Thanks for that, thankfully Sentinels are a bit simpler.
So it would probably have been the first part of My post, preserving the 'Timing', I know from experience with Sentinels that 'Someone else'...
I would assume that it was either to keep the valve setting/timing as it was,(whether it was set up correctly or not,) or depending upon the...
So clearly new build rivetted boilers are still 'Acceptable Practice', maybe the 'Next' Tornado/Prince of Wales boiler should take that route, at...
Are the boilers for 82045, 105, the Patriot and the FFestiniog ones brand new all rivetted boilers? As welded boilers have been in use (in...
I know that I don't often agree with Eightpot, but AIUI this is pretty much what happened, I was told that the A1SLT had to establish their own CE...
That is wonderful news, as far as I'm concerned Marcia is as much a part of the K&ESR as anything that 'The Colonel' was invoved in, and has spent...
Traction engines throw in a load more variables, OK they only use perhaps 2-3 tons of water per day, but with the driver also firing the steam...
At a guess I would think that copper boxes would have closer pitched stays as copper is more ductile than steel, this 'May' lead to an all steel...
I'm not disputing any of that, but how many of the scrapped A1's hadn't had a boiler replacement in that time? like every other class the boilers...
8loody Europe telling us what to do Thankfully We don't have nonsense like that in Britain, even if We didn't have Brexit, don't You all...
A lot depends on how far things go, if the new firebox design still has welded stays how has the problem been treated? the only way to make the...
As I understand it the stay issue was more or less 'Predicted' by Meiningem at the design stage, probably due to the length of the stays and the...
Having 'been there' on several occasions I don't suppose that the A1SLT are any happier with the situation than the rest of us are, It's not like...
Very sorry to see You go, many thanks for You contributions to Nat Pres, I'm sure that your absence will be noticed, Best wishes for Your future.
Is this simply a case of Us having a different concept of the word 'Standard' 70 years later?
I'd take 'Remains of' to mean 'What is left of' rather than giving any meaning to their condition, it COULD mean 'The bits left over after the...
'Like' is to small a word, is there a WOW! button?
Lazy Susan
I really can't 'Like' this post but I thank You for producing it, I do however notice that Dom's scrapping is unfortunately still attributed to...
Separă nume cu o virgulă.
