It's this sort of thinking that Thompson and his department were very much involved with during WW2 on the L.N.E.R.: with the bottom line being...
Yes - the L.N.E.R. Availability statistics. I have complied the statistics from an original document, so far complete for 1942-1946. The...
There's a blast from the past! I originally made an error with that model, which started out as Merlin, then became Lord Faringdon (with the wrong...
We'll do it over PM if you like, but from my POV it's not necessary to haul you over the coals. Hell, if it's all a misunderstanding from both...
We could dig up what you actually said on the Thompson thread Victor: it is there for all to see. You were very unpleasant, let's leave it at...
A fair comment and I promise there will be no further word from me on it here.
I think this speaks volumes about you Ralph, rather than me. Gents, I'm going to leave it at that. Thank you to everyone who responded to my...
Apologies, this wasn't of my making this time! The comment was made earlier in the thread asking if Bulleid should have built the 100+ Pacifics...
We should leave it for the Thompson thread but I am calmly awaiting events to see if it's a yes or no from the potential publisher, who has the...
No, clearly not Victor. Giving the statistics and the hard evidence of the availability of the locomotives concerned is not in itself a criticism...
It can be summed up quite simply in my view. What were the main issues? Manpower Maintenance Facilities to do above Availability of locomotives...
Please forgive me, for I am about to vent. It is so - incredibly - frustrating, reading some of the absolute nonsense that has been posted on a...
Noted!
I've mostly kept out of the discussion the last couple of days - thank you all for the suggestions, pointers and offers to help. I have no...
I'll be in touch separately regarding the papers. The R G Jarvis collection is of interest, when I went through the Thompson one I found some...
Separate names with a comma.