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  1. 35B gefällt Aberdares Beitrag in dem Thema 6024 King Edward 1.

    The correct name for the mechanical pump that pumps air to create a vacuum in the brake system on a GWR locomotive is the 'Air Pump'. Officialdom at GWR Swindon nearly always refers to it as such in drawings and documents. Outside of the works at...

    31 Mai 2026 um 20:29

  2. 35B gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema 6024 King Edward 1.

    Interestingly I looked up the section on brakes in the Black Book. The text refers to a "vacuum pump" and there is a figure caption to a drawing in which the caption is labelled "vacuum pump" (agreeing with the text) but in which the component in...

    Screenshot 2026-05-31 at 17.58.01.png 31 Mai 2026 um 20:29

  3. 35B antwortete auf das Thema 6024 King Edward 1.

    Indeed! I agree about the importance of marketing, but I still take the view that sustainable marketing success relies on the integrity of what is being marketed. What Cossons did in the industrial history space, and Roy Strong at the V&A, was...

    31 Mai 2026 um 13:33

  4. 35B antwortete auf das Thema 6024 King Edward 1.

    But museums are about their subjects. That requires expertise in that subject. The obituary of Neil Cossons recently demonstrates this - he was a curator who popularised his expert area (Ironbridge, National Maritime Museum, Science Museum)...

    31 Mai 2026 um 12:55

  5. 35B gefällt Enterprises Beitrag in dem Thema 6024 King Edward 1.

    The curators of the Science Museum for many years have needed to be educated about science and technology generally.

    31 Mai 2026 um 12:08

  6. 35B gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema 6024 King Edward 1.

    Invariably, perhaps, but done so in ignorance and totally incorrectly. The GWR always referred to it as an air pump.

    31 Mai 2026 um 12:08

  7. 35B gefällt staffordians Beitrag in dem Thema Churnet Valley Railway General Discussion.

    I was a passenger on today's Borders Explorer day and would just like to highlight what a superb day it was We travelled the entire line including the short stretch towards Stoke, the new extension to the temporary Leek platform, and were...

    31 Mai 2026 um 07:15

  8. 35B gefällt jncs Beitrag in dem Thema Helston Railway.

    Well, we've never seen that before in the heritage railway world, have we? Noel

    30 Mai 2026 um 21:55

  9. 35B gefällt 26D_Ms Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Andy Wilson. ELR bought a more than half share of the loco circa 1992, and it was moved to Kirkby where Ian finished it off on behalf of the ELR. It arrived at the ELR, undertook successful testing September 1993. Then Wilson promptly initiated a...

    30 Mai 2026 um 17:50
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