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70000 Britannia

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by Dan Hamblin, Nov 9, 2008.

  1. Spamcan81

    Spamcan81 Nat Pres stalwart

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    I'm sure 70000 had air braking when she ran at the NVR so maybe this is a case of having it re-fitted.
     
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    It would need doing 'properly' this time though, my understanding is that it was done in a way that allowed it to work with air trains with the ejector / vac system shut down and the air having direct control of the steam brake, or the ejector running with the air system shut down. The vacuum side would need slaving to air for the AWS etc requirements
     
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    Ive split out the two posts discussing Pete Waterman's blog, relating to Apprenticeships into a new Topic in General Railway Chat

    viewtopic.php?f=106&t=19998&start=0


     
  5. jimstallard

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    I'm going to be over in the UK in early August and I was hoping to see Britannia - is it viewable to the public, and if so where exactly?
    Thanks
    Jim
     
  6. Dan Hamblin

    Dan Hamblin Part of the furniture

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    Its at Crewe Heritage Centre http://www.crewewheritagecentre.co.uk

    It is viewable to the public, but its currently a rolling chassis with its unfinished boiler dropped on the frames.
     

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