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    Tornado

    More than you think, depending on the engine, its condition and who's doing the work.
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 26, 2018 at 7:12 AM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Sorry, but while it's a nice theory, it isn't germane. The problem has been identified as a lack of lubrication the front middle valve head. The...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 23, 2018 at 7:31 AM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Liveries!

    Sorry!
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 22, 2018 at 5:36 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Liveries!

    Oh yes, but the colour had nothing to do with it. 'Piccolo' Pete Johnson once had a Stanier Pacific on a humble parcels from Crewe North around...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 22, 2018 at 4:55 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Back Of The Shed

    Really? These tanks worked turn and turn about with John Aspinall's High Flyer Atlantics on express duties over the Pennines between Liverpool and...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 22, 2018 at 4:28 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Liveries!

    Er, no. When a crew was allocated a loco, they were told the number, not, 'You've got the green one!' or whatever. Locos were often allocated to...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 22, 2018 at 4:24 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    LMS consituent engines set aside for preservation but later scrapped.

    Nearly always. But a couple of locos succumbed long after the preservationist arrived when the wagon supply temporarily dried up.
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 21, 2018 at 7:05 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Liveries!

    I would hope that they also had a basis in history. When I started in preservation way back in 1968, we - most of us, anyway - were trying to...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 21, 2018 at 7:01 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Back Of The Shed

    I'm not sure they'd fit, though; there were three different cylinder castings for the 8Fs (and probably Black Fives). I think the Society has...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 20, 2018 at 2:39 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Back Of The Shed

    Deleted - Groundhog day - again!
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 20, 2018 at 12:52 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Back Of The Shed

    Nope. I asked on another thread, 'How many ways are there of asking, what is your favourite engine?' This just follows the same pattern. For...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 20, 2018 at 12:49 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    Back Of The Shed

    The first sensible post on this thread so far!
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 20, 2018 at 11:45 AM in forum: Steam Traction
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    LMS consituent engines set aside for preservation but later scrapped.

    ...and also prevented its unauthorised removal by third parties! I started going to Barry in 1970. There was very little left in the way of...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 20, 2018 at 9:26 AM in forum: Steam Traction
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    LMS consituent engines set aside for preservation but later scrapped.

    Dai Woodham sold the engines on the basis of their scrap value at the time of purchase for preservation, not when he bought them. I know this from...
    Post by: LMS2968, Apr 20, 2018 at 7:16 AM in forum: Steam Traction