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    Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

    Could be well-suited to the Bluebell - or the KESR: https://sremg.org.uk/steam/SER_Q_Q1.html
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 30, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
  3. bluetrain
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    Numbers of locos in railway company fleets

    Some years ago, I did an analysis of the numbers of locos listed in Casserley & Johnston "Locomotives at the Grouping". My totting-up will...
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 28, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
  4. bluetrain
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    Numbers of locos in railway company fleets

    Very interesting graph above from Tom @Jamessquared showing the decline in SR steam loco numbers through the Grouping period. Some noticeable...
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 27, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    How well represented the different railway companies are in preservation

    Maybe worth noting that before he came to the GCR, Robinson was loco superintendent of the Waterford & Limerick Rly. While at Limerick, he...
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 27, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
  6. bluetrain
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    How well represented the different railway companies are in preservation

    In their original form with "fly-away" cabs, Atock's 2-4-0 & 0-6-0 tender engines were like nothing else on the planet. But if any had been...
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 25, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
  7. bluetrain
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    How well represented the different railway companies are in preservation

    I've stumbled across this interesting thread from you on the numbers of locos preserved from the different Pre-Grouping companies. A couple of...
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 25, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Overhaul of G.W.R. 2.8.2. Tank engine 7200

    Perhaps someone with a CAD package could modify the Bulgarian design to incorporate a Bulleid MN boiler. The result would make an interesting...
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 22, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
  9. bluetrain
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    Overhaul of G.W.R. 2.8.2. Tank engine 7200

    The designer will have to consider a large number of potential constraints: - Axle-load that the track will take. -Total weight that bridge spans...
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 22, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
  10. bluetrain
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    Overhaul of G.W.R. 2.8.2. Tank engine 7200

    You might favour the Londonderry & Lough Swilly 4-8-4Ts? Back on the standard gauge, a number of very large tank engine designs were produced by...
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 22, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
  11. bluetrain
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    What is needed is guidance on leadership & management from the ghosts of Sir Herbert Walker & Richard Maunsell.
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 20, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Overhaul of G.W.R. 2.8.2. Tank engine 7200

    Among types that have not survived, I think the heaviest tanks to operate in the UK (aside from Garratts) were the LNER Class S1 0-8-4Ts. The...
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 20, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

    There are certainly serious gaps in the preservation of LNER motive power. But one areas is not short - GNR passenger engines, where there is a...
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 17, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    I would not have used the term "disruptors", but I think that a Board needs to have a mix of folk with a range of different backgrounds,...
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 16, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    And if I remember rightly, once you get clear of Birmingham NS, there are no tunnels on the WCML between Birmingham and Aberdeen. Engineer Joseph...
    Post by: bluetrain, Nov 16, 2020 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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