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  1. Jon Pegler
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    All the opponents of the County project who condemn the use of an 8F firebox seem quite happy with a 4700 with a reduced boiler height and...
    Post by: Jon Pegler, Apr 22, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
  3. Jon Pegler
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    Locomotives that NEARLY made it

    Pat Whitehouse was very proud of the major work performed on Kolhapur shortly after arrival at Tyseley. Replacement of half the smokebox wrapper....
    Post by: Jon Pegler, Apr 22, 2020 in forum: Steam Traction
  4. Jon Pegler
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    S&D Railway Trust

    Some people are so vociferous one year, so quiet the following year. I wonder why?
    Post by: Jon Pegler, Mar 18, 2020 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Auction Houses

    Not quite an auction, but I remember the late Mike Higson had to sell a large number of his personal effects as a result of a messy divorce in the...
    Post by: Jon Pegler, Feb 7, 2020 in forum: Railwayana
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    Steam Dreams, London to Cardiff, 61306 + 44871, 01/08/19.

    There was an ECS train entering West Ealing depot just in front of the train. As the Cardiff special was late leaving Paddington it may have been...
    Post by: Jon Pegler, Aug 1, 2019 in forum: What's Going On
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    Valve Gear Varieties

    Holcroft does write about it in Locomotive Adventure Volume 2. He says it was removed following damage to the gear
    Post by: Jon Pegler, Mar 22, 2019 in forum: Steam Traction
  8. Jon Pegler
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    Lambie C.R.4-4-0

    An R D Stephen photo, taken at Stirling in 1926
    Post by: Jon Pegler, Oct 17, 2017 in forum: Photography
  9. Jon Pegler
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    Red Star parcels

    Red Star did have a facility for sending pigeons in individual containers. I used it to send an errant pigeon from Kings Cross to Leeds as late as...
    Post by: Jon Pegler, Jan 6, 2017 in forum: Everything Else Heritage
  10. Jon Pegler
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    Did this improve performance? Streamlined King + Castle

    The T1 s had air assisted power reversing gear. As The Saggin' Dragon says, Franklin poppet valve gear was fitted to most of the class. The Q2 s...
    Post by: Jon Pegler, Apr 9, 2016 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Did this improve performance? Streamlined King + Castle

    The thinking behind the divided drive on the Pennsylvania duplex locomotives was initially to reduce the massive thrusts on the crankpins....
    Post by: Jon Pegler, Apr 9, 2016 in forum: Steam Traction
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    9F Locomotives - Restrictions on Network Rail

    Lateral motion devices were a common fitment on many US locomotives with long wheelbases, whether rigid framed or articulated. These were...
    Post by: Jon Pegler, Nov 23, 2015 in forum: Steam Traction
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    The Highland Railway : Christopher Cumming Clan Goods and Snaigow Class

    14522 at Kilmarnock, probably for scrap
    Post by: Jon Pegler, Jul 20, 2015 in forum: Photography
  14. Jon Pegler
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    You've won The Euros

    I'd new build a Highland Railway River class. May have a few weight/ gauging issues, though.
    Post by: Jon Pegler, Aug 11, 2014 in forum: Steam Traction
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