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    Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Coat of Arms

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I've given the coat of arms a light clean up with T cut, and found a better camera and some...
    Post by: Phill S, Oct 4, 2024 at 4:08 PM in forum: Railwayana
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    Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Coat of Arms

    Whilst helping a friend clear out his Grandads house and workshop, I was shown this piece of board and asked if it was anything I knew about. It...
    Thread by: Phill S, Sep 28, 2024, 2 replies, in forum: Railwayana
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    Home sought for a large machine tool-Webster Bennett Vertical Borer

    Should have said, the machine is in Derby, UK.
    Post by: Phill S, Jun 18, 2024 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    Home sought for a large machine tool-Webster Bennett Vertical Borer

    Could anyone help find a home for a very large, very old machine tool? It is a Webster Bennett Vertical boring lathe, 48" dia table, from the...
    Thread by: Phill S, Jun 18, 2024, 2 replies, in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    Overhead DC electrification - a potential solution to the conundrum of EMUs?

    Far too big a drop in voltage, unless you refitted new motors and other systems-which rather defeats the point. The EATM have a 110v wander lead...
    Post by: Phill S, Jun 18, 2024 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    Flying Scotsman

    Presumably there are two of them?
    Post by: Phill S, Jun 4, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Overhead DC electrification - a potential solution to the conundrum of EMUs?

    Oooh, electric wibble time! Yay! Pretty certain there were a few Mk1 based EMUs with a pantograph, and there's definitely MENTOR-so if you can...
    Post by: Phill S, Aug 21, 2023 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    Finding registration information for a vehicle owned by the Southern Railway

    Thankyou for the replies. The vehicle has a DCR Southampton registration. I have contacted Southampton records, who only have a VE16/1 index card....
    Post by: Phill S, Aug 2, 2023 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    Clearly the most logical answer is to use Thornbury as a test bed for post-coal steam technologies. One of Rolls-Royces Small Modular reactors in...
    Post by: Phill S, Jul 26, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Finding registration information for a vehicle owned by the Southern Railway

    Thanks for that. It seems the only record Southampton have is when it was last taxed, in 1976. I think it could have been registered as part of a...
    Post by: Phill S, Jul 5, 2023 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    Finding registration information for a vehicle owned by the Southern Railway

    My Dad has an Electricar battery flat truck, which was bought by the Southern Railway in 1940 and used at Southampton Docks. We have its old reg...
    Thread by: Phill S, Jun 29, 2023, 10 replies, in forum: Everything Else Heritage