That might also apply to those artifacts in Steam at Swindon.
=D> That tickled my impish/twisted sense of humour too. It doesn't pay to be too thin skinned here. Perhaps, interestingly, we frequently use...
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I like that =D> ! And thanks for the very kind remarks. But we never know for certain if a pattern set is a goodun' until the first good...
I concur. Arguably, the sale of them all came down to political will at the time. Perhaps we are about to see a sea-change?
Quite right Adrian - IMHO more's the pity they were never commissioned. Had developments at the works continued in that era where would we be now?
Thanks Pesmo. In truth, the hornblock pattern was very easy but the cores within cores certainly exercised the little grey cells in making the...
No such thing as "a quick retube" for a new ticket nowadays. Policy is, at least, foundation ring out to remedy the grooving that inevitably...
I just can't get it out of my head that Bodmin Road sounds so much nicer.
Progress continues with much welding, machining and drilling of frame stretcher components prior to a monumental rivetting session.
Had you seen the state of 7511 and 7960 on the SVR (amongst others) before work commenced you would have said they were "beyond economic repair...
As noted at http://82045.org.uk/news/82045_news-may09.html an order has been placed for the C107 copper for the firebox.
Latest update available at http://82045.org.uk/news/82045_news-june09.html . Meanwhile progress continues with the hornblock pattern.
P.M. me.
It may be worth contacting one of the better general motor/alternator rewind companies.
Correct.
One day last week several large steel pressings were delivered from Accurate Section Benders. These will form a number of the frame stretchers to...
Is it not possible for the cycle track to go along a "shelf" above the bank as done with Cycle Route 45 at Hampton Loade?
Interestingly such a scenario exists between Hampton Loade and Highley alongside the SVR. The cycle track has some sharp, but quite short, climbs...
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