Are any Standard 5MT's going to go mainline

martin1656 · 24 sep 2016

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34016 boiler was done at Pridhams in Lamerton. Half way through its mainline certificate it had part of the inner firebox below the firedoor replaced by Andy and the team at Ropley. Tony Wood posted video of the work when he used to run the MHR website. The loco was withdrawn from traffic early because of concerns over pitting in the inner firebox. It certainly didn't make it to the full 10 years of ticket.

Your not wrong though when you said about the 20 year expectation of the boiler being good, I remember hearing that myself at the time that the boiler arrived back at Ropley from the contractors.
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Pridhams ? was the 5's done there also ? because i can remember andy not being very complimentory about the work done, vertuallly every metal to metal face on the boiler i can remember having to blue up quite a few fixings before andy was satified

ghost · 24 sep 2016

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73096 was indeed a very capable mainline performer and often was the mainstay of Steam dreams tours because at the time Bodmin and Canpac were not availible, i dont know what facilities are availible now at Southall so would either be waiting for space at Carnforth, or may even be already stripped down, it will need a boiler lift, but the boiler work done on its last overhaul was very major , so hopefully it shouldnt need so much this time round, ,infact both bodmin and the standards boilers were done to such a high standard that it was expected that both boilers should be good for 2 further tickets, i should imagine the bottom end should also be good, as it did have an intermediate overhaul i think at the 5 year mark, if i had to take a guess, i think with Tangmere's firebox needing replacement, 35018 will i assume take her place, and 73096 returning in a couple of years , assuming JB has the funds to overhaul it, but having sold Bodmin, i would think he already has the money in the bank .
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Has that ever been officially confirmed or is it still just a grapevine rumour?

Keith

green five · 24 sep 2016

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34016 boiler was done at Pridhams in Lamerton. Half way through its mainline certificate it had part of the inner firebox below the firedoor replaced by Andy and the team at Ropley. Tony Wood posted video of the work when he used to run the MHR website. The loco was withdrawn from traffic early because of concerns over pitting in the inner firebox. It certainly didn't make it to the full 10 years of ticket.

Your not wrong though when you said about the 20 year expectation of the boiler being good, I remember hearing that myself at the time that the boiler arrived back at Ropley from the contractors.
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Quite a few of us were surprised when 34016 was withdrawn early with boiler problems as when she returned to steam after her second heavy overhaul in preservation it was reported that the extensive work on the boiler would last her for many years. She also lost time on her ticket when the infamous driving wheel cracks were discovered. I remember visiting Ropley one evening and seeing 34016 and 35005 sitting rather forlornly in the yard face to face with white spray paint all over their driving wheels after they had both been failed for ML use.
73096 on the other hand never failed on the ML as far as I can remember. There was a motion problem once but this was sorted with an emergency call to Ropley MPD who managed to come out and fix her and send her on her way.
I hope 73096 does eventually return to the ML as she was an astonishing performer with the loads she was given. She was Mr Notley's Loco of the year (Can't remember which year) in Steam Railway Magazine. She is still my all time favourite Loco. She even really impressed my Dad who is a die-hard Bulleid Pacific fanatic. He didn't expect much from a BR Standard but after the first few Daylight Railtours we travelled on we knew that the MHR had a top link Class Five in their stable.

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Swan Age · 25 sep 2016

martin1656 zei: ↑

Pridhams ? was the 5's done there also ? because i can remember andy not being very complimentory about the work done, vertuallly every metal to metal face on the boiler i can remember having to blue up quite a few fixings before andy was satified
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No it wasn't done by Pridhams.

Matt37401 · 25 sep 2016

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A bit off topic but I wouldn't mind seeing a BR 75XXX on the main line. I'm led to believe once they were fitted with double chimnley they became a very capable loco. I've seen film of them working the Southampton boat train out of Waterloo and looked to be going like the clappers along the main line.
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How about 75029? Ok I know it's only Grosmont Whitby there's also the 2-6-0 version in 76079/84 and are 80135/136 having the gubbins to go main line to Whitby? I must admit though I wouldn't mind something like 75014/69 going mainline though, have vague memories of seeing 75069 on the Cambrian, Happy days!

John Stewart · 25 sep 2016

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Oh no another who has lost touch with correct English, it's fireman regardless of gender.
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I was always told that sex is biological, gender is grammatical.

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