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    LSL Ltd / Icons of Steam fleet

    The MNLPS website has a piece on how it was done for Clan Line. Basically, big old Westinghouse air brake valve in the cab (quite noticeable)...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 13 сен 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    The P2s and 35020 may have slipped your memory. Those were design faults really, but there are designs which are inherently poor and those for...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 8 сен 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Practical Issues in Preserving Steam Locomotives

    Should be noted that for the class 26 rebuild (The Red Devil) Wardale took the drifting valve off, the design intent being to coast in mid-gear....
    Сообщение от: 8126, 7 сен 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Cylinder Drain Cocks

    Peter Townend wrote that one Scottish ex-LNER shedmaster referred to the drivers of a neighbouring ex-LMS depot as 'the hydraulic gang' due to...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 7 сен 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Practical Issues in Preserving Steam Locomotives

    That gives me an opportunity to link to this excellent piece by Bert Hooker, describing a run on an unfitted coal train with a Urie Arthur....
    Сообщение от: 8126, 5 сен 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Klinger Reflex Level Gauges

    From memory (I'm away from my books at the moment), they were another aspect of the original Bulleids that had to be treated in a non-standard...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 5 сен 2017 в разделе: Locomotive Engineering M.I.C
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    Engineering Standards, ex-82045 The way ahead?

    I do like that story (pedant alert: it was actually Ford UK making Merlins for the UK at that stage, I think - Packard did the Merlins for the...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 29 авг 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    Funnily enough, a lot of conventional 0-4-4T designs weren't necessarily very flexible - the bogie throw needed gets quite significant because of...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 28 авг 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    Since everyone else is taking this far too seriously, I'd just like to comment that I didn't understand your praise for the looks of the Johnson...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 28 авг 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    35018 British India Line

    Thanks Don, it's good to hear this sort of thing from eyewitnesses. As I said in my original post, the general belief that MNs don't like being...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 23 авг 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    35018 British India Line

    Well, in some ways the owner's viewpoint is understandable, after all when listing classes that don't steam the Bulleids would hardly be high on...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 23 авг 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    As I've commented before, I can only assume that it worked if properly maintained, because the SR considered it worthwhile replacing all of the...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 23 авг 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    35018 British India Line

    More volume yes, but in eight beats of size closer to the WC/BB. The boiler is probably a closer match in size too.
    Сообщение от: 8126, 23 авг 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    FWIW, several of the MNs did over 100000 miles straight out of rebuilding, on generally shorter runs than ECML duties. 35008 for instance did...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 22 авг 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    35018 British India Line

    While that's reasonably widely accepted, I've always found it slightly strange. I mean, there are no obvious reasons why an MN shouldn't like...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 21 авг 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    unidentified aircraft over St Leonards sea front

    Seems to have been this one.
    Сообщение от: 8126, 20 авг 2017 в разделе: Everything Else Heritage
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    On a slightly less unconventional note than the 4-2-4T, the Brighton Baltics had 6'9" drivers, so larger even if not largest. Of course, they...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 18 авг 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    TOPs number etc ex British India Line thread.

    Of course!
    Сообщение от: 8126, 8 авг 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    TOPs number etc ex British India Line thread.

    Worth remembering that as far as I can tell any steam loco moved over the national network, regardless of being mainline certified in its own...
    Сообщение от: 8126, 8 авг 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Repton

    Really? I don't recall hearing of any such case of copying/borrowing, what did you have in mind?
    Сообщение от: 8126, 7 авг 2017 в разделе: Steam Traction
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