I don't believe that's correct. As a model, think of a pendulum clock: start the pendulum at one side and it has to complete a swing before...
I think the Lancashire and Yorkshire 2-4-2 tanks were the most numerous class, 330 in all, 1008 is preserved of course. Holcroft describes a ride...
As far as I am aware there was only one Jubilee with a double Kylchap, 5684 Jutland in 1937. It was too much of a good thing and the official...
The story of the Henschel - Wegmann zug is a bit more than that. The locomotive built in 1939 was a streamlined three cylinder 4-6-6 tank. This...
When the German class 01 pacifics were introduced in 1925 the tube length was 5.8 metres (around 19' so the same as Gresley's A1 and A3). It was...
One feature of the GW arrangement is the relatively short link connecting the rocker to the outside valve. As the rocker moves to the back of its...
There must be something wrong here. The prototype N1 was not completed until 1923 and the K1 in 1925, so could not have been discussed at a...
According to Holcroft's autobiography he was still working for the Government at the time of the meeting with Gresley. He reports that Gresley...
The use of conjugated valve gear in Germany has come up before on another thread, in particular it was applied to large numbers of G12 2-10-0s....
Should be brought the tender and train to a rapid halt, As stated the locomotive had no brake as it was not possible to isolate the steam...
At the risk of continuing thread drift, a Bridge Stress Committee was set up in 1923 to determine the issues involved in the dynamic augment...
Note that many of the fares are the same as this year (but not all). Quite remarkable under present circumstances; well done RTC!
A minor point, but various LSWR classes had the designation changed when the locomotive concerned was put on the duplicate list by addition of an...
The diagrams of Maunsell's proposed Pacific and 2-6-2 in Holcroft's autobiography show round topped rather than Belpaire fireboxes; Holcroft also...
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