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All things considered I think I doubt that, but if we allow that that might be the case, what is the historiographical justification and purpose?
Brunel did not design any locomotives per se but provided a set of specifications that were essentially unworkable and led to things like...
The largest diameter coupled wheels on a British locomotive were 7'7" on the NER Q1 (LNER D18) which were built in 1896 specifically with a view...
As always there are good points here, but even as a GWR man I'm agnostic about what CoT may or may not have done, other than (like Mallard, or...
I would suggest that either "revised" or "amended" would have been a better choice of words than "corrected" as that implies that 126mph has been...
Simon, indulge me just this once, and go back and re-read what I said. In context here, I specifically applied Sayre's law (by quoting a previous...
Yes, which is why most university arts faculties are riven with ill-feeling and vituperous behaviour sooner or later, often on a recurring basis....
I think this is disappointing. I am agnostic as to whether Mallard broke 126mph, and I have absolutely no background in engineering, physics,...
Not many certainties in there that I can see to encourage confidence. Does it not occur to you that one of the reasons why many venues charge...
Calling it a round million and 40 FTEs gives an average annual wage per FTE of £25K, some way below the apparent UK average of £29600.
From my wide reading of this site over many years, it seems to me unusual for you to miss an opportunity to laud and magnify the name of the...
The story is related in Behrend's "Gone With Regret". He was on active service during the Allied advance through Italy in 1944. What he actually...
If I were an opponent of the rebuilding of the L&B, I'd probably be quietly satisfied with the Trust's leadership over the last few years.
Both the 35s and 52s had cast numbers, the 35s as individual (aluminium?) digits and the 52s as GWR style plates. The only Hymek to receive...
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