Definitely agree with that. Firing a Double-Fairlie on the Ffestiniog on 8 cars is reasonably easy going. Firing Linda on 8 cars is quite different!
Like a ball of string dropped from a great height, I sense a certain unravelling of a theory...
Do they double-head or is it top/tail? Or two separate trains?
For those unfamiliar with Meneer Koopmans, he has written a PhD on locomotive exhausts - a copy resides upstairs as a Christmas present for my...
It's great to see that you're passionate about Thompson and his locomotives and wish to revise history. The gentleman's opinion on how history...
You do set yourself up by not being able to allow other people to pass comment without starting off a huge debate about why they're wrong though....
Interesting, thanks.
Heating coaches for 24 hours.
What's the thinking behind that?
Of course!
Sadly that doesn't matter. We're all 'militant gricers' so reality checks like that don't count!! ;)
Ah, I mis-read your orignal post - my apologies!
I did read what you wrote but I've used the example of A4s and MN rather than BoBs which only have a grate of 38.25 square feet compared to an...
I wouldn't be so sure of that. I've spent plenty of time on the footplate and you get a sense of what the public perception of steam railways are...
I don't think anyone is saying that railways should run A4s or Merchant Navy's on 2 coach trains during mid-March. People acknowledge that bigger...
Not a famous engine in my book. Only a few are: Flying Scotsman, City of Truro, Mallard and Royal Scot.
I wonder what Paul's response to this is?
But people have already pointed out that there is a need for 7 coach trains on some lines where they need decent sized engines to pull the trains....
46100 is my guess too. There aren't many famous engines in our little world.
Do you think a Terrier could haul 7 Mark 1s up a 1-68 gradient? Is this the point I've missed? I'm not sure what you're aiming at.
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