Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present

Absolutely and was to some extent helped here by NBL that may have been familiar american ways of doing things.
The 1340 american- french 1-4-1 had 5 square meter grates completely welded fireboxes and screwed stays.
Rumors say that boiler very seldom was parted from chassis after getting TIA feed water treatment.

 

Maybe of interest.

https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/0...ocomotives-from-southern-locomotives-ltd.html

 

All publicity is good but just seems to be a copy paste job from the SLL news page on their website.

 

That's all that Rail Advent seem to do!

 

A few more pics from last weeks charter, along with a couple from the AFE a month ago!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/duty_druid/54262155258/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/duty_druid/54275470745/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/duty_druid/54316638228/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/duty_druid/54316401911/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/duty_druid/54316636378/in/dateposted-public/

 

Nice Pics Duty Druid, thanks for posting.
I was actually thinking that pictures of Bulleids in the snow are quite rare - and in deep snow, even rarer. Has anyone got any like that?

 

Here’s the best I can manage from 2008.
34081 Weybourne NNR by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

 

Thanks Spamcan - even more unusual in Norfolk!....but is there a deeper snow pic out there?

 

A couple of Bluebell ones, both I think from 2009. Neither is my photo.



courtesy Bulleid Society - https://www.bulleidsociety.org/News/Old_News/2012_News.html



Courtesy Jon Bowers / Bluebell Railway.

Tom

 

Got some pics of that but not to hand. Was an interesting drive once we’d left the A roads behind. Mind you, that’s a Jarvis Pacific, not a Bulleid.

 

You are Ian Wright and I claim my £5

Tom

 

Fixit? Moi?

 

City of Wells storming past Wennington, December 1981.......



Cheerz,

Alan

 

First one is my photo… a few more from that day in my album from that year
https://www.flickr.com/gp/alts1985/N4S41WS7aQ

As @Spamcan81 says the roads were a challenge that day, sliding down Burstowhill Lane towards Horsted Keynes is something I don’t want to do again in a hurry!

 

I went there the following day and drove to Sheffield Park and walked from there, much easier than trying to go along the lanes!



The next year was a bit safer luckily.

 

Lovely shots, the following year’s snow I went over on a dull day, missed the sun….
https://flic.kr/p/947REk
Got some nice sun and snow shots in 2012 but by then 34059 had been withdrawn.

 

A couple of 34053 on the SVR on 9th December 2017.
I think this is the day the Bewdley by-pass was like glass at the traffic lights.

 

I think this is a colour rail slide as not one of mine unfortunately. Photographer unknown

 

Looks like 2009 was a snowy Christmas, there are plenty of other shots of locos in the snow here: https://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/was/what_was_new09.html including various others of Sir Archie. Appears that the snow started in the afternoon of December 18 and lasted at least up to December 24.

Tom

 

A couple of on train images of Tangmere when you could hang out of a window.

Heading for Ashford 221209 RTC Sussex Belle & departing Newbury Racecourse with the RTC Mayflower to Plymouth, 230313

Clan Line at Feltham on a Surrey Hills Lunch Trip 180113