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  1. LesterBrown
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    Premise: class 08 never built...

    Just imagine a fleet of 1000 of these built in the 1950s. :)
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 2 фев 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  3. LesterBrown
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    10 most important / noteworthy UK steam designs .your views and why

    I couldn't decide which of 224 and Abbotsford to include in my list.
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 30 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  4. LesterBrown
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    10 most important / noteworthy UK steam designs .your views and why

    I realise I forgot to give reasons when I posted my list way, way back. I think most are obvious except to add that I included the Kirtley...
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 27 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  5. LesterBrown
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    FR & WHR & WHHR News

    Very good point about Caernarvon and Beddgelert.
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 26 янв 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
  6. LesterBrown
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    Electric steam

    As there would be no need for a smokebox vacuum to draw the fire the blast pipe could be dispensed with in the interests of efficiency. So it...
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 26 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  7. LesterBrown
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    10 most important / noteworthy UK steam designs .your views and why

    Looking at my own list and what's preserved or exists as a replica; there are replicas of the first 3, we don't have a Kirtley 0-6-0 but we do...
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 25 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  8. LesterBrown
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    10 most important / noteworthy UK steam designs .your views and why

    Trevethick's locomotive Stephenson's Rocket Stephenson's Planet Kirtley 0-6-0 Drummond's 'Abbotsford' Ivatt large boiler C1 Churchward No 28...
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 25 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  9. LesterBrown
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    Could be popular? I can just visualise it painted green, lined red, with a happy face covering the smokebox door. [emoji33] [emoji33]
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 19 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  10. LesterBrown
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Sadly I fear acquisition of the land for the 1 km south from Parracombe will be even more of a battle than getting planning approval.
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 17 янв 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
  11. LesterBrown
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    FR & WHR & WHHR News

    When I read '150 year old locomotive' I hoped it might mean Welsh Pony, but the website has a photo of Prince, as expected really. But...
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 13 янв 2018 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
  12. LesterBrown
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    Compounds ex time machine thread

    Weren't Deely's 990 class for comparison with the 1000 class compounds? I don't know about performance but the simple locos didn't last very...
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 12 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  13. LesterBrown
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    You have a time machine and you can go back to the 50s/60s and save one Engine. Which would it be ?

    Do you mean middle to the front, that photo is a rear 3/4 view, it ran condenser leading. [emoji2] I can't work out any way the driver can...
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 11 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  14. LesterBrown
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    You have a time machine and you can go back to the 50s/60s and save one Engine. Which would it be ?

    The Beyer-Ljungstrom locomotive seems to have been the most successful British condensing turbine loco. But maintenance (and construction) costs...
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 11 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  15. LesterBrown
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    You have a time machine and you can go back to the 50s/60s and save one Engine. Which would it be ?

    Did Bulleid see this when he was younger?
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 11 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  16. LesterBrown
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    The Loco You'd Love To Put A Match To

    I like the idea of restoring Livingston Thompson, though it would be expensive as it would need a new boiler, tanks, bogies, cylinders, cab and...
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 10 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  17. LesterBrown
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    The GWR autotanks (14xx, panniers and prairies)

    The small prairies weren't auto engines in GWR days. They were fitted for use in South Wales in the 1950s. Many of the surviving trailers date...
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 10 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  18. LesterBrown
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    Compounds ex time machine thread

    I was going to say that efficiency in locomotive design was also directed towards getting the maximum power within a given weight, perhaps...
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 2 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
  19. LesterBrown
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    Compounds ex time machine thread

    I've moved my reply to the Compounding thread.
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 2 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Compounds ex time machine thread

    The longer wheelbase would probably preclude the use of cylinders as large as on the 4-4-0s
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 1 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Compounds ex time machine thread

    The condensing systems discussed above for underground work are a very different concept from that used with compound marine and static power...
    Сообщение от: LesterBrown, 1 янв 2018 в разделе: Steam Traction
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