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    Flying Scotsman

    Sentinel main-line locos like the LNER Y1 and Y3 have an engine driven pump plus an injector, the post-war industrial ones have a Weir pump and...
    Post by: Eightpot, Sep 25, 2022 at 11:07 AM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Flying Scotsman

    Wasn't a Black 5 painted in LNER Apple Green one of the locos exhibited for the 'Powers That Be' to inspect amongst other liveries, to decide on...
    Post by: Eightpot, Sep 24, 2022 at 5:15 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Piston and valve rings.

    The lubricants themselves may be part of the problem. Around 1970 we had cause to take the cylinder covers off on a Sentinel DG waggon only to...
    Post by: Eightpot, Sep 20, 2022 at 10:01 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Piston and valve rings.

    I read somewhere that such rings lasted 20 to 30 times longer in IC engines than those in steam powered ones. On the face of it, it would suggest...
    Thread by: Eightpot, Sep 18, 2022, 33 replies, in forum: Steam Traction