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Johnb a răspuns la subiectul Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E..
The railway companies were commercial organisations and the reluctance to absorb basket case local railways goes back further than 1923. The NB wouldn’t work the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway on the basis that the revenue wouldn’t cover...
20 Mar 2026 la 12:42 -
Johnb a răspuns la subiectul Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E..
Any design can be improved with the benefit of hindsight and engineering mistakes are made now, the Ford Ecotech engine being one. My limited knowledge comes from talking to enginemen back in steam days and now. The most awkward to oil up the...
20 Mar 2026 la 11:11 -
Johnb a plăcut postul lui Jamessquared în subiectul Sir Nigel Gresley - The L.N.E.R.’s First C.M.E..
Didn’t we have a long thread somewhere considering Gresley and the strengths and weaknesses of his designs, the vagaries of valve gear, and trying to set it all in context of the various constraints he was under as a CME? I seem to recall we...
20 Mar 2026 la 09:21
