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    NER class G5 no 1759

    Hello first can I say that though I am a member of the Friends of the G5 Group, Iam not actively involved with the loco. Also I have only been to...
    Post by: maitland, Feb 25, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    NER class G5 no 1759

    The latest Friends of the G5 newsletter reports the test fitting of the cylinder blocks between the frames. Also an order has been placed with...
    Thread by: maitland, Sep 27, 2014, 8 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    NELPG P3/J27

    News in the February NELPG News that the contract to overhaul the boiler has been awarded. The contract will be split between LNWR Crewe who will...
    Post by: maitland, Feb 25, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    NELPG P3/J27

    The latest NELPG News reports the new cylinder block has been fitted to the frames & work continues on the tender. A boiler inspection earlier...
    Post by: maitland, Dec 15, 2013 in forum: Steam Traction
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    'The Jacobite' 2013

    Re 2005 in the latest NELPG News mag which came today it says on 17 August leaking stays and a bulge in the copper inner firebox was found. The...
    Post by: maitland, Aug 29, 2013 in forum: What's Going On
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    Restoring the balance...

    Maybe because the NER/LNER as foreward thinking companys preserved there locos while the GWR cut theres up it is not rocket science! Why is it the...
    Post by: maitland, Mar 5, 2013 in forum: Steam Traction
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    NER D20

    IIRC I read somewhere that some enthusiasts wanted a class D20 preserved when the last ones were withdrawn in the 1950s.Though as a class D17 (NER...
    Post by: maitland, Jan 12, 2013 in forum: Steam Traction
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    NELPG P3/J27

    Hello lil Bear, Iam only an armchair member these days so what follows is MHO only. It will almost certainly delay the finishing of 2392, the HLF...
    Post by: maitland, Dec 26, 2012 in forum: Steam Traction
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    NELPG P3/J27

    Mixed news on 2392 in the December NELPG News,first the new cylinder block has been trail fitted between the frames. It will now have a hydraulic...
    Post by: maitland, Dec 23, 2012 in forum: Steam Traction
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    LNWR Bloomer

    First can I say I have no connection to Tyseley , but I was a volunteer with a society "up north" for a number of years.So have some idea of the...
    Post by: maitland, Nov 11, 2012 in forum: Steam Traction
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    47298 for sale

    What about the Mc Intoch class 34 Superheater Goods 2-6-0 of the Caledonian Railway, Pickergill also proposed a 2-6-0 as well but it was never built.
    Post by: maitland, Nov 3, 2012 in forum: Steam Traction