الأنشطة الأخيرة الخاصة بـ Sheff
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أعجب Sheff بمشاركة flying scotsman123' في موضوع North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Just had to check which thread, indeed which forum, I was on reading that! [emoji15] Sent from my PGT-N19 using Tapatalk
26 جويلية 2026 في 8:32 مساءاً -
أعجب Sheff بمشاركة Steve' في موضوع North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
There are lots of riveted steel fireboxes out there but there are a growing number of welded steel fireboxes. The problem with a riveted box is it requires lap joints and that is a weak spot compared with a welded box because there is a greater...
26 جويلية 2026 في 9:34 صباحاً -
المشاركة في موضوع North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
So you wouldn’t want to oil fire them ?
26 جويلية 2026 في 7:09 صباحاً -
أعجب Sheff بمشاركة std tank' في موضوع North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Stanier Class 5s 44718 to 44727 had riveted steel inner fireboxes.
26 جويلية 2026 في 7:08 صباحاً -
المشاركة في موضوع North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I stand corrected then. I’m only acquainted with WCs, S160s and Tornado.
25 جويلية 2026 في 5:57 مساءاً -
المشاركة في موضوع North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
…. for completeness, cf a steel box which being all welded doesn’t have laps.
25 جويلية 2026 في 4:47 مساءاً -
أعجب Sheff بمشاركة torgormaig' في موضوع North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I dont think it does either. There is an interesting website about the current restoration of Alaskan Railways N0. 557, an oil burning S160. It included a video of the laying of fire bricks in the firebox which is clearly without a combustion...
25 جويلية 2026 في 4:44 مساءاً
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أعجب Sheff بمشاركة Steve' في موضوع North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That's an interesting question and I don't know the answer. Looking at photos, I don't think it does but that's only a guess.
25 جويلية 2026 في 4:44 مساءاً -
أعجب Sheff بمشاركة Steve' في موضوع North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I believe the prime area for degradation in copper boxes are the lap joints where the amount of copper is much thicker than the rest of the box. Although copper is a good conductor, the temperature gradient is fairly constant, thus causing the...
25 جويلية 2026 في 4:43 مساءاً -
أعجب Sheff بمشاركة Trevor Beglin' في موضوع North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Sorry to be that person but might be worth creating a new thread for oil burning as the threads deviated a little
25 جويلية 2026 في 4:43 مساءاً -
أعجب Sheff بمشاركة TonyW' في موضوع North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I did: *** Copper fireboxes are actually suitable for oil firing and have been used successfully with liquid fuels, meaning the premise that they cannot be used is incorrect. Operational Factors Flame Impingement: Direct contact between a raw,...
25 جويلية 2026 في 11:59 صباحاً -
أعجب Sheff بمشاركة Kylchap' في موضوع P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
IIRC the A1Trust carry out final assembly of mating components with a film of wet paint between the two, which is supposed to give protection which is superior to assembly with either bare metal faces or faces previously painted where the paint...
24 جويلية 2026 في 10:35 مساءاً -
المشاركة في موضوع P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
Monobloc finally installed today https://mailchi.mp/a1steam/monoblocfitted?e=412f4848b6
24 جويلية 2026 في 8:12 مساءاً -
المشاركة في موضوع Tornado.
P2 Monobloc installed https://mailchi.mp/a1steam/monoblocfitted?e=412f4848b6
24 جويلية 2026 في 8:07 مساءاً -
المشاركة في موضوع North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You can ask Google AI why and you’ll get some plausible answers, some maybe not so much ….
24 جويلية 2026 في 5:22 مساءاً
