Again, a long way from an expert but agree it depended on many factors, including the engine. A Stanier Pacific, for instance, generally started...
When 2968 had her hydraulic test on 16 March the inspector asked if we had hydraulicked the elements. He was happy to accept the originals, but...
Yes Andy, I'd heard about that! Apparently, it fitted without any modifications being needed.
The first thirty of the class were given Midland 'bell' whistles, such as 2968 has and always had. Only the final ten got Stanier hooters.
That last photo clearly shows all the crank pins aligned so the rods were taken off there and the engine hadn't been moved since.
I started going there in 1970. All these engines had gone to Barry with one purpose in mind: to be broken up for scrap. The rumour, which lasted...
Well, a lot of stuff did go missing from Barry!
See what numbers are stamped into them, although these won't necessarily be the number of the Barry resident, but there's a good chance.
Please don't suggest it as the next livery variation.
Only Tuesday's, when the West Country is also running. [img]
2968 begins loaded test runs Bridgnorth - Kidderminster tomorrow. Edit - Sorry, make that Monday!
Only the Western Region ones, I think.
Depends on the engine: GWR types had them - sensibly - on the engine on the running plate ahead of the cab, but the Brits (and all other BR...
I don't think so; the Horwich Crabs were the same. I don't know about Derby or Crewe though.
Not chains but two solid, although thinner, bars. Did the same job though. [img]
I'm not very familiar with things across the Channel but what was the maintenance / overhaul mileages, and the annual mileages, for these high...
You mean like 4472 wit a 250 p.s.i. boiler? Although in that case it was the whole engine, including the frames, which suffered.
The point of Bowen Cook's Claughtons which had nil reciprocating balance and nil hammer blow. He tried to get a greater static axle load on this...
It wasn't just company loyalties: he had a thing against the Lancashire & Yorkshire, despite having served his apprenticeship at Horwich.
Couldn't agree more! Cox had his biases and was wont to flaunt them in his books, usually being very selective in the supporting evidence he...
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