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torgormaig нравится сообщение LMS2968 в теме Oil Firing.
I'm not sure we're all on the same wavelength here! There are two separate issues: (i) the use of coal or oil firing; and (ii) the use of copper or steel inner fireboxes. In practice, each of these has advantages and disadvantages over its...
30 июл 2026 в 22:35 -
torgormaig нравится сообщение Rumpole в теме Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Posted on Facebook:- "We've Been Awarded £249,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund! We're incredibly proud to announce that Swanage Railway has been awarded £249,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund towards our Access for All...
30 июл 2026 в 22:31 -
torgormaig ответил(а) в теме Oil Firing.
It was part of a government sponsored post war program. Certainly the GW, LMS and Southern all started to convert selected types of locos before the availability of oil became a problem. Bath Green Park shed had oil facilities installed and at...
30 июл 2026 в 14:02 -
torgormaig ответил(а) в теме Oil Firing.
I think one of the two V4s had a thermic syphon and a steel firebox, the other had a normal copper box. Their early demise was attributed to there being no spare boilers for them when their existing ones became life expired. But as @LMS2968 says...
30 июл 2026 в 13:21 -
torgormaig добавил(а) вложение в тему North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
With regard to the Pullmans going to Whitby, the K1 took them there in 10/10/1999 as seen here, but I forget what the occasion was. [ATTACH] Peter
30 июл 2026 в 12:16
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torgormaig добавил(а) вложение в тему North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I had a memorable run to Battersby one glorious spring evening firing to Fletch (the late John Fletcher) on Tornado. We only went from Grosmont, not Whitby, and as you say it was a short lived experiement but what a lovely evening turn it was - a...
30 июл 2026 в 11:49
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torgormaig ответил(а) в теме Oil Firing.
Considering that Ahorns died a century ago his comments are hardly relevant to subsequent locomotive development. Steel fireboxes were widely used in the British locomotive construction industry between the wars, just not by the Big Four...
30 июл 2026 в 11:10 -
torgormaig ответил(а) в теме Oil Firing.
Thanks for the clarification Tom Peter
30 июл 2026 в 08:26 -
torgormaig нравится сообщение Jamessquared в теме Oil Firing.
Not quite, he specifically mentions light oils: The oil used was gas oil or equivalent of low viscosity at normal range of atmospheric temperatures. Although costing more than crudes of high viscosity it was more reliable and obviated the need...
30 июл 2026 в 08:24 -
torgormaig ответил(а) в теме Oil Firing.
A couple of points about this oil firing lark, if I may be permitted as someone who knows very little about it. The issue that Tom raises about the need for a steam supply surely refers to the heavy Bunker C type oil used in Holcroft's day...
29 июл 2026 в 23:16 -
torgormaig нравится сообщение Sheff в теме P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
Just a flash in the pan :Joyful:.
28 июл 2026 в 06:37 -
torgormaig ответил(а) в теме P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
You beat me to it!:) I saw this just after I posted the above and was about to copy it myself. Peter
27 июл 2026 в 17:55 -
torgormaig ответил(а) в теме P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
Thats a bit of a sweeping statement. Surely it depends on the type of oil (liquid fuel) being used. Thick Bunker C fuel is very different to diesel oil which is different again to recycled chip fat. I'm sure that they smell differently too but...
27 июл 2026 в 17:29 -
torgormaig ответил(а) в теме North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
No, it will be Pickering based for the duration of its stay. Peter
27 июл 2026 в 11:24 -
torgormaig нравится сообщение huochemi в теме North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
No. See attached. This paper on the site is the copy in Search Engine. Unfortunately Search Engine's copy is missing most of the drawings (the IMechE told me when I enquired that they have no record of this paper). On the comparative cost of...
25 июл 2026 в 18:08
