I think 31/57 is actually 8295. 8245 never existed at that time; it was the last in the gap 8226-8245. They were built to WD orders in 1940 and...
A nice idea and I'd certainly love to see it. As you say, certainly not non-stop and possibly over a few days there and back?
There are two unbreakable rules on Nat Pres: 1) If the owner wishes to paint his engine in any livery he chooses, no matter how fictitious,...
That's a pretty long piece of string you're asking about. Generally, there are too many variables, even between locos intended to perform similar...
Good to see an old friend making a recovery. Well done, lads!
I don't know if it's universal but we still have the ability to press out a tubeplate. This is 2968's prior to fitting, taken 3 August 2017 and 6...
The locals weren't part of running-in turns but part of a normal diagram. In those days, Crewe North's turntable was only 60ft diameter and too...
Yes, it was finished.
The WDs were not suited to passenger duty. They pulled and steamed well enough, but there was no balancing of the reciprocating masses so once...
I hate to disappoint you, Cartman, but while I had heard of this I knew only vague details. I've had a look in Essery and Jenkinson's 'Illustrated...
Johnb, don't believe everything Ahrons said, or a lot of other people, for that matter. If the driver did his job right, no steam would reach the...
Loading gauge was certainly part of it, but another consideration was the problem in starting the train with a single high pressure cylinder. It...
Yes, some were, but they could still work fitted trains - that's why they had the ejector. The first sixe had no vacuum equipment originally but...
Theoretically, only starred engines would be diagrammed to passenger work but I suspect that in times of crisis, if it would roll, it would go....
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