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35005 Canadian Pacific

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by siquelme, Oct 23, 2013.

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  1. Duty Druid

    Duty Druid Resident of Nat Pres

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    Sometimes its hard to keep up with whats going on............. Tenders still Brunswick though.
     
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    siquelme Well-Known Member

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    HaHa you know we change our minds every 5 minutes on the railway :)
     
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  3. Duty Druid

    Duty Druid Resident of Nat Pres

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    No comment!

    But you're at Eastleigh......... Dave started to whip you into line yet?.......... or are you bribing him with tea/coffee & bickies?...........
     
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  4. siquelme

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    Sort of, he sweetened us up with mini flapjacks which meant our tea break took longer ;-). In all seriousness work is progressing nicely as you can see from the photo we have almost finished cleaning and i for one am flipping glad of that.
     
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  5. Duty Druid

    Duty Druid Resident of Nat Pres

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    I thought you said it would be finished by Friday............. or was that your Airfix model?........
     
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  6. siquelme

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    If it was one of my kits it won't be done this side of 2020. ;-)
     
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  7. Duty Druid

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    Thank god it aint.......... best get cracking Grommit!
     
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  8. OldChap

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    Of the original air smoothed Bulleid's still with us, the count is five high sided , 4 modified, 1 without tender.

    34007 - 4500 gal High sided (new body/new underframe/new wheels)
    34023 - 4500 gal High sided (new body)
    34051 - 4500 gal Modified, as withdrawn
    34067 - 5500 gal Modified (new body)
    34070 - 4500 gal Modified (ex 34023 body/new underframe/new wheels)
    34072 - 5500 gal Modified (new body/new underframe/new wheels)
    34073 - No tender
    34081 - 5500 gal High sided (ex 34028 'demodified')
    34092 - 5500 gal High sided (new body, mounted to 4500 gal underframe)
    34105 - 5500 gal High sided (new body)
     
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    Oh for Wadebridge in malachite green and "sunshine" lettering! That would be such a fine sight...
     
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  11. martin1656

    martin1656 Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    go nicely with 925 and 850 then you would have the imediate pre war livery and the post 1945 livery 850 is in the livery just before Malachite was chosen i believe , parson's green isnt it?
     
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  12. MellishR

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    Any idea why?
     
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  13. ghost

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    I would've thought authenticity would be the main reason?

    Keith
     
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  14. siquelme

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    Well 35006 has a class 33 wheel set for its tender as well and I always assumed it was something to do with mainline running so wonder if that was the reason behind Wadebridges original wheel set as well.
     
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    It's cheaper/quicker/easier to acquire some class 33 wheelsets rather than go to the trouble of casting new BFB wheels, acquiring tyres, making new axles and all the associated machining, pressing etc. I don't think mainline running comes into the equation.

    Keith
     
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    Absolutely agree. The option for BFB wheelsets was taken for authenticity AFAIK. I think the MHR either had a pattern made or borrowed the one Southern locomotives possess.
    I do remember seeing a gas axed BFB tender wheel laying on the ground outside Ropley shed many years back, so maybe this was used as a basis for a pattern.
    34058 I believe has a full set of BFB wheelsets made and stored awaiting the turn of its rebuild.
     
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  17. siquelme

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    Returning the thread to topic. New boss man has posted his first update on the Mid Hants website here
     
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    Are you sure that they're class 33 wheels? I seem to remember seeing the tender chassis when it was being built at Cammel Lairds (under a MSC scheme IIRC), and being told that they were class 40 wheelsets. Not that it really makes much difference.
    Ray.
     
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  19. siquelme

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    You could well be right. When 35006 returns to steam we can have a snoop hopefully it won't be long :)

    The big question is who will be done first 05 or 28.
     
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    All I know is that the wheeles are off of the exact loco from the great train robbery. At this point I can only mumble about "green ones" and "blue ones" and gently doze off...
     
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