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

    Is there much in the archives as to the reasons for the choice of Gresley? Was there a process?
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 7 дек 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  3. Bikermike
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    Electrification killed them. Therefore Bulleid pacifics are superior as a) they outlasted both, and b) survived in an area of electrification...
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 7 дек 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  4. Bikermike
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    An interesting question is "when did Gresley start thinking about the V4"? If he knew of the issue and was planning an answer, but was stopped by...
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 7 дек 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  5. Bikermike
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    Southwold Railway

    I love the way there is a combine harvester in the background of one pic... I'll pony up for a sleeper or two (employment situation permitting) Mike
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 6 дек 2021 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
  6. Bikermike
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    Sandringham New Build(s)

    Good stuff. Does anyone know if it was coincidence or design that made the wheels similar (did the patterns need amending?). Is it the V4 that...
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 2 дек 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  7. Bikermike
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    Edward Thompson: Wartime C.M.E. Discussion

    Well, at least its better than all that DaVinci code stuff he normally writes about... oh *David* Brown... as you were... Got my copy of the book...
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 2 дек 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  8. Bikermike
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    Edward Thompson: Wartime C.M.E. Discussion

    Duly ordered.
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 26 ноя 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  9. Bikermike
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    Driving a compound locomotive

    If you look at the 3d drawings on the P2 page, the steam passages look pretty convoluted on what is presumably a cannonical Gresley front end, so...
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 26 ноя 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  10. Bikermike
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    Great Central Railway General Matters

    In rehab... there'll be a big piece in Hello^h^h^hSteam Railway "my middle big-end hell"
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 26 ноя 2021 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  11. Bikermike
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    Great Central Railway General Matters

    I'm now imagining engines as luvvies - A4s being primadonnas, riley's black 5s as those in tv soap-opera work "it's not hollywood, but it's good...
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 26 ноя 2021 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  12. Bikermike
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    Driving a compound locomotive

    Slick Bass has got a good dyno up in Andreas, if it can manage a 200 bhp superbike, it can probably manage a manx tank... balancing on the single...
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 24 ноя 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  13. Bikermike
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    Oswestry Update

    They would find a level-crossing even harder, one suspects
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 18 ноя 2021 в разделе: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  14. Bikermike
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    BR Standard class 6 No. 72010 'Hengist' and Clan Discussion Thread

    Good stuff! Here's hoping the foundry in question get something out of the casting.
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 17 ноя 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  15. Bikermike
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    Fantasy Locomotive Trading (Warning: Contains WIBN)

    Stock tips Betting info All time travel runs the risk of radically altering history through the butterfly effect. And, if it will be invented...
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 14 ноя 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  16. Bikermike
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    4-4-0 tank loco

    You could talk to North Bay, and get them to do 4:3 copy of Southwold...
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 10 ноя 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  17. Bikermike
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    +1 Spartacus.
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 10 ноя 2021 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
  18. Bikermike
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    Isle Of Man Steam Railway

    Thanks Ray I always love a ride on the tram as it is so unusual. Hope it gets shown the love during this period of Manx government interest.
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 8 ноя 2021 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
  19. Bikermike
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    Potential Wensleydale Loco services 2022

    Good luck! Hope it goes well for you.
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 8 ноя 2021 в разделе: Diesel & Electric Traction
  20. Bikermike
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    Super Garratt

    I wonder how much loss you'd get from having two live steam joints on each end? (And would the exhaust from both come back as well?) - either by...
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 8 ноя 2021 в разделе: Steam Traction
  21. Bikermike
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    Isle Of Man Steam Railway

    I'm always vaguely surprised how little cross-fertilisation there was between the Manx and Irish systems. Nice to see the railway getting some...
    Сообщение от: Bikermike, 8 ноя 2021 в разделе: Narrow Gauge Railways
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