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  1. Richard Roper
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    Preservation Loco 'Exchange' Comparisons

    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. :)
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 1 фев 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  3. Richard Roper
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    Sandringham New Build(s)

    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...
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 30 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  4. Richard Roper
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    Sandringham New Build(s)

    Yes, to keep the axle weights within permitted limits. Richard.
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 29 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  5. Richard Roper
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    That's a real shame. I hope one day the situation can be resolved and the engine completed. Richard.
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 25 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    Good work Sir! Is the Locomotive complete now, or are you still rebuilding it? Richard. :)
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 24 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  7. Richard Roper
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    Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present

    This link is to a page on the Somerset & Dorset Railway, with photos of Flat Tops, Standards, and other types in action......
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 22 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    BR Standard class 6 No. 72010 'Hengist' and Clan Discussion Thread

    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,...
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 22 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    2999: Lady of Legend

    Paint it blue and name it Gordon... Richard. :)
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 19 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  10. Richard Roper
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    2999: Lady of Legend

    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...
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 19 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  11. Richard Roper
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    BR Standard class 6 No. 72010 'Hengist' and Clan Discussion Thread

    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...
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 19 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  12. Richard Roper
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    BR steam liveries

    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...
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 19 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  13. Richard Roper
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    BR Standard class 6 No. 72010 'Hengist' and Clan Discussion Thread

    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...
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 18 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  14. Richard Roper
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    RS&H 'Ugly' 0-6-0STs

    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...
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 18 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  15. Richard Roper
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    Supervision and Administration of Locomotive Repair Contracts

    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...
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 13 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  16. Richard Roper
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    Supervision and Administration of Locomotive Repair Contracts

    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...
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 13 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Supervision and Administration of Locomotive Repair Contracts

    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...
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 12 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Supervision and Administration of Locomotive Repair Contracts

    That is some bloody frightening "repair" work. Looks like they've practically scrapped the poor engine unintentionally... Richard.
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 12 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    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....
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 12 янв 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Lottery Dreams for investing in Heritage Railways

    I've always liked the look of these! And the LYR Hughes Railmotors. Richard.
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 11 янв 2021 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Lottery Dreams for investing in Heritage Railways

    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...
    Сообщение от: Richard Roper, 11 янв 2021 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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