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Ben Jervis · 25 November 2009

Zitat von Crewe Hall: ↑

So how does 5029's availability compare with that of 5043? It does seem as though the vac brake castle did somewhat more miles than 5029 last year.
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What I meant was 5029 can be operated by DBS as well as WCRC and therefore potentially run more trains. Although seeing as 5043 operates only for VT, that doesn't really matter I guess. And you are correct... 5043 did do more miles than 5029 last year but Tyseley/VT are more inclined to use thier own engines on railtours.

noelist · 25 November 2009

Zitat von daveb: ↑

If this thread is going to continue, would it not make sense for someone who can (i.e. one of the mods) to change the thread title? It's obvious now that Tyseley has NOT forgotten 4965.

Dave
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Hmm... maybe taking the latter posts and putting them under a new thread entitled 'Tyseley's loco's compared' and leaving those that actually mention 4965.

Ben Jervis · 25 November 2009

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Hmm... maybe taking the latter posts and putting them under a new thread entitled 'Tyseley's loco's compared' and leaving those that actually mention 4965.
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...but neither 4953 or 5029 are owned by Tyseley...

Crewe Hall · 26 November 2009

Zitat von Ben Jervis: ↑

What I meant was 5029 can be operated by DBS as well as WCRC and therefore potentially run more trains. Although seeing as 5043 operates only for VT, that doesn't really matter I guess. And you are correct... 5043 did do more miles than 5029 last year but Tyseley/VT are more inclined to use thier own engines on railtours.
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Yes but it hasn't done much with DBS and they don't seem to have made a very good job of what they have done with it do they? (Ludlow?)

James Green · 26 August 2013

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Mischievous prejudice? Never!!!
Two sets of Stephenson, or Joy or Allen between the frames isn't too bad; it's when you add the inside cylinders, as well that the pain starts. I never said that other locos weren't awkward to oil up; the Schools is almost as bad as the 56XX, with all the clambering about it entails. There are many locos with difficult oiling arrangements. It's something that draughtsmen didn't seem to bother about until the last steam designs of Ivatt and Riddles.As for oiling up a Q7, I haven't done that for a while but from memory you can reach everything from on top, without climbing up into the motion and toasting your rear end so it's not too bad. You can certainly do the Q6 from on top if you position it correctly.
I've banged my head on quite a few loco cabs in my time but the GW tanks - 42XX & 56XX are by far the star performers in getting in the way of my long suffering nut and I'm not what you'd call a tall guy.
You still need 5 foot long arms to reach the GW brake valves, though, if you want to look out of the cab at the same time and that comes in quite handy if you're buffering up to a set of coaches. And I never could get to grips with the idea of one handle to put the brake on and another to take it off.....
Not mischievous prejudice in any way
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I am G.W.R to the core but I have to admit they never seemed to bother about crew comfort did they?

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