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It would be fun to hear arguments pro et contra. Fowler had made a paper ( Solid cranks are not dead dogs ) or something like that Germany made...
Big marine crankshafts can be made in fewer parts. A forged and finish machined throw and two main journals stubs shrunk in place. Three finish...
Interesting. I seem to remember pictures of a P2 crank and that was definately buiilt up and constructed mid thirties I think.
Out of interst. What is reason that it cannot be made of the kind of steel used for built-up crankshafts in big two stroke marine engines?
A1 boilers had 2461 square feet evaporative on water side and that was more or less 2215 on fireside or ca 238 square meter. Grate area before...
It will make interesting reading to read if not to hot. The wide steel firebox with forged and welded foundation ring erzatz ,was a tested way to...
Let us call them Alfa,Bravo and Charly
Cut the rear end of,put a GWR boiler on,(they were OK?) and see it as a training for making worlds best 4-8-0 out of the P2 project Can hardly...
How much further clearance is needed? By the way many fast GWR and LMS locomotive had 36 inch front boggie wheels. The rearmost driver do not do...
It is not realistic to put smaller wheels (P2) on Tornado ,but most UK express locomotives got front bogie wheels of 38 inch/960mm or greater. The...
Thomson retired end of june 1946. Took me some time to find,sorry. My impression after reading Tim Hillier Graves description of Thompson did not...
Did Thomson aprove the 126mph claim?
Is there somewhere a published accident report?
Pure nonsense and can only be explained by age. Holcroft in Locomotive Adventure makes the same when explaining why 05002 was more important than...
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