It's all nonsense. The 92220 we have now is the same one that was outshopped from Swindon in 1960. The boiler is the same one that it was...
I don't think it is fair to say its all down to one person. Maybe he is responsible for the standard of work, and also the same on Flying...
The reason given was that they didn't need/want a merchant navy on the line, and the restoration was taking a long time. However it wasn't taking...
35025 had a largely complete kit of parts when it was at Loughborough. The main item requiring work was the boiler, although there were question...
Yikes!!! Some people on here seem to have some very strange ideas about engineering. What do you think the ride would be like with a wobbly...
Not long ago I heard that one of the owners had been in an accident and ended up in hospital.
I recall someone telling me that Scotsmans driving wheels were stored in an outbuilding during the overhaul at Southall under Tony Marchington's...
35023 also worked down to Weymouth on the 8:30 from Waterloo on 8/7/1967. 35030 worked all the way from Weymouth to Waterloo on 9/7/1967.
Viewed from a distance, he doesn't seem to be the only one. Rather ironically it appears that Martello came within both timescale and budget.
I can't speak for Steve, but I would say not. it's a basic principle that you can't allow such a situation to occur. Inspections and auditing has...
I think you've just illustrated that staged inspections, such as was the case before BR was privatised, have to be independant. Or at the very...
Any flame war seems to be coming from your direction as far as I can see. The earlier parts of this thread are quite enlightening. You and a...
Maybe they weren't impressed because he was probably correct. Seems a logical reason for the valves wearing out so quickly. I haven't seen the...
The project manager who started the overhaul was pushed out and the volunteer force with him, so that the project could be farmed out to Southall....
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