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    LMS 2P 4-4-0

    Needs?
    Post by: LMS2968, Jun 9, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    We can always find exceptions and quote the wonderful and simply bazaar, but 99% of engines will conform to what I said.
    Post by: LMS2968, Jun 5, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    No, 120 degrees. 90 degrees is for two- and four-cylinder engines only.
    Post by: LMS2968, Jun 5, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    82045 The way ahead?

    Up until now, the shed has been rather full of engines undergoing various stages of repair or overhaul, and space was at a premium. There has been...
    Post by: LMS2968, Jun 3, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    71000 Matters

    Depends on how close the Nominal and Actual TEs conformed, but it is said that the Stanier three-cylinder 2-6-4Ts would start without slipping in...
    Post by: LMS2968, May 30, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    71000 Matters

    Tractive Effort is the force applied by the locomotive to the rails to move itself and the train along them. It isn't constant, though, and varies...
    Post by: LMS2968, May 29, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

    I think C Hamilton Ellis repeats it in LMS - A Railway in Retrospect, but still worth telling. An insight into way Midland engines outlasted LNWR...
    Post by: LMS2968, May 29, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    There are several variations on this theme: Jim Carter in one of his books recalls receiving a Form 1 when the oversized lump he ejected from the...
    Post by: LMS2968, May 26, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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