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ross replied to the thread New build M&GN C class.
The notion that "Joe Public doesn't know the difference" probably does have a lot of truth to it. But does Joe Public know the difference between a black 5 and a Std5, or any of the several 9f's, or GWR 4-6-0s, or any other two locomotives in BR...
Nov 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM -
ross liked Jamessquared's post in the thread New build M&GN C class.
That way lies a world of pain. Change the wheel diameter and that puts the wheels in a different centre line. So what now? OK, you can drop the frames and keep the relative disposition of crank axle, motion bracket and cylinders the same, but...
Nov 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM -
ross liked Miff's post in the thread New build M&GN C class.
"In researching the new-build No.567 further confirmation as to the Kitson origin of the design has emerged. Kitson & Co, builders of the first of the class, went into receivership in 1937 and in 1938 the patterns, drawings and goodwill of the...
Nov 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM -
ross liked MuzTrem's post in the thread New build M&GN C class.
Nowt wrong wi' 8Fs, but I think we have enough of them in preservation. Remember the two that were repatriated from Turkey a few years ago? One of them ended up being re-exported. I think that tells you all you need to know about how much demand...
Nov 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM -
ross liked MuzTrem's post in the thread New build M&GN C class.
AIUI the plan at one point was to use the chassis from 4472's second tender. However, ultimately the A1SLT decided to build new and the existing chassis was sold back to Flying Scotsman Railways (as it then was), and subsequently to Jeremy...
Nov 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM -
ross liked Jamessquared's post in the thread New build M&GN C class.
I don’t believe even Tornado is “completely new metal (maybe minus a handle or whistle here or there”). AIUI the tender underframe was ex-LNER. More significantly, I’d be sure it has components such as significant parts of the braking system,...
Nov 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM -
ross liked MuzTrem's post in the thread New build M&GN C class.
Which, dare I say it, is how I feel about a 4700 with a Castle boiler, or a Hawksworth County with a butchered 8F boiler that can't even operate at the correct pressure...however, it's not my money and at least those projects seem to stand a...
Nov 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM -
ross liked Jamessquared's post in the thread New build M&GN C class.
Yes, but then you get into the point that for anyone sufficiently knowledgable to care, they will know it is wrong; and for those not sufficiently knowledgeable, would they actually care that you had a loco carrying the identity of a long-lost...
Nov 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM -
ross liked 5944's post in the thread P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
It was also partly due to the scrapping of another loco to make yet another GWR 4-6-0. With all the work needed to create something that's now only 80% of a proper County, scrimping on the boiler seems daft.
Nov 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM -
ross liked MellishR's post in the thread P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
I was delighted that it was to be built and I threw in my thousand pounds as a member of the Founders Club when I was already a covenanter. But I became thoroughly disenchanted with the dog's breakfast of Tornado's overhaul and the Trust's...
Nov 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM -
ross liked Paul.Uni's post in the thread Ruislip Lido Railway purchases steam loco 'Dougal'.
This was shared on RLR's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQpQ2wYDK7J/?igsh=MzdocWNpaWo2ODVs There is some news to come on Saturday. Sent from my SM-A166B using Tapatalk
Nov 5, 2025
