I well remember one comment from a KWVR driver when the Coal Tank was first used on the line "It's a right humpty-backed bugger". Richard. :)
I'm just reading Grafton's biography of Edward Thompson at the moment... At risk of being branded a heretic, I think a Thompson rebuild would be...
Yes, to keep the axle weights within permitted limits. Richard.
That's a real shame. I hope one day the situation can be resolved and the engine completed. Richard.
Good work Sir! Is the Locomotive complete now, or are you still rebuilding it? Richard. :)
This link is to a page on the Somerset & Dorset Railway, with photos of Flat Tops, Standards, and other types in action......
I've posted a link on the Bulleid Pacifics thread, for fear of further derailing this one... Plenty of nice photos of Flat tops, Standards,...
Paint it blue and name it Gordon... Richard. :)
This is precisely why I can't read Tuplin's work - Far too much of the "Here's what they should have built" - I have tried to complete one of his...
I was taught metric at school, but have always worked in imperial units, especially since I restored my bike, and now the bus. I have always used...
I still have my Dad's ABCs, and a hand-written notebook from 1947-48, presumably when he started collecting numbers at 10 years old. Nice memories...
That's a nice photo, that! A real shame the original Station was lost, but Fort William would be stuffed with today's traffic and no bypass, I...
I always remember the trio at work on the KWVR in the 1970s, and into the 1980s 62 & 63. 57 was laid up and stripped down to the frames by this...
Yes, this is the same boiler. Interesting video, as in describing how the hole for the rivet mustn't be too large, etc... But in the report which...
Yep, that's the forum thread I was reading too. The boiler contractor seems to be rapidly digging his own grave in the public spat going on...
I think you are completely right there... How could you ever trust the structural integrity of a single part of that boiler after what it's been...
That is some bloody frightening "repair" work. Looks like they've practically scrapped the poor engine unintentionally... Richard.
The way I look at it, whose problem is it at the end of the day? It's really up to Joseph Public to find out what the engine is, by looking at it....
I've always liked the look of these! And the LYR Hughes Railmotors. Richard.
Yep, that's the one. I believe the frames and wheels are now at the ELR for storage. I'm sure useful patterns will not be far away, as 13065 is...
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