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18 minutes ago, jim.snowdon said:

Which, if we are referring to the gearbox, is still with us, having ended up in the NRM's collection. I found it once in the reserve collection, where it was available to operate.

 

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Does that mean that someone could restore the Fell, with a greater number of original parts than the Flying Scotsman? Or are we talking about the model...

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1 hour ago, jim.snowdon said:

Which, if we are referring to the gearbox, is still with us, having ended up in the NRM's collection. I found it once in the reserve collection, where it was available to operate.

 

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Think its actually a working model of the gearbox Jim 

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9 hours ago, Titan said:

 

Does that mean that someone could restore the Fell, with a greater number of original parts than the Flying Scotsman? Or are we talking about the model...

Someone could build a new Fell; I imagine examples of most of the mechanical bits can still be found, and a gearbox from the original still exists in apparently working condition.  

 

It is not for me to comment on the advisability of such an endeavour.  It’s no dafter than recreating a Pennsy T4. 

 

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1 minute ago, jf2682 said:

So, the Fell never made it to large logo BR blue with full yellow ends, then?:D

 

It might do if the RTR version comes out!  :crazy_mini:

 

 

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Not sure how much difference the super chargers made to the paxmans as the the southern 11001 had a single paxman of the same type but don't think it was forced induction but was also 500bhp 

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The appearance was clearly influenced by the Ivatt twins, which I consider to be very smart and stylish looking machines, and which were themselves very influenced by American practice.  The large square noses of the Fell are boxy and crude and do nothing for the look of the thing, but the mechanical layout demanded them.  


The Ivatt twins' styling influence can be seen in the Derby Peaks as well, classes 44/5/6, and in the 'standard' EE look from the Baby Deltics, 37s, and 40s, but with a more prominent nose.  The EE nose reached it's pug ugly peak of bulbousness in the Deltics and DP2.  None of these locos, with high noses, could be described as making the best possible advantage of the opportunity offered by diesel traction of improving driver visibility, and drivers of shorter stature had to crane their necks to see out properly, but they were a big advance on steam practice and on the single cabbed type 1 BTH and North British locos.  20s weren't so bad running cab first, but the centre cabbed Claytons and D95xx were less than exemplary in this respect, with noses blocking the driver's view of the shunters.  Don't know much about Claytons, but the D95xx featured driver's positions facing inwards at right angles to the direction of travel, great for conversation with the secondman, presumably mostly about where the **** they they had broken down or been pushed off the road by the troublesome trucks this time... a few hours duty on a D95xx usually resulted in a stiff neck as well as high blood pressure.

 

The 'second generation' diesels, 37 excepted, were much better as were the various electrics.  The best for all round visibility IMHO were the Westerns, but they could be like ovens when the sun was on the cab windows...  In terms of the hydraulics, the Hymeks were pretty good as well but the various Warships and Baby Warships were not so wonderful.  The decision to stipulate gangway nose doors in the modernisation plan locos was rooted in US multiple power unit practice, and seldom used here, but it's legacy can still be seen on 31s and 37s in service.  

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Yes, odd really that for a decade the LMS (=US) approach to loco front-end design triumphed over the Southern (= European), which directly followed EMU practice by putting the driver right up-front, with a very good view by the standards of the day, both on the Hornbys and the big diesels.

 

I wonder if drivers expressed fears about the consequences of a collision in the Southern design; they must have felt very exposed in comparison with having miles of boiler in front of them.

 

When I had a ride in a Deltic, I was amazed by how high-up the driving position was in comparison with the cromptons and EDs that I'd been in up until then, as well as how far from the front it felt ......... I think Landrover used to market the Range Rover as having a "command" driving position (snob-appeal if ever there was!), and the Deltic certainly felt commanding.

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As a driver I don't have a problem with a nose end in front of me and the protection it offers is more than worth the slightly restricted view 

I was luck to escape serious injury or worse in a 47 when part of a gate penetrated the cab into the driving desk

The seating arrangement in Clayton's is odd there are only two seats both at forward facing driving positions 

I had the pleasure of driving the clayton this year and if you wanted conversion with your secondman he had to stand up

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On ‎26‎/‎11‎/‎2019 at 09:00, jim.snowdon said:

Which, if we are referring to the gearbox, is still with us, having ended up in the NRM's collection. I found it once in the reserve collection, where it was available to operate.

 

Not a great photo, but this is the one I think...

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Derby works plates at the left of the left hand door (looking at the side of the loco) on each side.

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Presumably the date was 1951, this was in original condition at the exhibition in Eastbourne in that year. Two photos from this date are the only certain ones of each side at any one time in black livery. A photo after withdrawal in 1958 (green livery) shows a mark where the plate has been removed so presumably they were carried throughout 10100's life.

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I've just had a closer look through the photos and I'm not sure the works plates were ever on both sides, the other side photo from Eastbourne doesn't clearly show one and there are later photos with no plate visible. It may be that we have found a clue as to which side we are looking at after all.

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I've always thought this was a fascinating beast. I can imagine it was high on maintenance costs though, with 60 cylinders, pistons and big ends, and 6 crankshafts, and 60 sets of valves (was it a two stroke machine?).

There's the possibility, with DCC control, of recreating the drive train in miniature, with 4 motors driving a central gearbox!

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On 27/11/2019 at 10:28, russ p said:

As a driver I don't have a problem with a nose end in front of me and the protection it offers is more than worth the slightly restricted view 

I was luck to escape serious injury or worse in a 47 when part of a gate penetrated the cab into the driving desk

The seating arrangement in Clayton's is odd there are only two seats both at forward facing driving positions 

I had the pleasure of driving the clayton this year and if you wanted conversion with your secondman he had to stand up

Very spacious inside the Clayton cab, these photos were taken with crew permission at Eridge in Aug 18.

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30 minutes ago, Tim Hall said:

Very spacious inside the Clayton cab, these photos were taken with crew permission at Eridge in Aug 18.

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A shame they didn't put the doors further back on the secondmans side and give it four seats 

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1 hour ago, russ p said:

 

 

A shame they didn't put the doors further back on the secondmans side and give it four seats 

Yes, it's not the most efficient use of space, but someone (Murray Brown?) said on a video many years ago "enough room to hold a dance".

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