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  1. LMS2968
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    71000 Matters

    Fair enough. Thanks.
    Post by: LMS2968, May 26, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
  3. LMS2968
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    71000 Matters

    But did it perform any better?
    Post by: LMS2968, May 26, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
  4. LMS2968
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    71000 Matters

    Since with the existing exhaust, the boiler could produce more power than the wheels could transmit to the rails, probably not a lot.
    Post by: LMS2968, May 26, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    71000 Matters

    71000 - 101T 5cwt Stanier Pacific 105T 5cwt Merchant Navy 97T 18cwt A4 102T 19cwt A1 104T 2cwt So not particularly big.
    Post by: LMS2968, May 25, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    I fired the one on the Severn Valley in the early 1970s. At the time, we ran only the 4.5 miles to Hampton Loade. That experience was sufficient...
    Post by: LMS2968, May 17, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    That lubricates the spindle only, not the valve head, which is the part that seized. And those oil boxes and pipes are quite substantial; unless...
    Post by: LMS2968, May 12, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions

    It was in use yesterday.
    Post by: LMS2968, May 11, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Lubrication drift from Tornado thread.

    Thermic siphons?
    Post by: LMS2968, May 9, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Lubrication drift from Tornado thread.

    This was a problem with mechanical lubricators: it was possible the alter the drive to feed more oil to the steam chest and cylinders, and many...
    Post by: LMS2968, May 2, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    More than you think, depending on the engine, its condition and who's doing the work.
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 26, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Sorry, but while it's a nice theory, it isn't germane. The problem has been identified as a lack of lubrication the front middle valve head. The...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 23, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Liveries!

    Sorry!
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 22, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Liveries!

    Oh yes, but the colour had nothing to do with it. 'Piccolo' Pete Johnson once had a Stanier Pacific on a humble parcels from Crewe North around...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 22, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Back Of The Shed

    Really? These tanks worked turn and turn about with John Aspinall's High Flyer Atlantics on express duties over the Pennines between Liverpool and...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 22, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Liveries!

    Er, no. When a crew was allocated a loco, they were told the number, not, 'You've got the green one!' or whatever. Locos were often allocated to...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 22, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    LMS consituent engines set aside for preservation but later scrapped.

    Nearly always. But a couple of locos succumbed long after the preservationist arrived when the wagon supply temporarily dried up.
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 21, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Liveries!

    I would hope that they also had a basis in history. When I started in preservation way back in 1968, we - most of us, anyway - were trying to...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 21, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Back Of The Shed

    I'm not sure they'd fit, though; there were three different cylinder castings for the 8Fs (and probably Black Fives). I think the Society has...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 20, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Back Of The Shed

    Deleted - Groundhog day - again!
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 20, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Back Of The Shed

    Nope. I asked on another thread, 'How many ways are there of asking, what is your favourite engine?' This just follows the same pattern. For...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 20, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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