Nothing wrong with your memory, Sheff!
The two systems work on very different principles and the mass of air to be moved in a vacuum system is much greater than in an air system, so it...
The different air / vacuum (air pressure in reverse) are compensated by the use of bigger cylinders for a vacuum system so equalising the brake...
Not really. The weights were within plates riveted over a set number of spokes and then the lead-antimony weight poured in to a pre-determined...
This is one of the misunderstood parts of steam loco overhaul procedures, but when an engine received a replacement boiler, the smokebox, chimney,...
I'm not sure how many Fives retained the double chimney but 4767 certainly didn't. Nor do I know how effective it was on a Black 'un; they were...
The story is that the GWR men told George Ivatt that he had a good engine in the Black Five, but it was a shame it couldn't be fitted fitted with...
Thanks. Realistically the use of roller bearings was actually to reduce repair and maintenance costs. I don't recall their introduction was linked...
Yes, that thought occurred to me too. Why would one be subject to a higher speed limit than the other?
Unfortunately, looking great was the limit of their abilities.
That was the general opinion in BR days too.
It's already had a go at racing 13268 at Ramsbottom! It didn't win, but I'll give ten out of ten for effort! [img]
So why have you decided to prolong this one? This discussion been done to death, there's nothing left to be said. Everyone just give it a rest and...
Smokeboxes do get hot but back in the day were painted gloss. It was quite common to have to repaint the smokebox as the paint burned away and...
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