Letzte Aktivitäten
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burnham-t gefällt mikehartuks Beitrag in dem Thema Rother Valley Railway.
Thanks Harold & Mark, Tomorrow Thursday and Friday should see the Northbridge Street level crossing concrete slabs put in place followed by fitting the new rails in the slab of grooves. Then next week is all about tarmac, barrier and assocataed...
29 Juli 2026 um 20:31 -
bryemycaz antwortete auf das Thema Rother Valley Railway.
I noticed on one of the FB rail groups a couple of the "Seasoned Complainers" are commenting. Other than that it looks reasonably possitive from the locals.
29 Juli 2026 um 20:21 -
60044 antwortete auf das Thema Oil Firing..
I don't claim to be an expert, but I don't think they had steel fireboxes. AKAIK they had standard No.1 boilers.
29 Juli 2026 um 20:20 -
jnc gefällt mikehartuks Beitrag in dem Thema Rother Valley Railway.
Thanks Harold & Mark, Tomorrow Thursday and Friday should see the Northbridge Street level crossing concrete slabs put in place followed by fitting the new rails in the slab of grooves. Then next week is all about tarmac, barrier and assocataed...
29 Juli 2026 um 20:02 -
Jamessquared gefällt LMS2968s Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing..
The 8Fs which were sent to the Middle East during WWII were mostly converted to oil firing given the task of shoveling coal in desert temperatures, and there were problems. The main one was superheater elements burning out at the return bend,...
29 Juli 2026 um 20:00 -
Kje7812 gefällt LMS2968s Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing..
The 8Fs which were sent to the Middle East during WWII were mostly converted to oil firing given the task of shoveling coal in desert temperatures, and there were problems. The main one was superheater elements burning out at the return bend,...
29 Juli 2026 um 19:56 -
Jamessquared gefällt StoneRoads Beitrag in dem Thema Oil Firing..
Think that I remember being told that you can use compressed air to "light up" until there's enough steam pressure to run through the "atomiser" Both the Festiniog & Rheidol have done coal to oil and back to coal conversions. I know the former...
29 Juli 2026 um 19:51 -
Jamessquared antwortete auf das Thema Oil Firing..
Yes, quite possibly. The context of Holcroft's writing was that the steam was needed to provide atomisation, so presumably compressed air would work as well. He wasn't talking about using it to pre-heat the oil, which is also necessary if you use...
29 Juli 2026 um 19:51 -
marshall5 gefällt mikehartuks Beitrag in dem Thema Rother Valley Railway.
Thanks Harold & Mark, Tomorrow Thursday and Friday should see the Northbridge Street level crossing concrete slabs put in place followed by fitting the new rails in the slab of grooves. Then next week is all about tarmac, barrier and assocataed...
29 Juli 2026 um 19:50 -
26D_M antwortete auf das Thema Oil Firing..
Did the oil burning Halls and 28xx have steel boxes back in the day?
29 Juli 2026 um 19:48 -
StoneRoad antwortete auf das Thema Oil Firing..
Think that I remember being told that you can use compressed air to "light up" until there's enough steam pressure to run through the "atomiser" Both the Festiniog & Rheidol have done coal to oil and back to coal conversions. I know the former...
29 Juli 2026 um 19:44 -
Jamessquared antwortete auf das Thema Oil Firing..
Indeed. There is a chapter of Holcroft’s book about his experiences with oil firing in 1921 and again 1926. The SECR adopted a system based on Derby practice, and with a kit of parts provided from the main works, conversion was said to take 18...
29 Juli 2026 um 19:33 -
marshall5 antwortete auf das Thema Oil Firing..
Unfortunately, as has been mentioned previously, copper boxes are not really suitable for oil firing and both 2873 and 4965's boilers have copper boxes. If Tyseley really are considering converting 4965 to oil then it will be interesting to see...
29 Juli 2026 um 19:31 -
silversteellady gefällt marshall5s Beitrag in dem Thema Isle Of Man Steam Railway.
The 2026 Manx Heritage Transport Festival kicked off this morning and runs to Sun. 2nd. Aug. Full (updated) details here https://www.iombusandrail.im/media/3622/manx-heritage-transport-festival-2026-230726.pdf There was a private photo charter...
29 Juli 2026 um 19:30
