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  1. Hirn
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    Rother Valley Railway

    This sort of deletion seems to be probably standard: soon after the planning application was granted I wanted to go back to one one of the letters...
    Post by: Hirn, May 17, 2023 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Alternative High Speed Steam?

    Possibly measuring round the rim would be 12ft? As a diameter it would be getting on the loading gauge and would never go under the floor between...
    Post by: Hirn, Apr 15, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Another Gresley Thread, middle big end

    It is indeed in Bill Harvey's "60 Years in Steam" which has excellent explicative diagrams. Peter Townend has in fact written several books, Both...
    Post by: Hirn, Apr 15, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    Post by: Hirn, Apr 11, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Alternative High Speed Steam?

    Duddington the driver was prepared on Mallard's run to reach 130 miles per hour - oral information volunteered by his grandson. Wether that would...
    Post by: Hirn, Apr 10, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    Something like that in my memory bank too. And an idea that wind resistance rises as the square so at 90 rather than 75 mph was much more than...
    Post by: Hirn, Mar 4, 2023 in forum: Steam Traction
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    FR & WHR & WHHR News

    Is the repositioned dome on a length of new boiler barrel? I find myself wondering & presumably the square patch on top along towards the firebox...
    Post by: Hirn, Jan 22, 2023 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Project Wareham

    Do take your point about getting a good sound sample to get the best understanding from the trial Would not being able to get through tickets...
    Post by: Hirn, Jan 3, 2023 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    The second sentence is so absolutely right: because what the volunteers do comes "free, gratis and for nothing" it is all too easy to overlook...
    Post by: Hirn, Dec 23, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Locomotive Performance and Tractive Effort Discussion

    Well used to the scales for model railways being anywhere between 10mm and 2mm to the foot. So perfectly content for mixed units Really no...
    Post by: Hirn, Dec 16, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    Would like to thoroughly agree and emphasise "space constraints". Carriages are not small and voluntary work is not quick, any work must be done...
    Post by: Hirn, Nov 30, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    Where could one find some more detailed explanations of these devices to avoid setting off with a handbrake hard on - diagrams, drawings? I'm...
    Post by: Hirn, Nov 30, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    It was an improbably encouraging circumstance that the Austerities had remarkably nearly the same cylinder dimensions bore & stroke and grate area...
    Post by: Hirn, Oct 29, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    7027 Thornbury Castle

    Duplicated
    Post by: Hirn, Oct 29, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    I do concur. It had occurred to me that this was so when the Hymeks ran both on the on the West Somerset and in Cardiganshire. However to be fair...
    Post by: Hirn, Oct 27, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    Post by: Hirn, Oct 26, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    Just the same building a house: it takes much work and the time to do it after the foundations go in, the walls up and the roof over them for...
    Post by: Hirn, Oct 24, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    After 1900 under the Wordsells and Raven the typical layout of the largest North Eastern Railway locomotives was three sets of Stephensons valve...
    Post by: Hirn, Oct 24, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Swanage Railway General Discussion

    Ballast does cost distinctly less if it arrives by rail from a quarry with a main line connection though minimum quantities can't be very small....
    Post by: Hirn, Oct 3, 2022 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Crosshead cost

    What sort of slidebar - slidebars - would it be runnning on? Would it need to be to be connected to outside Walchsaerts valve gear? Is the...
    Post by: Hirn, Oct 3, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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