There's a GA of the Liberation here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/124446949@N06/32608196486 To my eyes it doesn't look like a cousin of the WD....
That's definitely the GWR loading gauge, and its drawn in the Swindon style.
So much for that theory then! I've attached the complete page. I was given it by a former Swindon Draughtsman, so it is authentically ex Swindon...
I've also heard that when WDs were given heavy general overhauls post war they were reassembled with considerably more care and precision than...
I suppose in the end the practical differences between "here's a set of 8F drawings:make a cheap version" and "here's a blank sheet of paper: we...
Its a good thought. There are various drawings at the NRM of Swindon proposals on the way to final designs. I wonder if anything survives from...
I'm at great risk of pontificating beyond my experience here, and in any case there's a big overlap with what you are saying about the advantages...
Here from the WR diagram book are the ROD and 2884 against the Austerity. I think one may fairly say they are all very different types from each...
But being equally provocative in the opposite direction, why would you start with a clean sheet of paper when you've got a complete set of...
Hmm, I fear I'm going to need to read that and try and understand it. How did you source the volume?
Way before. The GWR and Armstrong goods are an example. Some were built as renewals, and given the numbers of withdrawn locomotives, and some on...
AIUI 111, 4000, 4009, 4016, 4032 and 4037 were not classified as renewals. 4037 and I think 4000 had very major repairs post war, 4037 at least...
Cook is quite unequivocal about there being a potential saving in upgrading Star to Castle. There was probably no-one better informed on the...
And with the same principle a number of old small locomotives might be withdrawn and replaced by a smaller number of larger locomotives for the...
In his book "Swindon Steam", Ken Cook, the GWR's assistant works manager at the time, records that the Star renewals as Castles were done because...
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