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BTH Ford Fundraiser

Тема в разделе 'Diesel & Electric Traction', создана пользователем Fireline, 22 авг 2019.

  1. Fireline

    Fireline Well-Known Member

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    A Justgiving page has been opened on behalf of the Kent & East Sussex Locomotive Trust (which is a separate entity to the KESR itself). Their BTH loco has suffered a serious failure in the generator, and they need to raise funds to have it professionally repaired. It is a unique and historically important loco, and deserves a new lease of life, so please support it if you can.

    The link to the page is: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/fix-our-generator
     
    Fireline, 22 авг 2019
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  2. Breva

    Breva Well-Known Member

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    This unique ancestor of today's diesel locomotives deserves a photograph:

    12-03-11 068.jpg

    During this relay up Tenterden bank I also took a film of it, having a bit of a hard time getting a grip on the irregular and damp track, which had not yet been tamped and levelled:



    And if you are into old diesels (they have a certain charm) the driver was kind enough to let me film him starting it:



    If you want to know more about it, its details are on the KESR's website here:
    https://preservation.kesr.org.uk/diesel-locomotives/no-40

    I think it is a wonderful grandfather of all our main line diesels today, but built as far back as 1932. Now it's broken - please help to fix it !
     
    Breva, 27 авг 2019
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    nick glanf, The Green Howards, Bluenosejohn и ещё 1-му нравится это.
  3. johnofwessex

    johnofwessex Resident of Nat Pres

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    Fascinating to think that its not far short of its 90th
     
    johnofwessex, 27 авг 2019
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