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Hawksworth Brake x2 to Didcot

Rasprava u 'Heritage Rolling Stock' pokrenuta od nick813, 31. Srpanj 2013..

  1. nick813

    nick813 Well-Known Member Loco Owner

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    GWR 2232 Hawksworth Brake Corridor Third
    GWR 333 Hawksworth Full Brake

    Nick
     
    nick813, 31. Srpanj 2013.
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    michaelh Part of the furniture

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    That's good news. I first saw 333 at Shrewsbury in service in 1972 (somewhere I've got a slide), and every time I saw it rotting at Toddington, it grieved me.
     
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    nick813 Well-Known Member Loco Owner

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    Hello,
    Would you let me have a copy?
    I am also a GWS member and slowly getting back into the GWS C&W Dept.
    Also on flickr.

    Many thanks

    NIck
     
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    61624 Part of the furniture

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    Does anyone know why they've been bought? Spares or restoration?
     
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  6. michaelh

    michaelh Part of the furniture

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    Happy to let you have a copy - if it's one of the several thousand I've scanned in it's easy - but if not there could be some delay as those slides are not very accessible at the moment. I will check.
     
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    Bit of both. 333 is currently undergoing a transformation to enable it to replace our Antiquary & Oxford Group sales stands as they're both getting life-expired & a bit cramped for space. Structurally 333 was fairly nasty, but nothing out of the ordinary for a late-built Hawksworth that's spent a lot of time outside. New roof sections have been fitted & most of the lower bodyside panels have been renewed as well. The area causing most concern is the floor… at some point that's had an infestation of Wood Wasp that has eaten a lot of the plywood floor panels and the joists that support them - needless to say, we hadn't budgeted for that!

    We might swap the bogies out with a u/s set, but choices are limited as 333 has beefed up bearings (9" x 4") & stiffer springing than the average tin Collett that runs on 8" x 4" journals, so it may be that we 'christmas tree' them & get whatever we can to keep the core running vehicles in service.

    2232 was acquired primarily as a source of running spares, but I doubt that it'll get broken up. Internally it's heavily stripped, so it's likely to get converted into a locker/changing room for volunteers. If it gets restored it'll be a very long term project & there's a lot of stuff ahead of it that's of more use to us to be honest.

    Pete S.,
    C&W Dept.,
    GWS Didcot.
     
    K14, 1. Kolovoz 2013.
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