Why only a cosmetic effort? If you are going to dream then dream on a grand scale. Go back to the original but finish the design modifications...
As 240P15 has already made what for me would be the obvious choice I would have to go for Chapelon's other great experiment 160A1. Maybe the...
That is good to know. But where did the rumour of wooden mock-up fittings come from?
Mallard? Crank? Try middle big end bearing getting hot. Wouldn't have happened if the regulator had not been fully closed so robbing the cylinder...
Have a look at the through cylinder cross section of 242A1. The inside, high pressure cylinder, has the valves underneath it. We are used to...
The restoration continues steadily away, the locomotive and tender being slowly dismantled, with some components already being restored to...
In the 1850s the GNR considered driving wheels slightly in excess of 8' in diameter to be necessary for express passenger work. By 1898 6' 8" in...
Thank you. Clears things up nicely. Challenging is the word.
I think that the experimental 160A1 will remain the best example of the application of compounding to steam locomotives for some time yet. The...
Gradients not much of an issue, the engine did very well on Cowan bank which is 1 in 40 or 1 in 37 depending on which source you read. The...
Not quite sure what you are asking here but I assume that you are wondering if the locomotive has been gauged for acceptance over the full route...
Ian Riley posted on The Works forum that the locomotive was re-wheeled today. The plan is for it to be run in and taken to London ready for...
I appreciate that 15" gauge is an area for debate, some see it as miniature and others narrow but development continues on this gauge. Nigel Day...
It is very much like any other country. The ordinary people that you meet are very much one thing however those with political positions or...
Neither did Martyn Bane. But that is another story. The drawbar horsepower produced by this machine was 2120. And it was a metre gauge...
Worse than tragic. But the knowledge that brought about this magnificent engine is available to all who wish to use it. Whether people desire to...
On the subject of unified vs divided drive people involved in the design and building of locomotives are very much in favour of the former. Though...
The original trust proposal was the next engine to be built to the Peppercorn A1 design, and this was achieved. Some modifications were inevitable...
I don't believe that the NRM will ever take on another major overhaul themselves. If one is ever to be carried out it will be outsourced. They...
Download the document. It has unified drive and the author states his case quite plainly. His view was that if you're going to build a new engine...
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