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  1. Hotspur
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    92220 Evening Star

    It's all nonsense. The 92220 we have now is the same one that was outshopped from Swindon in 1960. The boiler is the same one that it was...
    Post by: Hotspur, Apr 12, 2010 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6100 Royal Scot

    I don't think it is fair to say its all down to one person. Maybe he is responsible for the standard of work, and also the same on Flying...
    Post by: Hotspur, Feb 21, 2010 in forum: Steam Traction
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    35011 "GSN" to be restored

    The reason given was that they didn't need/want a merchant navy on the line, and the restoration was taking a long time. However it wasn't taking...
    Post by: Hotspur, Feb 19, 2010 in forum: Steam Traction
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    35011 "GSN" to be restored

    35025 had a largely complete kit of parts when it was at Loughborough. The main item requiring work was the boiler, although there were question...
    Post by: Hotspur, Feb 17, 2010 in forum: Steam Traction
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    4472 wheelsets

    Yikes!!! Some people on here seem to have some very strange ideas about engineering. What do you think the ride would be like with a wobbly...
    Post by: Hotspur, Feb 14, 2010 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Hughes Crabs in preservation

    Not long ago I heard that one of the owners had been in an accident and ended up in hospital.
    Post by: Hotspur, Feb 6, 2010 in forum: Steam Traction
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    4472 wheelsets

    I recall someone telling me that Scotsmans driving wheels were stored in an outbuilding during the overhaul at Southall under Tony Marchington's...
    Post by: Hotspur, Feb 6, 2010 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present

    35023 also worked down to Weymouth on the 8:30 from Waterloo on 8/7/1967. 35030 worked all the way from Weymouth to Waterloo on 9/7/1967.
    Post by: Hotspur, Feb 6, 2010 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6100 Royal Scot

    Viewed from a distance, he doesn't seem to be the only one. Rather ironically it appears that Martello came within both timescale and budget.
    Post by: Hotspur, Feb 6, 2010 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6100 Royal Scot

    I can't speak for Steve, but I would say not. it's a basic principle that you can't allow such a situation to occur. Inspections and auditing has...
    Post by: Hotspur, Dec 9, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6100 Royal Scot

    I think you've just illustrated that staged inspections, such as was the case before BR was privatised, have to be independant. Or at the very...
    Post by: Hotspur, Dec 5, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6100 Royal Scot

    Any flame war seems to be coming from your direction as far as I can see. The earlier parts of this thread are quite enlightening. You and a...
    Post by: Hotspur, Dec 2, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6100 Royal Scot

    Maybe they weren't impressed because he was probably correct. Seems a logical reason for the valves wearing out so quickly. I haven't seen the...
    Post by: Hotspur, Nov 29, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6100 Royal Scot

    The project manager who started the overhaul was pushed out and the volunteer force with him, so that the project could be farmed out to Southall....
    Post by: Hotspur, Nov 26, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6100 Royal Scot

    If you read the early parts of this thread, it sounds like bressingham brought it all upon themselves by agreeing to having the loco taken away....
    Post by: Hotspur, Nov 26, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6100 Royal Scot

    The earlier parts of this thread make it abundantly clear that something very odd has been going on. Maybe he and others were trying to warn...
    Post by: Hotspur, Nov 26, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    73129 in need of tyres.

    For while it did seem like that. I'm coming to the conclusion that all may not be as it seems at first sight. Someone suggested to me yesterday...
    Post by: Hotspur, Nov 22, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    73129 in need of tyres.

    I'd broadly go along with that list, except to say that I wouldn't expect the cost to include cleaning the wheelsets etc. We used to machine the...
    Post by: Hotspur, Nov 21, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    73129 in need of tyres.

    I suppose I made a basic error in assuming that most people would be smart enough to understand that the point is that the projected cost of...
    Post by: Hotspur, Nov 21, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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    73129 in need of tyres.

    So that's all you've got to say is it? Isn't it funny how people with a weak argument quickly resort to insults because they can't defend their...
    Post by: Hotspur, Nov 21, 2009 in forum: Steam Traction
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