Afternoon all, In my continuing research into the GW brake I am now looking at the small ejector the GW fitted. As you may know it is fitted on...
    Thread by: blandford1969, Jun 7, 2013, 3 replies, in forum: Locomotive M.I.C.
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    Ejector for motor fitted Great Western engines -

    As an update on this I have found pictures showing the mogul at Didcot fitted with the combined ejector (without automatic attachment) being a...
    Post by: blandford1969, May 18, 2013 in forum: Locomotive M.I.C.
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    Ejector for motor fitted Great Western engines -

    The scan came from a 1940 publication on Great Western brakes. There are other things which are now long gone such as the combined ejector as...
    Post by: blandford1969, May 15, 2013 in forum: Locomotive M.I.C.