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  1. Spamcan81 liked 5944's post in the thread Nene Valley Railway.

    From NVR Facebook this evening, a nice chunk of money for track renewal. "The Department of Media Culture and Sport has announced that NVR has been awarded a grant of £669,873 from the Arts Council England, Cultural Investment Fund. This...

    Mar 21, 2023 at 12:31 AM

  2. Spamcan81 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E..

    The trite observation is that the apparently streamlined W1 seems no better than the entirely traditional 4472! The caution I'd add would be that wind tunnel testing can be quite sensitive to scale; and certainly requires careful calibration,...

    Mar 20, 2023 at 9:33 AM

  3. Spamcan81 liked Eightpot's post in the thread Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E..

    While on the subject of 10000 here is my photo of it as 60700 taken around 1958 at Brookmans Park, between Potters Bar and Hatfield. Bearing in mind that it started off from Doncaster there is still a surprising amount of coal left in the tender....

    Scan 14.jpg Mar 20, 2023 at 9:33 AM

  4. Spamcan81 replied to the thread Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E..

    So what conclusion can be drawn from those figures?

    Mar 19, 2023 at 9:19 PM

  5. Spamcan81 replied to the thread Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E..

    What did HNG have to say on the matter?

    Mar 18, 2023 at 4:18 PM

  6. Spamcan81 liked S.A.C. Martin's post in the thread Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E..

    This is a superb post, thank you for responding. Absolutely nails it in my opinion. If I may, this is how the ducting works: [ATTACH] The three ducts intake air which is forced into the boiler casing, over the water tubes. This air is forced...

    CF112909-7BCC-4CD4-BB4E-761F62D7C5F0.jpeg Mar 15, 2023 at 4:54 PM

  7. Spamcan81 replied to the thread Nene Valley Railway.

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    Mar 15, 2023 at 10:01 AM
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