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    35018 British India Line

    Just to make things perfectly clear: When 35018 was rebuilt in February 1956 it had tender 3346 of 6,000 gallon, from series 3, which had been...
    Post by: Richard, Oct 3, 2017 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present

    Sorry, I have now rechecked the date and it left works in February 1962 attached to 35008 Orient Line.
    Post by: Richard, Dec 31, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present

    I've now had a good look at the tender of 34006 and the length of the bunker does suggest a 5,000 gallon, which is quoted on their web site, but...
    Post by: Richard, Dec 30, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present

    Yes, the new body 6,000 gallon was fitted on chassis 3343, which had the self-weighing body and was fitted in December 1961. The body was an...
    Post by: Richard, Dec 30, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present

    Dont forget the BR rebodied 5,250 and 6,000 gallon versions!
    Post by: Richard, Dec 30, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    34051 Winston Churchill

    Seeing as no one has answered your query the answer is that the original airsmoothed MNs and LPs had UV cab lighting, housed in the box like...
    Post by: Richard, Oct 24, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    34046 Braunton

    Yes, my error, I was reading the measurements off the blast pipe drawings instead of the one for the cap!
    Post by: Richard, Apr 11, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    34046 Braunton

    I can confirm that all drawings have the holes marked 2.75 inches dia, the Merchant Navys are the same, giving an area of 29.68 sq in - if my...
    Post by: Richard, Apr 11, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    34046 Braunton

    2.75 inches diameter x 5.
    Post by: Richard, Apr 10, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Sir Keith Park

    They also appeared in two shades of blue! The original mid-blue and from c.1963, due to an error, a lighter blue. The red used for the WC...
    Post by: Richard, Feb 6, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Sir Keith Park

    The picture of 34023 with the wooden O.V. Bulleid plate is in 'The Power of the Bulleid Pacifics' (1983), plate 171. The plate 21C123 now carries...
    Post by: Richard, Jan 21, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Headboard Typeface

    I didn't mentioning ink traps as most people are unfamiliar with printing and didn't want to confuse. The traps were primary used to ensure...
    Post by: Richard, Feb 17, 2012 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Headboard Typeface

    Nice to hear from someone who knows about fonts and how they were used. Indeed when typesetting was done using good old metal the fonts would have...
    Post by: Richard, Feb 17, 2012 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Bulleid Pacifics - Past or Present

    A list of the liveries carried by the Merchant Navys is on the Bulleid Society web site http://www.bulleidsociety.org/, which I have just...
    Post by: Richard, Jan 4, 2011 in forum: Steam Traction
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    first world war ROD khaki liveries

    I have had a quick look at the RCTS book and it says that 27 and 753 were sent to Boulogne on the 24th April 1915 and were painted unvarnished...
    Post by: Richard, Sep 15, 2010 in forum: Steam Traction