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  1. Alasdair B
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    BR Standard class - practice and performance

    I have had some further thoughts about the BR Standards and would like to revive this thread. There has been discussion here and elsewhere about...
    Post by: Alasdair B, Dec 16, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Flying Scotsman

    The question is not simply about 'single chimney versus double chimney' - the real question concerns 'non-optimised draughting versus optimised...
    Post by: Alasdair B, Jan 29, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
  4. Alasdair B
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    10100 Fell loco

    There is a fascinating biography of Colonel Fell, written by his son John Fell, at: https://www.paxmanhistory.org.uk/fell/index.htm This includes...
    Post by: Alasdair B, Jan 21, 2024 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    What Ifs, and Locos that never were.

    I suspect Riddles' decision to create a 2-10-0 instead of a 2-8-2 was partly vanity: he was very proud of his Austerity 2-10-0, which he had had...
    Post by: Alasdair B, May 8, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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    What Ifs, and Locos that never were.

    Dear All, Somehow the ghost of the Riddles 2-8-2 that never was does not seem to go away, so I started thinking about 'what if?' - and concluded...
    Post by: Alasdair B, May 7, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
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