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    Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway

    Regarding Monarch it depends very much on who you talk to. Not all crews are equal and most certainly not at the time the engine was working on...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 15 май 2020 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    A member of my family has worked as a civil engineer all his working life. Being on the inside gives a person a very different perspective, and...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 13 май 2020 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    S&D Railway Trust

    Or maybe reopen the West Somerset thread as a fitting response.
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 8 май 2020 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    S&D Railway Trust

    That was not my experience. It depends very much on the circles that you move in and people shift the balance of their conversation depending on...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 7 май 2020 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    S&D Railway Trust

    Yes, be careful, we mustn't be seen to be critical of those that float to the top.
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 7 май 2020 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    S&D Railway Trust

    The idea of the WSR being turned into "an undiluted pretty little GWR line" is no surprise. The presence of the S&D Railway Trust and particularly...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 7 май 2020 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    The Tank Museum and Covid 19.

    Some of you might be interested in AFVs and could be aware of this however bare with me. The Tank Museum has a YouTube channel and the staff...
    Автор темы: 242A1, 19 апр 2020, ответов - 6, в разделе: Everything Else Heritage
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    Castles v King Arthurs

    As I recall Jim Knowles and Alf Butler crewed it quite a few times when it was working out of Carnforth. The verdict was that it was a good engine...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 19 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Francis Webb,good or bad?

    The chain brake system started to be developed in the 1840s, some sources say that it began in 1840. Francis Webb returned to the LNWR in 1871...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 18 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    And that is what appears to be the problem. It doesn't work 'just fine' unless the genuine original intention was to build a demonstrator that...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 15 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    If they were really ever serious about running on the mainline then the design should have been run through Vampire if the building group were...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 15 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Francis Webb,good or bad?

    We shouldn't be seen to be arguing over compounds and compounding but I believe that it is important to understand his position in the timeline of...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 11 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Francis Webb,good or bad?

    You can also fit a pair of inside L.P. cylinders 24 7/16" (maybe more) in diameter between unjoggled frame plates. If you are unable to get the...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 11 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Francis Webb,good or bad?

    Dr. Wilhelm Schmidt 1858-1924, sometimes known as Hot Steam Schmidt, developed the technology of superheated steam to the point where it could be...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 11 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Francis Webb,good or bad?

    Building started in 1904 and the last was withdrawn in 1967 so far as I can make out. Built in reasonable numbers too, 270 including the rebuilt...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 10 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Francis Webb,good or bad?

    I think that you have to be very careful when looking at French locomotive designs. There were so many influences and you have to stir personal...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 10 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Francis Webb,good or bad?

    Drivers not knowing how to drive compounds properly is only one part of the story. No one really knew at this time. The performance of Webb's...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 8 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Francis Webb,good or bad?

    The Bayonne-Biarritz railway introduced two cylinder compounds in 1876. In 1878 Webb produced his first compound. This was a rebuild of an old...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 8 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    An interesting one, something that other locomotive owners should be aware of and not be complacent, so put the full examination of the...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 5 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Bulleid 'Leader'

    Could be the case. Again there were a large number of Beyer Garratts at work in the world by the mid 1940s and the type was well proven but not in...
    Сообщение от: 242A1, 29 мар 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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