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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    From K.J. Cook's book "Swindon Steam", in a discussion about the renewal fund: We converted ten Star class to Castles, having made a case that on...
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 24 Dezember 2025 um 09:36 im Forum: Steam Traction
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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    Thanks (Corrected). Tom
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 23 Dezember 2025 um 20:49 im Forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    Beyond my pay grade! Tom
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 23 Dezember 2025 um 20:31 im Forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    60532? Tom (No inside knowledge).
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 23 Dezember 2025 um 20:03 im Forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    I suspect you can only answer that question by doing a longitudinal study of what the renewal programme was year by year. The priorities would...
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 23 Dezember 2025 um 19:42 im Forum: Steam Traction
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    The Gwili Railway thread

    Out of curiosity, why did a railway in deepest darkest Wales choose green for a set of carriages? Rather, than, say chocolate & cream? Not a...
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 23 Dezember 2025 um 18:39 im Forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    You are missing the point that the locos were designed to do the same work. If you have two locos of comparable design doing the same work, they...
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 23 Dezember 2025 um 11:44 im Forum: Steam Traction
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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    I think the same held for the SR. I've mentioned before a case where you can demonstrably show that to be the case, at least in BR(S) days: In a...
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 23 Dezember 2025 um 10:25 im Forum: Steam Traction
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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    You're missing the point. I'm not saying that a Castle is just a Star with a larger boiler. Rather, that the Castles were designed to do the same...
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 23 Dezember 2025 um 09:54 im Forum: Steam Traction
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    Accounting for Steam Locomotives (ex Flying Scotsman thread)

    "Accountants' rebuilds" gets somewhat derided as a concept in railway circles, but I think it made a lot of sense. Essentially the companies had...
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 22 Dezember 2025 um 18:37 im Forum: Steam Traction
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    Flying Scotsman

    It's the memory thing :) Tom
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 22 Dezember 2025 um 18:14 im Forum: Steam Traction
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    Flying Scotsman

    See this post from @torgormaig https://national-preservation.com/threads/flying-scotsman-single-chimney-poll.424568/page-4#post-1059258 I’m...
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 22 Dezember 2025 um 08:18 im Forum: Steam Traction
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    In A.F. Cook's "Raising steam on the LMS" he has a long section discussing staying of LMS boilers, and the variations over time between copper,...
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 20 Dezember 2025 um 12:19 im Forum: Steam Traction
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    I don't know I'm afraid. Tom
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 19 Dezember 2025 um 22:01 im Forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    If I were flying from London to India at 100mph I think I'd want a bloody comfortable seat! Tom
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 19 Dezember 2025 um 17:42 im Forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    No, now you’re just getting silly :rolleyes: Tom
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 19 Dezember 2025 um 15:08 im Forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Can I be the first to suggest on this thread that my dream scenario (“money no object, no reference to original L&BR rolling stock”, as per the...
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 19 Dezember 2025 um 14:52 im Forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    P2 Locomotive Company and related matters

    With any luck the platework of the inner firebox shouldn’t swell inwards (and if it does, you should take steps - probably quite large ones …)...
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 19 Dezember 2025 um 10:46 im Forum: Steam Traction
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    Great Way Round. There’s only one sensible way to places beyond Exeter and it doesn’t start from Paddington … Tom
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 19 Dezember 2025 um 09:31 im Forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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    Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development

    I think that was Imperial Airways (along with the other HP42s/45s). [IMG] RAS were most notable - at least in their pre-war heyday - for using...
    Beitrag von: Jamessquared, 19 Dezember 2025 um 07:46 im Forum: Narrow Gauge Railways
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