Activitate recentă pentru Sheff
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Sheff a plăcut postul lui flying scotsman123 în subiectul 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 Iul 2026 la 20:32 -
Sheff a plăcut postul lui Steve în subiectul 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 Iul 2026 la 09:34 -
Sheff a răspuns la subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
So you wouldn’t want to oil fire them ?
26 Iul 2026 la 07:09 -
Sheff a plăcut postul lui std tank în subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Stanier Class 5s 44718 to 44727 had riveted steel inner fireboxes.
26 Iul 2026 la 07:08 -
Sheff a răspuns la subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I stand corrected then. I’m only acquainted with WCs, S160s and Tornado.
25 Iul 2026 la 17:57 -
Sheff a răspuns la subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
…. for completeness, cf a steel box which being all welded doesn’t have laps.
25 Iul 2026 la 16:47 -
Sheff a plăcut postul lui torgormaig în subiectul 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 Iul 2026 la 16:44
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Sheff a plăcut postul lui Steve în subiectul 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 Iul 2026 la 16:44 -
Sheff a plăcut postul lui Steve în subiectul 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 Iul 2026 la 16:43 -
Sheff a plăcut postul lui Trevor Beglin în subiectul 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 Iul 2026 la 16:43 -
Sheff a plăcut postul lui TonyW în subiectul 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 Iul 2026 la 11:59 -
Sheff a plăcut postul lui Kylchap în subiectul 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 Iul 2026 la 22:35 -
Sheff a răspuns la subiectul P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
Monobloc finally installed today https://mailchi.mp/a1steam/monoblocfitted?e=412f4848b6
24 Iul 2026 la 20:12 -
Sheff a răspuns la subiectul 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 Iul 2026 la 17:22
