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I bought 2 full sets of con rods and pins on the Bay a few weeks back. Brassmasters do con rods, but you have to solder 3 together and open up the holes with a broach, its a bit fiddly!!

Hi guys No longer required, thanks Does anyone have a Bachmann Class 47 body only that is surplus to requirements? Any type except Intercity Swallow. Payment and postage quotation please. Hard earned pocket money available!!!

John The top floor was normally used for Wort cooling if horizontal coolers were used, but if Vertical coolers were used then the top floor would have the Hot Liquor tanks and grist bin and wort receiver, ( water in breweries is used for washing down, Hot and Cold liquor is used for brewing) In most cases the grist bin was mounted directly above the Mashing machine which was built into the top of the Mash Tun cover or in a wooden topped Tun sitting on the edge of the Tun Hot liquor and Grist were mixed together in the mashing machine at the correct brewing temperature. After the mashing time had elapsed the wort was rum off through the false bottom plates to a tap box down to the Copper, here the Hops were added normally by hand, after the boil off was complete the Copper was Cast into the Hop Back and allowed to settle, again the wort was drained off through the false bottom plates and pumped to the horizontal coolers if used or to a wort receiver if vertical coolers were used and the fed by gravity to the Fermenting vessels where yeast was added. As yeast grows during fermentation there is always excess yeast, before modern bottom fermenting yeast were invented the spare yeast was collected by lorries and went to make Marmite. Before the advent of Stainless Steel every thing in breweries was either Copper or Brass, it used to take approx. 6 weeks to make a Copper and about the same to make a Copper Mash tun cover. I know I have made a few! Of course all that has now changed and breweries are built on two levels and the wort etc is all pumped. Tim

I remember seeing the first DP1 on the WCML through Litchfield Trent Valley, pulling the mid day Scot, it was a great sight, but I'm afraid it was no comparison to seeing a Semi doing the same I remember seeing the first DP1 on the WCML through Litchfield Trent Valley, pulling the mid day Scot, it was a great sight, but I'm afraid it was no comparison to seeing a Semi doing the same