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Streamlined Duchess, past and future

Discuție în 'Steam Traction' creată de tfftfftff86, 21 Iun 2009.

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  1. class8mikado

    class8mikado Part of the furniture

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    Does that make Tornado a 'Dyson' ? Is a diesel shunter a Ewbank perhaps?
     
    class8mikado, 27 Oct 2010
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  2. Sir Nigel Gresley

    Sir Nigel Gresley Member

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    ......back on track: Will 6229 be allowed to run on NR, owing to the fact that the front casing, when opened to access the smokebox, fouls the loading gauge? The avoidance of this was an important criterion in the design of the A4s' streamlining.
     
    Sir Nigel Gresley, 27 Oct 2010
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  3. class8mikado

    class8mikado Part of the furniture

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    Good point, But could the hinge pins be 'removeable' such that in an emergency it could be completely dropped off the Front, Ps Nice to hear from you, thought you were dead...
     
    class8mikado, 28 Oct 2010
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  4. No.7

    No.7 Well-Known Member

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    You can operate an A4 'under the wires' where opening the 'Cods Mouth' is prohibited. The principal would seem to be the same but in practice it might be more problematic.
     
    No.7, 28 Oct 2010
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  5. j4141

    j4141 New Member

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    I hate to pour cold water on this, but Helen Ashby of NRM fame quite clearly stated in Steam Railway that 6229 would not be overhauled any time soon. Also, if you read the articles written on NRM+, there is clear mention of a streamlined section containing Mallard and 6229.

    Anything can change, but I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon.
     
    j4141, 21 Noi 2010
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  6. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    Page 14 of this weeks Railway Herald Steve Davies says, 'I am not going to forecast the date of her resurrection, what I am doing is indicating that this might be sooner than people think'.
    Helen Ashby added that as well as restoring the loco the thinking at the NRM would be to rebrand a rake of coaches into 'Coronation Scot' livery....
    How things change in a few months.
     
    RalphW, 28 Mar 2011
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  7. Sheff

    Sheff Resident of Nat Pres

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    Oh please please pretty please !!! :rapture:
     
    Sheff, 28 Mar 2011
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  8. S.A.C. Martin

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    If they make it official, I'll chuck a few pennies their way to see it run! :)
     
    S.A.C. Martin, 28 Mar 2011
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  9. class8mikado

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    Drooling at the very thought...
     
    class8mikado, 28 Mar 2011
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  10. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    Is it worth £10 a month though, or more to the point can I afford it, perhaps if the govt. do manage to raise the pension to £140 a week then maybe.
     
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  11. Enterprise

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    If they raise our pensions, it will be a fraud as are most of their policies. Most probably the pension might go up a bit but our taxes will rise more.
     
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  12. Sheff

    Sheff Resident of Nat Pres

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    Oh no, not another tenner a month, I'm into two of those already. Mind you for the "price of a weekly pint" that ought to be £12/month now :eek:

    Might have to go back to work :pout:
     
    Sheff, 28 Mar 2011
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    Wow, what a beautiful news !!
     
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  14. irwellsteam

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    Man what a sight a restored 6229 would be. Hopefully they might throw in a visit to the ELR again.........:smile::smile:
     
    irwellsteam, 28 Mar 2011
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    OOO hope this is not an april fool joke
     
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    Sounds great. But could this be a April Fools' Day joke?
     
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    How can stating a possibility before April 1st be an April fools joke? If it was said on Friday morning that the Duchess was to be restored & a rake of coaches would be put into Coronation Scot livery then fair enough.
     
    williamfj2, 28 Mar 2011
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    46236 Well-Known Member

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    current pensioners (of which I am one) will not qualify for the 'new' pension
     
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  19. Steve from GWR

    Steve from GWR Well-Known Member

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    Hee hee, a streamlined Duchess and train "sooner than people think".......

    That should generate more threads, posts and insults than Tornado and Scotsman between them. And that's before we start arguing about the blue and wartime black options.....
     
    Steve from GWR, 28 Mar 2011
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  20. irwellsteam

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    I've still got a rather dated model of 6245 City of London in wartime black, streamlined, from when I used to collect the models. Like the stripped duchesses, the streamliners also look good in black. IMO
     
    irwellsteam, 28 Mar 2011
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