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  1. Jimc
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    The last updates I saw were all about work on the motion.
    Post by: Jimc, Jul 10, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Not compared to, say, the installation environment on a deep water submarine. There's no doubt that sort of environment *can* be engineered to be...
    Post by: Jimc, Jul 8, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    It could also be argued that those who want failure whinge continually and destructively on line yet do absolutely nothing practical or useful.
    Post by: Jimc, Jun 27, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

    I'm *fairly* sure I've seen a photo of a shunting locomotive with a plank across the buffers. But now I think of it I wonder about the coupling.
    Post by: Jimc, Jun 24, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    Oh come on people. Most powerful in steam locomotives is an extraordinarily nebulous concept. Arguing over it is rather like two 13 year olds...
    Post by: Jimc, Jun 24, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    So utterly irrelevant?
    Post by: Jimc, Jun 24, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    567 Victorian 4-4-0 New Build

    "Well its like this lads. You can have this corner at mate's rates, with the understanding we can move you outside at very short notice if we need...
    Post by: Jimc, Jun 12, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    567 Victorian 4-4-0 New Build

    No, but I can imagine there may be circumstances in which the company has more space than it currently needs, but the cost of contracting (as in...
    Post by: Jimc, Jun 12, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    New Build Night Owl - 4709 Begins

    I don't believe they are flavour of the month at Didcot. In the circumstances it would make sense for them to keep their heads down and just get...
    Post by: Jimc, Jun 11, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    It couldn't could it. Which would also be awkward if there were a need for tender first running, to go and turn on a triangle for instance. But I...
    Post by: Jimc, Jun 7, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6880 Betton Grange

    Indeed. It's more than a little inauthentic to refer to xxxx' boiler or yyyy` tender, especially in the case of GWR standard components, which not...
    Post by: Jimc, Jun 4, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Especially as some of them keep changing what they look like...
    Post by: Jimc, May 25, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    There's a Facebook post from February showing work on the rods. I gather they're at a stage where there are a myriad of unspectacular little tasks...
    Post by: Jimc, May 25, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    92219 on the move?

    Well that depends. How many out of ticket and in ticket large BR standards are there out there? If a locomotive is on display you wouldn't want to...
    Post by: Jimc, Apr 30, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    92219 on the move?

    Yes, but surely there are more operational condition tenders than locomotives about. Why wouldn't an owning group like the idea of renting the...
    Post by: Jimc, Apr 29, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    BR Standard class 6 No. 72010 'Hengist' and Clan Discussion Thread

    Its a question I've asked myself too. Weight restrictions were a lot of it, and I bet if you tabulated boiler dimensions and grate area then you...
    Post by: Jimc, Apr 27, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    BR Standard class 6 No. 72010 'Hengist' and Clan Discussion Thread

    Maybe more to do with other aspects of the BR mismanagement. If there had been a date, 1970 say, when every pre nationalisation class was...
    Post by: Jimc, Apr 26, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    Don't steam engines ride very differently to diesels? Would this have an effect on the train, at least the first couple of carriages or even the...
    Post by: Jimc, Apr 20, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6880 Betton Grange

    I did try looking into that, but I found so few instances of problems in the 20thC that no statistical analysis seemed possible.
    Post by: Jimc, Apr 15, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6880 Betton Grange

    Besides all the points Tom makes vis a vis supporters etc, I very much doubt the hire cash is worth the loss in ticket sales, shop sales, food...
    Post by: Jimc, Apr 11, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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