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  1. ragl gefällt sunstreams Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing.

    Can we just get back to oil firing in relation to railway locomotives please? There is a separate thread for Global Warming and Climate Change.

    27 August 2026 um 15:22

  2. ragl gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing.

    Anyone who claims that any specific event has been caused by global warming is lying; the proof is insufficient for causality. At most, it would be possible to suggest that global warming has probably caused the glacial retreat that is believed...

    27 August 2026 um 15:22

  3. ragl gefällt RalphWs Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing.

    Says who?

    27 August 2026 um 15:22

  4. ragl gefällt RalphWs Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing.

    I'll get a sandwich board made up for you, the message "Beware The End Is NIgh."

    26 August 2026 um 14:55

  5. ragl gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing.

    They say bu115h1t baffles brains. Fortunately, like most people, I’m not that brainy.

    25 August 2026 um 16:26

  6. ragl gefällt brennans Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing.

    Ah, so we may as well shut everything down. That'll save a lot of worries about fundraising to keep heritage railways running. If you read the Guardian this is what you must expect.......

    25 August 2026 um 16:25

  7. ragl gefällt std tanks Beitrag in dem Thema BR Double blastpipes.

    The frame arrangement of the 9Fs was completely re-designed during construction. From 92050 (stated on drawings) or 92097 (stated in book records) all the Crewe built 9Fs were fitted with cast hornblocks held in place by cold turned rivets and...

    25 August 2026 um 16:23

  8. ragl gefällt class8mikados Beitrag in dem Thema BR Double blastpipes.

    The 'significant' problem was how to actuate an inside cylinder without inside valve gear. BR Caprotti was i think reasonably successful on the Standard 5's, but as you say unneccesary/ expensive. Someone with a talent for it might one day...

    25 August 2026 um 16:23

  9. ragl gefällt class8mikados Beitrag in dem Thema BR Double blastpipes.

    Several Problems with Brits to my mind were adaptations from other locos that were found wanting on a 2 Large Cylinder as opposed to 3 cylinder loco. The Slide bars Lner/ Bullied pacific Laird type ... unsuficiently robust/supported for a 28inch...

    25 August 2026 um 08:34

  10. ragl gefällt acorbs Beitrag in dem Thema FR & WHR & WHHR News.

    [ATTACH] Wonderful day out on the WHR behind Garratt 130 today. Can confirm that Snowdonia is looking quite lush and green unlike the landscape 70 miles south in Mid-Powys! The countryside was spectacular as ever, the railway living up its...

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  11. ragl gefällt brennans Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing.

    In the book "British Steam on the Pampas" the author, DS Purdom who was the CME of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway until 1951, devotes a section to the subject of oil firing. He notes that over 500 locomotives used oil fuel with no...

    21 August 2026 um 21:09

  12. ragl gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema 35025 Brocklebank Line.

    Offer accepted! [ATTACH]

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  13. ragl gefällt LMS2968s Beitrag in dem Thema BR Double blastpipes.

    A stated aim of the BR Standard designs was to maintain rather than improve on the performances of existing pre-nationalisation classes and not necessarily to improve on their fuel consumption either. The Britannias were intended to compare with...

    21 August 2026 um 20:38
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