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    Steam Railcars/Railmotors of the UK

    Cab view of an LNER 6-cylinder engined Sentinel railcar. Note the 3-mm hot water injector at bottom left. [ATTACH]
    Post by: Eightpot, Jul 15, 2024 in forum: Bullhead Memories
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    A2 60532 Blue Peter

    Dents? Honourable battle scars.
    Post by: Eightpot, Jul 13, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

    32424 in action. [MEDIA]
    Post by: Eightpot, Jul 11, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Success! This is from the Paper No. 467 - 'A General Survey of the German Locomotive Industry during the War Years 1939-45' that appeared in the...
    Post by: Eightpot, Jun 20, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Been mulling this subject over the last day or two. It seems it was not the best of decisions to disregard Meiningen's advice on increasing the...
    Post by: Eightpot, Jun 20, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    I wonder if Meiningen said to the A1 Trust something to the effect of - "Ok, you are the customer, we'll do it your way even though we disagree on...
    Post by: Eightpot, Jun 19, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    The author Neville Shute in his autobiography "Sliderule" gave his opinion that in business there are two types of people involved. They are...
    Post by: Eightpot, Jun 17, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    D-Day and all that.

    Plenty of taken at the time film being shown on TV at the moment. However, one scene that intrigues me is a shot showing British soldiers walking...
    Thread by: Eightpot, Jun 5, 2024, 1 replies, in forum: International Heritage Railways/Tramways
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    Tornado

    Part of the process of getting locos to have a higher permitted maximum speed.
    Post by: Eightpot, Jun 3, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    I have a recollection going back to the mid-1960s of 'Everlasting' blow-down valves being fitted to the Spanner Mk. 111 train heating boiler as...
    Post by: Eightpot, Jun 3, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    The Goodwin Sands?
    Post by: Eightpot, May 30, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    BBMF Spitfire crash

    See the 'Things that wind me up 2' thread in the 'New General Chat' section.
    Post by: Eightpot, May 28, 2024 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
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    Tornado

    Re the side-on third photo down of 60103 above. Was this photo taken with a very wide-angle lens as the funnel seems to have moved back relative...
    Post by: Eightpot, May 25, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    You are on very dangerous ground there!
    Post by: Eightpot, May 25, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    I was wondering that, too.
    Post by: Eightpot, May 21, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Based a a friend's experience in contacting them following the seized inside cylinder piston valve and mangled valve gear affair with 60163 some...
    Post by: Eightpot, May 20, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Steam Tight Stays

    Not a job to be lightly undertaken!
    Post by: Eightpot, May 18, 2024 in forum: Locomotive Engineering M.I.C
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    Tornado

    Others may be able to put a date for this, but along with several friends I went on a (steam?) special from London to Darligton to see 'Tornado'....
    Post by: Eightpot, May 16, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

    The frames behind the trailing axle were extended rearwards by some 15" which permitted a longer cab than the GNR locos.
    Post by: Eightpot, May 16, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    The author Neville Shute in his autobiography 'Sliderule" made the point that in business there are 'starters' and 'runners', and these qualities...
    Post by: Eightpot, May 11, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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