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johnofwessex liked Jamessquared's post in the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.
Any gas you draw through the fire enters at ambient temperature - say 15°C - and is exhausted at the smokebox temperature of a couple of hundred degrees, after which it can do no more useful work. So the more gas you draw through the fire, the...
Oct 30, 2024 at 7:20 AM -
johnofwessex liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
The Southern used a mix and to an extent shopped around to get the best price. The general picture though was that to a large extent, the LSWR used Welsh coal. Much of it was brought by ship across the Bristol Channel to Fremington Quay in North...
Oct 29, 2024 at 7:45 PM -
johnofwessex replied to the thread Strathspey Railway.
I wonder what the mechanics made of any fat leakages
Oct 29, 2024 at 2:35 PM -
johnofwessex liked Chris86's post in the thread Strathspey Railway.
The Lecht road is a great drivers road in the right conditions, but can be quite treacherous if the weather conditions are unfavourable! Used to be just the right length drive from Aviemore to the Lecht Ski centre in our university minibus, with...
Oct 29, 2024 at 2:34 PM -
johnofwessex liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
On the other hand, if MHR have a loco sat around with a pot of money to spend on it (or rather, a secure promise of staged payments), that might be a more inviting prospect than spending their own money which they may not have on one of their own...
Oct 28, 2024 at 4:06 PM -
johnofwessex liked 35B's post in the thread S&D Railway Trust.
I presume @brennan refers to the deficiencies in the lease that allowed arguments to develop about it's validity. They are highly technical, their interpretation is contentious, and were only relevant if the WSR plc had chosen to set aside the...
Oct 28, 2024 at 4:05 PM
