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It was converted in the Engineering Development Unit at the Railway Technical Centre in Derby. That would have been late 1990/early 1991 as I was doing my training there at the time, and even did a little work on it although my memory is somewhat hazy.

Think that only applies to the racing cars. Pretty sure they will not be happy rebuilding their workshop equipment every couple of hours. Unless I am mistaken and there is a need for a large alternator on an electric car.

I am old school, Relco's are even more effective!

Do they sell oranges and lemons?

Yep, same as forklifts in warehouses. More H2O and less CO2 in the exhaust so not so dangerous in enclosed spaces. Next best thing to batteries. LPG powered road vehicles use it too, hence the low fuel duty because of it's low emissions.

I have been on a jury, and one of the jurors suggested that we should not find them guilty on all counts as that would be too harsh, and that we should only find guilty on one or two charges. He was quickly informed it was down to the judge to decide the severity of sentence not us, but it shows that it could happen.

It'll end up a sticky situation either way!

Yes and no, one of the ways that HST's managed to stop from 125mph in the same distance that a conventional train stopped from 100mph is that the brake pipe was vented at both ends leading to a much faster brake application. You cover a lot of ground at 125mph so a faster acting brake can make a significant difference. If there is no power car on the back then it is effectively the same as a loco hauled train as far as the time it takes for the brakes to fully apply, so it would have to be speed restricted - probably to 110mph, although with an NSE coach attached it would be restricted to 100mph at best anyway.

They will have to be very circumspect.

Well it might give it some kick...

Bit like a frog?

Well, as part of my training I got to work at Strawberry Hill when the Networkers were being commissioned. Now we had a test path between the service trains on the Shepperton Branch. There was also a couple of withdrawn DEMU power cars coupled back to back in the yard in working order, and even better the batteries were not flat and they had fuel... So we found a Driver and claimed that they needed a test run, contacted the signaller to say we had a test train ready, and half the technical team went on board for a joyride in a 1000hp 2 car DEMU to Shepperton and back!

Most trailers have pretty ineffective suspension - most of the bump absorption will be done by the tyres, so it is important to adjust the tyre pressures according to load. As the difference in unladen v laden weight of trailers is massive, if you run at the recommended laden tyre pressures the trailer will bounce at anything other than fully loaded. Empty it will bounce like a ping pong ball. As an extreme example I once had a small 3' by 4' trailer. When empty or lightly loaded the sidewalls of the tyres were stiff enough to take the weight alone without air pressure. However I did put a minimum of 10 psi in just to make sure the tyres stayed on the rims.

With the firebox being in the middle gradient would only have a slight effect on the level above the crown sheet if even noticeable.

Come to think of it any passenger train braking hard will have the water slosh to the front of the boiler with the same effect as going down a 1:20 or so gradient, until the brakes are released or it stops.

I have an up to date copy as stated in my post you quoted, now highlighted for those who find comprehension hard.

Looks like the result of a flywheel explosion. At high rpm they contain a lot of energy, and if they let go they will slice through the bell housing and anything else that gets in the way no problem at all. That is where the clutch plate ended up after everything surrounding it disappeared.

I am pretty sure it used to be, albeit I remember it as 30mph, hence why mopeds were not permitted. However I also noted some time ago that it was no longer mentioned in the Highway code, and my current copy of the Highway code is well too young to have it in. So it must have been sometime around the late 80's early 90's that it was no longer in the Highway code, although that does not necessarily mean the restriction no longer exists.

I would say unlikely to have gone through York station as it has a low footbridge even without OLE. OLE might not necessarily be a problem, as it only has low clearances near bridges, standard height is quite a bit higher, so if there are no bridges to go under it might be possible for it to fit under the wires.

Normally I would say that it is a bit of doom mongering - the heritage sector has always survived. However the Traction engine/steam rally events seem to have been hit particularly hard by events such as covid. There are several events that I enjoyed going to on an annual basis that have not reappeared now covid is over. Even the Great Dorset Steam Fair has been cancelled after last years losses, and although the website says it will be back next year, if you talk to some people involved they are not so sure...

I bay leaf you might be right.

Well it would not be the same if we did not have the same joke Thyme and Thyme again...

For environmental and cost reasons there has been experimentation on alternative biofuels. They are now trying to run trains on Parsley, having failed to get them to run on Thyme.

Thought that Indian Pale Ale was already pretty diluted with water?

What, in a parallel universe where she is still alive?