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    6100 Royal Scot

    Re: 6100 Royal Scot test runs Yes, it's only taken 7 years. Three times as long as they boasted it would take, and quite a bit more than three...
    Post by: Impala, Jan 13, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6100 Royal Scot

    Re: 6100 Royal Scot test runs ????????????????????? Whats all that about?
    Post by: Impala, Jan 13, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    46235 City of Birmingham

    I don't think it's appropriate to give specific names on here, especially without their knowledge. It's actually quite a complex subject, and in...
    Post by: Impala, Jan 13, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    46235 City of Birmingham

    The engine history card contains the same information. Unfortunately it doesn't confirm that the same boiler is still carried by the engine now....
    Post by: Impala, Jan 12, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    46235 City of Birmingham

    Not exactly secure on the trailer. You'd definitely not get away with that these days. As a matter of interest - Does anyone on here know the...
    Post by: Impala, Jan 12, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    46235 City of Birmingham

    That's another interesting story. I've heard in the past from various sources who should know, that it was very rare for a Stanier boiler to...
    Post by: Impala, Jan 11, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    46235 City of Birmingham

    I don't think so. It was merely painted in patches, and in fact it was a rather poor job as well, with bad matching to the existing paintwork....
    Post by: Impala, Jan 11, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Black 5 workings

    Post by: Impala, Jan 11, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Black 5 workings

    That would have been very unusual. Cricklewood and Willesden both had Crabs fitted with LT&S ATC allocated for that kind of traffic. And as far as...
    Post by: Impala, Jan 8, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    The final steam freight working on BR – another challenger??

    It's well known in photography circles that kodachrome 25 was the best ever film. The reason being that the process involves introducing the dyes...
    Post by: Impala, Jan 6, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    35011 "GSN" to be restored

    Doesn't that rather depend on what value was put on that half share? I can think of loads of offers that didn't get far because they were...
    Post by: Impala, Jan 3, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    end of steam on isle of wight in december 1966

    22 was the last one to be cut up at Newport. 27 was indeed the first, and I did hear a story that it wasn't even cold from it's last steaming when...
    Post by: Impala, Jan 3, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    The last BR STANDARD GAUGE passenger locomotive?

    Re: The last BR passenger locomotive? That's not correct. 35023 worked the Channel Island boat train both ways on July 8th 1967. After the up...
    Post by: Impala, Jan 3, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    The last BR STANDARD GAUGE passenger locomotive?

    Re: The last BR passenger locomotive? That doesn't sound correct to me. 5XP was class five express passenger. The Scots were class 6P and...
    Post by: Impala, Jan 3, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6100 Royal Scot

    Re: 6100 Royal Scot test runs Now there's a surprise! When you rely on Mr lastminute.com, not much happens when its supposed to.
    Post by: Impala, Dec 30, 2008 in forum: Steam Traction
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    35011 "GSN" to be restored

    I don't think that's correct at all. As far as I recall, it had several years of work done on it before it was moved to the present site and it...
    Post by: Impala, Dec 29, 2008 in forum: Steam Traction
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    2 weeks to cut up 46243 City of Lancaster

    At Cashmores yard, it was normal for final disposal of a loco to take about a day. In their heyday, some of the Bulleids took less than that. One...
    Post by: Impala, Dec 28, 2008 in forum: Photography
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