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    The Great Northern Railway 0-4-2 Locomotive No. 551

    Thanks for publishing this item on the GNR 0-4-2 mixed traffic engines. The 0-4-2 arrangement was popular in mid-19th Century Scotland for both...
    Post by: bluetrain, Apr 9, 2024 in forum: Bullhead Memories
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    French Nord Rapide Carriage b9yfi-7122 in the UK

    According to David Jenkinson ("British Rly Carriages of 20th Century"), several hundred monocoque or "all-steel" carriages were built in 1926-7 by...
    Post by: bluetrain, Mar 21, 2024 in forum: Heritage Rolling Stock
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    A2 60532 Blue Peter

    The majority of the Peppercorn A2s were based in Scotland. A 1955 allocation list shows 11 of them (out of 15 total) at Edinburgh, Dundee &...
    Post by: bluetrain, Mar 16, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Vulcan Liberation 2-8-0

    The Liberation engines may have been designed to fit within the French loading gauge, which has a height of just over 14ft - rather less than the...
    Post by: bluetrain, Mar 14, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Vulcan Liberation 2-8-0

    Surprised to hear that the KWVR tried to acquire a Liberation 2-8-0. Given that the engines were built to Continental loading gauge, I suspect...
    Post by: bluetrain, Mar 12, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Mathew Kirtley designs for the Midland Railway : 700 class 0-6-0

    I'm unsure about the crest. Looking at the Midland-era photos within the @neildimmer site and elsewhere, it looks as if some freight engines had...
    Post by: bluetrain, Feb 29, 2024 in forum: Photography
  8. bluetrain
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    Mathew Kirtley designs for the Midland Railway : 700 class 0-6-0

    Since writing the above, I have found a further source - "Midland Steam" by WA Tuplin - which says that the Midland goods livery changed from red...
    Post by: bluetrain, Feb 28, 2024 in forum: Photography
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    Mathew Kirtley designs for the Midland Railway : 700 class 0-6-0

    According to Hamilton Ellis in "The Trains we loved", Midland goods engines were "plain black". Ellis' book is mainly about the 1900-1922 period....
    Post by: bluetrain, Feb 27, 2024 in forum: Photography
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    If you want a complete set, don't forget 4-6-0 Nos 36 & 2601. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_No._36 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_2602_Class
    Post by: bluetrain, Feb 22, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Flying Scotsman

    The express blue would certainly be my livery choice! But I suspect that a majority would see a shade of green as a key component of the engine's...
    Post by: bluetrain, Feb 13, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E.

    Indeed. We can track the limited adoptions of the Kylchap exhaust system, but the take-up of Chapelon's work on steam passages and "internal...
    Post by: bluetrain, Feb 12, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    The Chapelon 4-8-0s were unusual in being for express passenger work. The majority of 4-8-0 designs were mixed-traffic or freight designs with...
    Post by: bluetrain, Feb 11, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    As indicated above by @RAB3L, the Chapelon 4-8-0 boiler was based on that of the Nord Rly" Super-Pacifics", which used a long narrow firebox. See...
    Post by: bluetrain, Feb 9, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Edward Thompson: Wartime C.M.E. Discussion

    Thanks for the clarification about the K1 2-6-0. That does seem to confirm that Thompson's thinking evolved over time, with the K1 initially...
    Post by: bluetrain, Feb 6, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
  16. bluetrain
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    Edward Thompson: Wartime C.M.E. Discussion

    Interesting. I'd not previously heard of this apparent Thompson design for a mid-sized 4-4-0, rather smaller than the D49 "The Morpeth" rebuild...
    Post by: bluetrain, Feb 4, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    West Somerset Railway General Discussion

    You make an important point. Somerset Council is in a particularly serious financial situation, and seems very likely to be forced into a fire...
    Post by: bluetrain, Jan 31, 2024 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Fire Queen transferred into national ownership

    I had not previously heard of that locomotive, nor the narrow-gauge railway on which it ran. The track gauge of 1145 mm appears to have been...
    Post by: bluetrain, Jan 30, 2024 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

    A single-unit railcar could be viewed as both a locomotive and a train. HST power cars have been widely viewed as locomotives, although normally...
    Post by: bluetrain, Jan 28, 2024 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    February Half Term

    The Avon Valley Rly will be running on selected days during Feb 2024 half-term, specifically Sat 10, Sun 11, Wed 14, Sat 17, Sun 18 Feb. Tickets...
    Post by: bluetrain, Jan 27, 2024 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Brighton Atlantic: 32424 Beachy Head

    The Metropolitan Rly used the train vacuum brake in steam days. Perhaps you were thinking of the Metropolitan District Rly - today's LT District...
    Post by: bluetrain, Jan 26, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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