82045 would not be out of place on the NYMR, of course - the class, along with its (still extinct) 3MT Mogul cousins, did some good work on the...
Not so - it had 4x 500hp engines available for traction, and, of course, mechanical transmission isn't as 'lossy' as, say, diesel-electric...
From that article it would seem that Simon is in august company in not agreeing with that fine gentleman on many technical and/or scientific...
What's also interesting, from the photo, is both how tight the curve of the former west to south chord was and also the route of the wartime...
Well, it didn't really cost BR anything to build, and the theory wasn't bad - keep your running engines at high power, where diesels are most...
There were plans to overhaul her for use on York NRM - Shildon shuttles, after the trial trips a few years ago, done by Princess Elizabeth & Olton...
Had Steamport Southport not been shut down - although I completely understand why they moved to Preston - then the 502 would still have had the...
Go to the Pockerley Waggonway at Beamish to see beautifully recreated replicas of early locomotives in action :cool: Mark
No chance for either, I suspect. Both are pretty much as they were following fettling at Crewe & Swindon prior to going on display; in addition...
I rather fancy that this particular loco, lovely as it is, is probably regarded the same way as the gorgeous Kirtley 2-4-0 158A at the Midland...
Wow. Just...wow. Hearty congratulations to all concerned. Mark.
Exactly so. Yes, you'll be unlikely to get photos as good as those seen in the magazines at such events, but the whole point of it was to...
Why not top & tail, as was done a few years ago on the short-lived York (NRM platform) - Shildon shuttles? Mark
That's a very complex (and expensive) solution to an ID issue! I'm pretty sure that Walschaerts would have been much cheaper (and simpler) to...
Um, the 43 years was correct in 2011, which was when that photo was taken...
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