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Spinner liked LMS2968's post in the thread Austerity 2-8-0 query.
A problem with WDs as far as crews were concerned was the fore and aft surging as speed rose, increasing from 25 m.p.h. on to the point where anything above 40 m.p.h. was bordering on dangerous. The reason was the lack of reciprocating balance....
Jan 7, 2026 at 8:26 AM -
Spinner liked 35B's post in the thread Austerity 2-8-0 query.
You're overlooking the minor matter of the complete replacement of all steam in those 20 years. No correlation between scrapping rate and usefulness should be assumed given the mass extinction nature of what happened.
Jan 7, 2026 at 8:25 AM -
Spinner liked 5944's post in the thread Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread).
It's NP, surely we should be discussing what colour ink was used for the accounts? ;) It does seem a bit daft all the experiments and improvements with steam locos, when large parts of the rest of the railway essentially stagnated for a hundred...
Jan 7, 2026 at 8:13 AM -
Spinner liked Big Al's post in the thread Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread).
@RAB3L . It's not gone unnoticed that you cannot discuss sensibly without resorting to personal swipes - (the 'only child' comment). At a stroke, that devalues your contribution.
Jan 5, 2026 at 8:59 AM -
Spinner liked S.A.C. Martin's post in the thread Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread).
I will say, again, it is unutterably wearying to be misrepresented so often on this forum. The 19 standard types the LNER selected to build going forward were ALL - without exception - more powerful types than those they were intended to work...
Jan 5, 2026 at 8:58 AM -
Spinner liked 30567's post in the thread Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread).
But don't you think that in the pub there are many cues-- visual, verbal, body language.... ? The net is really quite a poor device for conveying light and shade, nuances of meaning. even the distinction between sincere expression of deeply held...
Jan 5, 2026 at 8:57 AM -
Spinner liked 21B's post in the thread Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread).
My observation as a watcher rather than a participant in most of those debates, is that there has been some fair pushback and that where that has been fair it has been engaged with as an academic debate by @S.A.C. Martin , I think though that...
Jan 5, 2026 at 8:55 AM
