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    The 'Ghost' A3 Salmon Trout

    Not sure what the "database" is but this is the info given in Yeadon also.
    Post by: huochemi, Jan 26, 2023 at 3:59 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    SECR Locos

    Thanks. I see that several of the Bradley series have been updated.
    Post by: huochemi, Jan 22, 2023 at 10:29 AM in forum: Pre Grouping (pre 1923),
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    SECR Locos

    Thank you. The RCTS/Bradley SER book I have (published 1963) only runs to 124 pages. On p.85 it says that 65 had an LCDR M2 tender from September...
    Post by: huochemi, Jan 21, 2023 at 8:13 PM in forum: Pre Grouping (pre 1923),
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    SECR Locos

    Is this the Bluebell's loco? It seems to have a non-standard tender, possibly from an LCDR M2 like O1 No 373 shown in Fig.42 of Locomotives of the...
    Thread by: huochemi, Jan 19, 2023, 4 replies, in forum: Pre Grouping (pre 1923),
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    The paper is essentially about counter pressure brake testing of a B17 using an old NER 4-6-0, partly dealing with the details and benefits of...
    Post by: huochemi, Jan 18, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Re payment fees, if you look up a standard website payment plug-in such as Stripe (and I doubt it is practical to create one's own payment app,...
    Post by: huochemi, Jan 13, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    There are two cross-shafts whose motions are combined, the one driven from the combination lever on the other side is obscured underneath the...
    Post by: huochemi, Jan 11, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    This is an image of the gear on what looks like an accurate model of Victorian Railways H220 "Heavy Harry" (not my image). It is difficult to get...
    Post by: huochemi, Jan 11, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    Sure (but not tonight).
    Post by: huochemi, Jan 7, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    Holcroft's 1918 paper has such a diagram. What is the title of Gresley's paper? There is also a diagram in a contemporary Locomotive Magazine. I...
    Post by: huochemi, Jan 7, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    The attached page is from Gresley's 1925 paper to the ILocoE on 3 cylinder Locos. Perhaps not surprisingly, Gresley claimed them to be better at...
    Post by: huochemi, Jan 7, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Articulated Steam Locomotives of North America

    OK, thanks. The indicator diagrams become less plump with speed whatever the loco of course. Your point is of the same ilk as that which Tester...
    Post by: huochemi, Jan 6, 2023 in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways
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    Articulated Steam Locomotives of North America

    Sorry for being a bit thick but can you explain your comment? I am not sure what the OP is getting at with the expression "valve event timing". As...
    Post by: huochemi, Jan 6, 2023 in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways