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You have a time machine and you can go back to the 50s/60s and save one Engine. Which would it be ?

Discussie in 'Steam Traction' gestart door toplight, 21 dec 2017.

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  1. 242A1

    242A1 Well-Known Member

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    As 240P15 has already made what for me would be the obvious choice I would have to go for Chapelon's other great experiment 160A1.
    Maybe the French will consider the new build option one day in order to fill the gaping chasm that exists in their somewhat peculiar selection of locomotives that were deemed worthy of saving.
     
    242A1, 22 dec 2017
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    240P15, Bill Drewett en ragl vinden dit leuk.
  2. Victor

    Victor Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    45581 Bihar and Orissa (Farnley MPD finest)
     
    Victor, 22 dec 2017
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  3. Hurricane

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    South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) 4-4-0 locomotive no.680 Stirling class F.

    [​IMG]
     
    Hurricane, 22 dec 2017
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  4. Victor

    Victor Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    You'll be pleased to hear that you're not alone.;) I never saw one in action, I wish I had.
     
    Victor, 22 dec 2017
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  5. Bill Drewett

    Bill Drewett Member

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    That's beautiful. Did it really survive till the fifties?
     
    Bill Drewett, 22 dec 2017
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  6. Steve

    Steve Resident of Nat Pres Friend

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    Can't fault you with that choice.
     
    Steve, 22 dec 2017
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  7. Hurricane

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    Agree what a stunning looking locomotive....Lasted until 1949 apparently which is close enough that one might have been kicking around a scrap line until 1950 right?
     
    Hurricane, 22 dec 2017
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  8. Bill Drewett

    Bill Drewett Member

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    Sounds fine to me. I'm sure we can allow a little leeway for such a beautiful machine. We'd obviously have to enforce the rules more strictly if it looked like a Q1...
     
    Bill Drewett, 22 dec 2017
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  9. WB2624

    WB2624 New Member

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    WB2624, 22 dec 2017
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    S.A.C. Martin en 240P15 vinden dit leuk.
  10. Bill Drewett

    Bill Drewett Member

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    Bill Drewett, 22 dec 2017
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    Hurricane, 22 dec 2017
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  12. 240P15

    240P15 Well-Known Member

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    Agree with you sir! I would certainly also recreate the class 240P, the world`s most efficient compound locomotives!:)
    The scrapping of Andre Chapelon`s masterpieces are, in my (and many others view) the biggest mistake in preservation history!

    regards

    Knut
     
    240P15, 22 dec 2017
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  13. AndyY

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    I'd have thought Big Bertha would be quite practical on the preserved railways................

    I'd save number 6256, Sir William A. Stanier F.R.S.

    Andy
     
    AndyY, 22 dec 2017
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    ady vindt dit leuk.
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    I would save 34066 "Spitfire" - specifically on 4th December 1957 just before 5:00pm
     
    CLN_WVR, 22 dec 2017
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    g8bvl New Member

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    Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
     
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    One of the LMS/Ivatt diesel twins 10000 or 10001.

    A raging gap in the national collection in my opinion.

    ( I know there is a proposal to rebuild etc but even so..........)
     
    forty, 22 dec 2017
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  17. Copper-capped

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    Can I do December 1949 and save 3599 - the last GWR metro tank?

    Can I also take an angle grinder with me? That way I can leave some of the side tanks and half of the cab roof behind....
     
    Copper-capped, 22 dec 2017
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    60106 Flying Fox for personal reasons
    60014 because SILVER LINK in SILVER!

    Simon
     
    goldfish, 22 dec 2017
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  19. MikeParkin65

    MikeParkin65 Member Friend

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    At last - can't believe I had to scroll 3 pages before getting to 46256! And if we could extend this to one steam and one diesel and then stretch that ever so slighty - the Ivatt twins - 10000 and 10001. :)
     
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    Can I also go back to 1949 and grab 6004, the last Claughton?
     
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