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Recent Content by Kylchap

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    Tornado

    Perhaps you "might think" correctly. That seems to be the direction of travel. If that is indeed the case, then in future the P2 will be shipped...
    Poslao: Kylchap, 26. Ožujak 2025. u forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Just to add for clarification: completion of the first of the new boilers, which was planned for fitting to Tornado, was delayed due to Covid. It...
    Poslao: Kylchap, 23. Ožujak 2025. u forum: Steam Traction
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    The plan is (or was) to build a prototype of one side of the valve gear, then test that extensively under real-life heat and stress conditions to...
    Poslao: Kylchap, 18. Ožujak 2025. u forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    David did do precisely that. Before he died he spent a lot of time leaving them a "brain dump" so that all of his knowledge and work would not be...
    Poslao: Kylchap, 13. Ožujak 2025. u forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    That was written a long time ago. There has been considerable "mission creep" since those days.
    Poslao: Kylchap, 10. Ožujak 2025. u forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    As a long time covenantor and sponsor of "clubs", I've been as disappointed as anyone about what has been going on with the Trust, but let's cut...
    Poslao: Kylchap, 7. Ožujak 2025. u forum: Steam Traction
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    Flying Scotsman

    What dates are the driver experiences with FS? No longer on NVR website since sold out.
    Poslao: Kylchap, 23. Veljača 2025. u forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Seriously?? 1.5 INCHES?
    Poslao: Kylchap, 2. Veljača 2025. u forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    The culture there could not be more different from the days of Mark Allatt who saw every possible communication as an opportunity.
    Poslao: Kylchap, 13. Siječanj 2025. u forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Has anything leaked out about the nature of the failure and whether it's serious?
    Poslao: Kylchap, 18. Prosinac 2024. u forum: Steam Traction
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    The P2 (if it eventually runs) is seen as a hauler, not a racehorse like Tornado. If my memory is correct, the late David Elliott once told me...
    Poslao: Kylchap, 17. Prosinac 2024. u forum: Steam Traction
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    As a covenantor to both locos and a past subscriber to several "clubs" to a value of several thousands, it somehow does not seem right that I am...
    Poslao: Kylchap, 9. Prosinac 2024. u forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Likewise here. No email received and the messages were not on the website last night.
    Poslao: Kylchap, 3. Prosinac 2024. u forum: Steam Traction
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    I think there has been so much disappointment, lack of clarity, obfuscation, bluster, etc. surrounding both of the Trust's locos that we need to...
    Poslao: Kylchap, 3. Prosinac 2024. u forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    A successful background in setting up and managing railway museums, not building or operating locomotives. The locos seem to feature less and less...
    Poslao: Kylchap, 25. Studeni 2024. u forum: Steam Traction