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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    Well if they’d got the cylinder block in then a boiler could come in useful. But as the whole project is now so far off course then there aren’t...
    Post door: Sheff, 28 apr 2025 om 15:42 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Great Britain XVII - 26/04 to 4/05/25

    Wasn’t it this loco that failed at Rugby with a hot box on a positioning move a couple of weeks back too? Edit - was on 9th March.
    Post door: Sheff, 28 apr 2025 om 09:38 in forum: What's Going On
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    I presume this is still the first of the two new boilers?
    Post door: Sheff, 28 apr 2025 om 09:21 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    …… well that could be an interesting conversation ?
    Post door: Sheff, 26 apr 2025 om 15:58 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    …… more than a few ….
    Post door: Sheff, 26 apr 2025 om 12:52 in forum: Steam Traction
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    It’s all sounding a bit W1A?
    Post door: Sheff, 22 apr 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    Wouldn’t a much lower risk approach have been to run with a diesel inside the steam locomotive? This would have kept most of the general public...
    Post door: Sheff, 20 apr 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Electronics

    In the case of Tornado, iirc there’s one of each, for forward and reverse running respectively.
    Post door: Sheff, 20 apr 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Oswestry to Gobowen extension ?

    This is the answer …… ;) https://www.instagram.com/reel/DImJavmMIfl/?igsh=MXdieWsxODRmNXY4ag==
    Post door: Sheff, 19 apr 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    The chairman's train. From 16th April, 2025

    For those with FB access, there are some spectacular shots of the train battling across Dawlish Warren this morning here …....
    Post door: Sheff, 18 apr 2025 in forum: What's Going On
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    Oswestry to Gobowen extension ?

    I'm pretty sure the only possibly affordable solution would be to reopen the crossing. IIRC this was once thought to be unfeasible due to highway...
    Post door: Sheff, 18 apr 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Oswestry to Gobowen extension ?

    Please can you explain that concept in more detail?
    Post door: Sheff, 18 apr 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Tornado

    By the by, I’m just returning from the Dresden Steam Fest. One of the locos bringing a tour in was a Class 41 (2-8-2 iirc). We just happened to...
    Post door: Sheff, 16 apr 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    The chairman's train. From 16th April, 2025

    So this is Hoskings own private GB tour?
    Post door: Sheff, 16 apr 2025 in forum: What's Going On
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    From Sean’s link above, this pic illustrates very clearly the cam profile as I understand it, albeit very elongated in this case … [ATTACH]
    Post door: Sheff, 16 apr 2025 in forum: Steam Traction