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Recent Content by LesterBrown

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    Churchward County Project

    Yes, the new No 4 boilers built for them were used to ugrade Aberdares instead.
    Post by: LesterBrown, Apr 4, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Churchward County Project

    Didn't the 5600s have extra frame stiffeners added to the original dsign which get in the way of just about everything?
    Post by: LesterBrown, Feb 1, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    GWR 111 "The Great Bear" and Surrounding Controversies

    Other allegations made against the Great Bear are that it was prone to slipping, which even though Pacifics may transfer some weight to the...
    Post by: LesterBrown, Jan 14, 2022 in forum: Steam Traction
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    London Transport prairie tank 5521 (GWR 5521)

    Since the renumbering of locomotives allocated to the R&SB was, apparently, solely because only that company's locos and not those of the GWR had...
    Post by: LesterBrown, Aug 11, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    News from The Talyllyn

    Are these to be visually of a similar style to the original 4 wheelers they are replacing or just more bogie coaches?
    Post by: LesterBrown, May 15, 2021 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Invicta

    Fascinating presentation.
    Post by: LesterBrown, Apr 29, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Locomotive Superintendents

    Duplicate post
    Post by: LesterBrown, Apr 19, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Locomotive Superintendents

    James Kennedy who later went into partnership with Edward Bury worked for Stephenson, who later complained that if it hadn't been for the...
    Post by: LesterBrown, Apr 19, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Locomotive Superintendents

    Ah, the duplicitous Captain Huish. While he received aglowing obituary from the Institution of Civil Engineers praising his moral and benevolent...
    Post by: LesterBrown, Apr 19, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    A Dean single alongside Lady of Legend at Didcot would indeed be marvelous. For use on a heritage line a replica 3206 Barnum (second picture from...
    Post by: LesterBrown, Mar 30, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    The 28xx cylinders don't fit the No 7 boiler. A bodge was proposed as was building it like the prototype 4700 in its original form with a No 1...
    Post by: LesterBrown, Mar 24, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Were there ever any special prisoner carriages used in Britain?

    Not used in Britain but built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. for transporting prisoners to Siberia in Imperial Russia. The...
    Post by: LesterBrown, Mar 24, 2021 in forum: Heritage Rolling Stock
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    Locomotive Superintendents

    If the patent for Walschaert Valve Gear hadn't expired would both Deeley's and Churchwatd's have infringed it?
    Post by: LesterBrown, Mar 13, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

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    Post by: LesterBrown, Mar 11, 2021 in forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Locomotive Superintendents

    If considering unconventional locos then of course there were Churchwatd's own railmotors. British builders had also been using Walschaerts gear...
    Post by: LesterBrown, Mar 1, 2021 in forum: Steam Traction