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    Oil Firing

    Actually it started from a perfectly reasonable concern. Someone on the GWR questioned the logic of hauling many tons of coal down to Devon and...
    Post by: Hunslet589, Jul 30, 2026 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    GWR 4-4-0s were indeed daily visitors to the Southampton area - usually on trains into Southampton Terminus. There was a daily early evening...
    Post by: Hunslet589, Feb 28, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    Not really.... Swindon started a seemingly low priority program in the mid 30s of moving the top lamp iron from the top of the smokebox to one...
    Post by: Hunslet589, Sep 28, 2024 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    6880 Betton Grange

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    Post by: Hunslet589, Apr 11, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    FR & WHR & WHHR News

    For those intending to travel this weekend... https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=648019384030561&id=100064675154632
    Post by: Hunslet589, Jun 21, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Alternative High Speed Steam?

    There was no dynamometer involved as this was not in any way an official speed attempt. True, it wasn't a normal service train but not something...
    Post by: Hunslet589, Apr 12, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    LSWR T3 563

    I think our perceptions of normal loadings around that period are often at variance with reality. The Southern was never considered a "heavy...
    Post by: Hunslet589, Apr 6, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    Useful historical details on marine style boilers here : [MEDIA]
    Post by: Hunslet589, Feb 21, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Locomotive Performance and Tractive Effort Discussion

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    Post by: Hunslet589, Dec 9, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction