Certainly later production ones had welded steel fireboxes. I believe the thickness when new of the tubeplate to be 1/2" and the rest of the...
Regarding the photo of the Hitachi 395 sets at the top of page 29 in this issue. Unless it is running 'wrong line' or on what is a bi-directional...
Finally left Maryport for Chatham several weeks ago going via Caledonial Canal through to Inverness then down the East Coast. Reached South...
Not entirely sure if this is under the correct heading, but anyway, He states, and I quote:- "Weekend travel in the UK is fraught with...
That Woodham Bros premises were located in Yorkshire rather than South Wales, and their working practice the same, i.e. chopping up wagons rather...
Since time immorial the formula has been:- T.E (in lbs) = Cyl dia x cyl dia x stroke (all in inches) x boiler pressure (in lbs) x 85% divided by...
Wanted - A source of a couple of 1" BSP threaded Westinghouse in-line air shut-off cocks. Given to understand that they are fitted for isolating...
On the lower part of side of the body of the vacuum relief valve below the actual internal relief valve itself is a loose 1/2" diameter ball...
Any suggestions as to the source of a vacuum brake valve/ejector assembly matching a 1-1/2" trainpipe? This is wanted for a small Standard Gauge loco.
A mate and myself went on a tour around East Germany photting steam (and not for the politics, I hasten to add) and had a couple of days at...
Anyone know anything about a company known as 'B & N' who could supply Boiler Check (Clack) Valves in the 1950s capable of working at 335 psi?
In Germany for the Plandampf event last October, my mate and I were staying in a Hotel in Neustadt-Weinstrasse. The first morning at breakfast...
On boarding a Gatwick Express at Gatwick Airport in (I think) 1990 a South London voice instructed us amongst other things that luggage should go...
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