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    Railways and People

    Bliss was it in that afternoon to be alive but to be young and wearing a school raincoat at the north end of Crewe Station was very heaven. (1958...
    Сообщение от: huochemi, 19 янв 2026 в 17:17 в разделе: Photography
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    The National Archives.
    Сообщение от: huochemi, 13 янв 2026 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    The extant ones are not ex-BR but I remain very sceptical that the BR ones were modified.
    Сообщение от: huochemi, 13 янв 2026 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    The 2-8-0s had copper fireboxes, not steel. What is your source for that? This comment is from Roland Bond in the discussion following the...
    Сообщение от: huochemi, 12 янв 2026 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    https://www.locomotives.com.pl/Freight%20Steam%20Locomotives/Tr202.htm...
    Сообщение от: huochemi, 8 янв 2026 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    If you go into BRDatabase - the Complete British Railways Locomotive Database 1948-1997, and in the second box on the left click "Classes" then...
    Сообщение от: huochemi, 5 янв 2026 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    The WD 2-8-0 was actually tested along with a WD 2-10-0 in an official BR Report (Bulletin No 7 in 1953). Like a number of locos tested, the...
    Сообщение от: huochemi, 5 янв 2026 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    The Princess may have had more clearance as they did not have the GWR's idée fixe about horizontal cylinders (which caused the latter to adopt a...
    Сообщение от: huochemi, 5 янв 2026 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    1. The attached crop is of a Baldwin Midland Railway 2-6-0 from the wikipedia page (Baldwin 16631). There appears to be a swing link frame and no...
    Сообщение от: huochemi, 5 янв 2026 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    O1 [ATTACH]
    Сообщение от: huochemi, 5 янв 2026 в разделе: Steam Traction
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    Austerity 2-8-0 query

    ？The WD had a swing link truck.
    Сообщение от: huochemi, 4 янв 2026 в разделе: Steam Traction