Fair enough. Thanks.
But did it perform any better?
Since with the existing exhaust, the boiler could produce more power than the wheels could transmit to the rails, probably not a lot.
71000 - 101T 5cwt Stanier Pacific 105T 5cwt Merchant Navy 97T 18cwt A4 102T 19cwt A1 104T 2cwt So not particularly big.
I fired the one on the Severn Valley in the early 1970s. At the time, we ran only the 4.5 miles to Hampton Loade. That experience was sufficient...
That lubricates the spindle only, not the valve head, which is the part that seized. And those oil boxes and pipes are quite substantial; unless...
It was in use yesterday.
Thermic siphons?
This was a problem with mechanical lubricators: it was possible the alter the drive to feed more oil to the steam chest and cylinders, and many...
More than you think, depending on the engine, its condition and who's doing the work.
Sorry, but while it's a nice theory, it isn't germane. The problem has been identified as a lack of lubrication the front middle valve head. The...
Sorry!
Oh yes, but the colour had nothing to do with it. 'Piccolo' Pete Johnson once had a Stanier Pacific on a humble parcels from Crewe North around...
Really? These tanks worked turn and turn about with John Aspinall's High Flyer Atlantics on express duties over the Pennines between Liverpool and...
Er, no. When a crew was allocated a loco, they were told the number, not, 'You've got the green one!' or whatever. Locos were often allocated to...
Nearly always. But a couple of locos succumbed long after the preservationist arrived when the wagon supply temporarily dried up.
I would hope that they also had a basis in history. When I started in preservation way back in 1968, we - most of us, anyway - were trying to...
I'm not sure they'd fit, though; there were three different cylinder castings for the 8Fs (and probably Black Fives). I think the Society has...
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Nope. I asked on another thread, 'How many ways are there of asking, what is your favourite engine?' This just follows the same pattern. For...
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