Just to make things perfectly clear: When 35018 was rebuilt in February 1956 it had tender 3346 of 6,000 gallon, from series 3, which had been...
Sorry, I have now rechecked the date and it left works in February 1962 attached to 35008 Orient Line.
I've now had a good look at the tender of 34006 and the length of the bunker does suggest a 5,000 gallon, which is quoted on their web site, but...
Yes, the new body 6,000 gallon was fitted on chassis 3343, which had the self-weighing body and was fitted in December 1961. The body was an...
Dont forget the BR rebodied 5,250 and 6,000 gallon versions!
Seeing as no one has answered your query the answer is that the original airsmoothed MNs and LPs had UV cab lighting, housed in the box like...
Yes, my error, I was reading the measurements off the blast pipe drawings instead of the one for the cap!
I can confirm that all drawings have the holes marked 2.75 inches dia, the Merchant Navys are the same, giving an area of 29.68 sq in - if my...
2.75 inches diameter x 5.
They also appeared in two shades of blue! The original mid-blue and from c.1963, due to an error, a lighter blue. The red used for the WC...
The picture of 34023 with the wooden O.V. Bulleid plate is in 'The Power of the Bulleid Pacifics' (1983), plate 171. The plate 21C123 now carries...
I didn't mentioning ink traps as most people are unfamiliar with printing and didn't want to confuse. The traps were primary used to ensure...
Nice to hear from someone who knows about fonts and how they were used. Indeed when typesetting was done using good old metal the fonts would have...
A list of the liveries carried by the Merchant Navys is on the Bulleid Society web site http://www.bulleidsociety.org/, which I have just...
I have had a quick look at the RCTS book and it says that 27 and 753 were sent to Boulogne on the 24th April 1915 and were painted unvarnished...
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