Don't confuse a wide firebox with a Wootton!
There's nothing particularly wrong with any of the above. They came to the end of their boiler ticket and were put aside. 6106 had a full re-stay...
925 for sure had it's original tubes at Rainhill. Locomotives with wide fireboxes don't necessarily have to have their boilers lifted.
As I remember it, the 10-year rule was adopted well before 1989 and was probably enforced by the insurance companies. When I was at Bold Colliery...
I can't say, a bit before my time at Didcot. Five years is not a long time for an overhaul, it depends on resources and what else is going on at...
As far as 6697 was concerned, I think that that was the problem, it had old flues. Everything changed after the incident, the 10 year rule came...
In the early days of Barry, locomotives left by rail nearly complete. For instance, 5322 left with an exhaust steam injector - which was later...
I wouldn't say never. There's no doubt a few people still at Didcot who remember the event. Once that's not the case, things will probably change....
Another factor that determines which locomotives are used/overhauled at Didcot is ownership. 4144 is (or at least was) privately owned. 6106 is...
Is that you Rishi?
Look at some videos on Youtube of double-stacked containers on UP. Imagine the same with suitable clearance and pantographs! Not possible, I suspect!
I very much doubt that RO will produce 100% pure water but it will depend on the quality of the feed water and the specification of the RO system....
Presumably the SVR adds tannin (as an oxygen scavenger and to form a corrosion resistant coating on the boiler) and soda ash or caustic soda (to...
You seem to have missed the point. Marples was in breach of House of Commons rules on conflict of interest. After unsuccessfully attempting to...
I would suggest that even if the UK had been awash with money at the time, the answer would have been the same if Marples had had any say in it. I...
Monel stays are used as an alternative/replacement for steel stays because the latter suffer from corrosion at any junction with copper. Steel...
For the boiler cladding, was the use of an English Wheel ever considered? I am thinking about the rear corners. [MEDIA] The lady, Simone...
Wasn't that some sort of steam laundry rather than a locomotive?
The Monel stays in 6106 are not original. The original stays were steel. How do I know? Because I made and fitted every one of them, after...
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