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Sheff gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
There are lots of riveted steel fireboxes out there but there are a growing number of welded steel fireboxes. The problem with a riveted box is it requires lap joints and that is a weak spot compared with a welded box because there is a greater...
26 Juli 2026 um 09:34 -
Sheff antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
So you wouldn’t want to oil fire them ?
26 Juli 2026 um 07:09 -
Sheff gefällt std tanks Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Stanier Class 5s 44718 to 44727 had riveted steel inner fireboxes.
26 Juli 2026 um 07:08 -
Sheff antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I stand corrected then. I’m only acquainted with WCs, S160s and Tornado.
25 Juli 2026 um 17:57 -
Sheff antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
…. for completeness, cf a steel box which being all welded doesn’t have laps.
25 Juli 2026 um 16:47 -
Sheff gefällt torgormaigs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I dont think it does either. There is an interesting website about the current restoration of Alaskan Railways N0. 557, an oil burning S160. It included a video of the laying of fire bricks in the firebox which is clearly without a combustion...
25 Juli 2026 um 16:44
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Sheff gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That's an interesting question and I don't know the answer. Looking at photos, I don't think it does but that's only a guess.
25 Juli 2026 um 16:44 -
Sheff gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I believe the prime area for degradation in copper boxes are the lap joints where the amount of copper is much thicker than the rest of the box. Although copper is a good conductor, the temperature gradient is fairly constant, thus causing the...
25 Juli 2026 um 16:43 -
Sheff gefällt Trevor Beglins Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Sorry to be that person but might be worth creating a new thread for oil burning as the threads deviated a little
25 Juli 2026 um 16:43 -
Sheff gefällt TonyWs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I did: *** Copper fireboxes are actually suitable for oil firing and have been used successfully with liquid fuels, meaning the premise that they cannot be used is incorrect. Operational Factors Flame Impingement: Direct contact between a raw,...
25 Juli 2026 um 11:59 -
Sheff gefällt Kylchaps Beitrag in dem Thema P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
IIRC the A1Trust carry out final assembly of mating components with a film of wet paint between the two, which is supposed to give protection which is superior to assembly with either bare metal faces or faces previously painted where the paint...
24 Juli 2026 um 22:35 -
Sheff antwortete auf das Thema P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
Monobloc finally installed today https://mailchi.mp/a1steam/monoblocfitted?e=412f4848b6
24 Juli 2026 um 20:12 -
Sheff antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You can ask Google AI why and you’ll get some plausible answers, some maybe not so much ….
24 Juli 2026 um 17:22 -
Sheff gefällt torgormaigs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Oh no? This is the UP Challanger coming over the brow of the Continental Divide at Creston, Wyoming in 1995 - it could be seen coming for miles:([ATTACH] This is it a couple of minutes later [ATTACH] That said, I have no idea what grade of...
24 Juli 2026 um 11:42
