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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    If that was the case with Pacfics able to do the job, one is just left wondering as to who, and with what justification, managed to get the order...
    Post by: Eightpot, Oct 20, 2021 at 4:40 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    Part of the low mileage problem was that the P2s were confined to a section of line only 130 miles long, and at times only worked to the roughly...
    Post by: Eightpot, Oct 20, 2021 at 1:43 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    Just taking the last paragraph. The GA drawing for 2001 shows that the clearances for side play on the coupled axles are pretty well minimal. To...
    Post by: Eightpot, Oct 20, 2021 at 1:30 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Edward Thompson: Wartime C.M.E. Discussion 2012 - 2021

    Wasn't the idea behind the P2s to eliminate double-heading on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen route?
    Post by: Eightpot, Oct 15, 2021 at 11:11 AM in forum: Steam Traction