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  1. Jimc
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    This bemuses me. If the difference between max and minimum is greater on a two cylinder type, how come the minimum power on a 3 is smaller than...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 3 янв 2023 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    LMS Patriot Project Updates

    I am definitely not a legal authority, so judge reliability of this comment appropriately. I very much doubt someone *claiming* compensation...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 31 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
  4. Jimc
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    I leave the colour change for the keen student!
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 20 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
  5. Jimc
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    No, next time round they should turn it into a pannier tank... [ATTACH]
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 19 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Loco 76017

    Its easier to have no dialogue at all than it is to control one. I imagine that's why a sizeable percentage of locomotive owners keep quiet about...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 17 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Loco 76017

    If everyone has fulfilled their contractual obligations, and there seems to be precisely zero evidence that they haven't, why shouldn't it leave...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 16 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
  8. Jimc
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    Cook, the Swindon works manager and CME would have said there were plenty of advances, but they were mostly about improved reliability, time...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 16 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
  9. Jimc
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    They don't. Which was why Didcot management were so [redacted] off when the 4709 project presented them with a fait accompli. Personally, but...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 15 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Loco 76017

    This one would expect all that to be defined in a contract, maybe with termination clauses. It seems to be spectacularly unlikely that the MHR...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 15 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
  11. Jimc
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    Steam locos - what's significant, and what is at risk?

    Individuals with sufficiently deep pockets make better custodians than institutions without. See Steam Tug Reliant. Auxiliary Schooner De Wadden...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 14 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
  12. Jimc
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    Maybe a bit strong. Its been said all design is at the mercy of the junior draughtsman. It was certainly Gresley's responsibility if his...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 14 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    As long as its sitting in the shed no great harm will come to it. The problems would come if the space is wanted for something else. We never do...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 14 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
  14. Jimc
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    On the subject of who gets royalties, ISTR that when Holcroft demonstrated his original conjugated gear model to Churchward (who had GWR staff...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 13 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
  15. Jimc
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    That's something that's changed over time. In the 19th and early 20thC it seems to have been common practice that the individual held the patent,...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 11 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
  16. Jimc
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    Gentlemen, please...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 10 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
  17. Jimc
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    Would Gresley have been paid for the patent on his employer's line? Holcroft certainly assisted Gresley (to say the least). I'm quite sure you...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 8 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    It's a little sidelight on design influences as we were talking about above... According to Cook, Collett got the idea of introducing felt pad...
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 8 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    I do have the feeling that if the LNER had designed a better big end then the conjugated gear wouldn't have had nearly such a shaky reputation.
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 8 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    If only that were true.
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 8 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
  21. Jimc
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    I don't think it pays to be too dogmatic about this came from here, that came from there. Every designer is dealing with the same laws of physics....
    Сообщение от: Jimc, 7 дек 2022 в разделе: Steam Traction
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