I would think so, in theory, except if you put an original exhaust with a rebuilt firebox, you might have some issues due to poor draughting. The...
The superheater surface area was reduced a bit, mainly in the header I believe, in order for it to fit into the round smokebox, I don't think the...
Space between the fire bars I think. Weight diagram for the original quotes 50%, for the rebuilt it came down to 30 something%. The only...
Nope. The MNs had dampers from day one, though they were modified on rebuilding. The LPs had no dampers to start with, but they were added on...
Location, location, location, as they say, very important for giving your workforce ease of access to undertake restoration/conservation efforts....
The point I didn't mention, but doesn't apply to 72010, is grandfather rights does apply (sort of) to individual locomotives that have maintained...
My understanding, informed by the conversations I'm having as part of 35011 GSNLRS, is grandfather rights as a concept only really applies to loco...
Very nice! We're going to need one of those for 21c11/35011, this looks like a good recommendation to use Howco when the time comes
Very interesting post Wayne, well said. With your experience of 34067 on the mainline, is there anything you would change about it that we could...
Whilst there is a thread dedicated to all things 35011, a lot of what we're discussing here is relevant to all Bulleid pacifics. We also have our...
My understanding is a lot of the problems with the oilbath were solved after the MN rebuilding program was complete, either by BR or by the...
We're restoring a pacific, not building one... :) Somewhere in the design evolution was a 4-8-2, which I have a model of (look at my profile...
Thinking it through, I'd suppose it happens in the following way. Loco is stationary, oil drips into pockets. As the loco starts to move, the...
Excellent explanation
The oil fires were predominantly due to two things that weren't the oil bath: the oil from the lubrication of the axle boxes pooling in the BFB...
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