Did the GWR 1000 Counties use a steel firebox?
Are you thinking of the report into the Flying Scotsman overhaul delay issues from 2012?
I can't find anything to link to, but have heard this is done as a way to reduce the impact of the floor of the tunnel, while also having wheels...
Did it have cut back casings compared to pre-war mallard? Also the drag of the train as a whole was presumably different, with mk1s? Aerodynamic...
If testing City of Truro it might be surprising, particularly if compared with the wheels turning, although all pretty meaningless unless...
I seem to recall that the basis for BR power classifications distinguished narrow from wide firebox locomotives favouring the former. If that's...
Wasn't the NER electrification scheme (York-Newcastle?) planned to be 1500v DC overhead? Was this just economically related that it didn't proceed...
Sleeve valves were very good for commercial aero piston engines, but were overtaken by jet engines, the Bristol engines time between overhaul was...
the number 1 boiler would be fine if the loco was destined for preserved lines only, do any railways have any turns where a class 5 isn't enough?...
To be fair a Castle being slighted seems pretty appropriate. Didn't Corfe Castle donate quite a bit to some new buildings?
Off-topic a bit but was there any proposals by GWR to use a Castle boiler on any 2-cylindered locos? or was there just not the need of anything...
This is beyond my head at the moment, but have you been in contact with David Andrews of the iMeche? He seems like most important person to...
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