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  1. Jimc
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    Boilers with flue tubes but no superheater elements.

    From 1925 the GWR fitted a pair of 5 1/8 diameter flue tubes in the upper corners of untapered boilers that had belpaire fireboxes, pressure...
    Thread by: Jimc, Feb 20, 2024, 14 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    US Boiler Design and Combustion Chambers

    I'm working on a piece about Churchward's pacific, and one doesn't get far into that topic without considering Churchwards's paper "Large...
    Thread by: Jimc, Dec 20, 2023, 28 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    Ten for the National Collection?

    [snip] Let's have a little game (maybe for a different thread). Suppose the National Collection had space for only 10 steam locomotives. You can...
    Thread by: Jimc, Oct 24, 2022, 72 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    4555 Damage at South Devon?

    This has surfaced on the dreaded Facebook. There are videos of her in service on May 2nd, so presumably happened later that day or since. [The...
    Thread by: Jimc, May 4, 2022, 102 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    Steam Era Route Availability Categories

    I was trying to work out comparative route availability on different lines, and although I have the GW list, I couldn't find any others. I found a...
    Thread by: Jimc, Sep 1, 2021, 35 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    GWR 94xx Pannier Tanks, ex-Edward Thompson Thread.

    One of the strangest bits of personal reminiscence I know of are K J Cook's comments about the GWR 9400s in Swindon steam. Cook makes it very...
    Thread by: Jimc, Aug 18, 2021, 186 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    Invicta

    Michael Bailey and Peter Davidson discuss the findings of their "dig" on the preserved locomotive "Invicta" ""Invicta" ran on the Canterbury and...
    Thread by: Jimc, Apr 26, 2021, 2 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    What about this (Welsh Museum Web site)

    [IMG] I came across this on museum.wales hunting for material on Barry Railway Locomotives. They don't seem to know much about it....
    Thread by: Jimc, Feb 25, 2021, 33 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    LBSCR and GWR valve gear?

    According to GWR Loco Committee minutes, on 7th October 1907 the GWR locomotive committee authorised the sale of a model of locomotive valve...
    Thread by: Jimc, Feb 6, 2021, 43 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    Putting it back together...

    When people talk about going on a drawing hunt... This is from a post on Fbook from Didcot Railway Centre about drawing conservation. Tracings...
    Thread by: Jimc, Oct 9, 2019, 18 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    9466 for sale

    http://www.9466.co.uk reports that, perhaps unsurprisingly, the late Dennis Howell's Pannier tank is on the market. More details to come late...
    Thread by: Jimc, Apr 15, 2019, 51 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    Battle of Cambrai - what Locos

    [img] Trains taking tanks to the battle of Cambrai. The leading engines on two of the trains at least are obviously Dean Goods. What are the...
    Thread by: Jimc, Nov 20, 2017, 21 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    Boiler dimensions/ratios

    I'm sure there are some standard ratios for comparing boilers - things like grate area:heating surface perhaps. What are the conventionally useful...
    Thread by: Jimc, May 28, 2017, 23 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    4 Cylinder Valve gear and 'get you home' links

    The prototype Star had an ingenious variation on Walschaerts valve gear which used no eccentrics, but a cross connection from the other side of...
    Thread by: Jimc, Apr 11, 2017, 0 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    STEAM Swindon Reorganisation

    I see from the news that KGV and Truro are now at STEAM ready for the 175 exhibition. I can't find it recorded anywhere what's moving to make the...
    Thread by: Jimc, Nov 12, 2015, 53 replies, in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Standardisation...

    In 1905 the Alexandra Docks Railway (Newport, S Wales), faced with a loco stud which seemed to consist of whatever had been on special offer at...
    Thread by: Jimc, Sep 15, 2015, 0 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    The early LMS Stanier locomotives and high superheat [ex 92214 Topic]

    From the 92214 topic... http://www.national-preservation.com/threads/br-9f-92214.443723/page-7#post-1132577 He did, but you know, you do have to...
    Thread by: Jimc, Apr 18, 2015, 4 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    Distinguishing GWR 4-6-0s

    As it seems some folk have problems, here's my guide to telling GWR 4-6-0s apart... 1) Frame Type 1.1 Outside/Double Frames, inside cylinders....
    Thread by: Jimc, Mar 16, 2015, 70 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    What Ifs, and Locos that never were.

    This Image, Model Railway News circa 1940 something was posted in the Thompson Thread [ATTACH] It struck me this was quite a fun exercise, so I...
    Thread by: Jimc, Feb 27, 2015, 731 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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    Who should have been in the BR design team?

    I was about to post is in the Thompson thread, but probably should be separated. It might be an interesting thread to discuss who the BR design...
    Thread by: Jimc, Feb 18, 2015, 65 replies, in forum: Steam Traction
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