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  1. LMS2968
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    Liveries!

    But was that the paint or the appeal of the engine?
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 27 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  3. LMS2968
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    Liveries!

    Yes, we are indeed fortunate that such a lot has survived, and that so many people have done a tremendous job within the preservation movement. I...
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 26 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  4. LMS2968
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    Liveries!

    I don't know the definitive answer but I suspect it was because of the retirement of Tom Coleman; he had been responsible for the 'Utility Front'...
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 25 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  5. LMS2968
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    Liveries!

    No Mate, This livery debate has been going on for years, possibly decades! So its seems, anyway.
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 25 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  6. LMS2968
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    Liveries!

    I wasn't getting at you, my friend, there is a new generation out there who don't know and look to others for information. It isn't your fault...
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 25 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  7. LMS2968
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    Liveries!

    Is it though? As an engineer, I can say it's actually a surface coating, there to protect the material below from contamination and deterioration...
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 25 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  8. LMS2968
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    When , and what, was the last ex BR steam engine cut up by a Scrap merchant ?

    Now that's what I call progress!
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 25 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  9. LMS2968
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    Liveries!

    Certainly some of us developed a deep-seated hatred of BR and that included its liveries, I for one did and retain it to this day. Many others,...
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 25 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  10. LMS2968
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    Oh god, no!
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 24 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  11. LMS2968
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    Liveries!

    Can't really press 'Like' - just wouldn't seem appropriate somehow . . .
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 24 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  12. LMS2968
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    Don't go there!
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 23 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  13. LMS2968
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    History of LMS 8F 48173

    There were a lot of groups at Barry in the 1970s and were did talk to each other. We generally knew, whatever was painted on the side, which...
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 23 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  14. LMS2968
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    ALL the opponents? You've asked them all?
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 23 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  15. LMS2968
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    I don't think you could lean very hard on those buffers!
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 22 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  16. LMS2968
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    It might not have been difficult but it was expensive, and great efforts would be made to avoid having to make new ones, particularly for a very...
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 22 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  17. LMS2968
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    It's a long time since I was fireman (on the SVR) but at that time the engines were as they arrived from BR service, and mod cons had not then...
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 22 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  18. LMS2968
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    Basically, GWR injectors work while LMS injectors are ... erm, a bit on the temperamental side. Usually at least one is playing up, but when both...
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 22 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  19. LMS2968
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    When , and what, was the last ex BR steam engine cut up by a Scrap merchant ?

    As said later, twelve were bought in running order straight from BR, but I know what you mean. I was involved then with 8F 8233/8773 at the Severn...
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 21 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  20. LMS2968
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    When , and what, was the last ex BR steam engine cut up by a Scrap merchant ?

    Apart from large lumps of it still at the East Lancs Railway.
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 21 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
  21. LMS2968
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    At the risk of being mercilessly hunted down by an angry public, I actually agree with that one!
    Сообщение от: LMS2968, 20 апр 2020 в разделе: Steam Traction
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