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  1. AlfaZagato
    That's probably the infamous 'Welsh Coal.' I believe it's benefit is low ash. I like the idea mentioned in passing of a streamlined Raven A2. Maybe not necessarily the same streamlining as the A4s. Possibly matching the P2 or the W1?
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    They are splendid locos. Paul Windle is still going?
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    I was curious about fitting these between the frames. I have a Y7 that needs remotoring. Space seemed a premium. Happy to see its doable.
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    Payment hasn't been taken from me yet. I did receive an email that they were due next week.
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    I think the biggest problem with a Clyde Puffer is that it is too distinct. To my untrained eye, many of the alternatives posted look broadly the same. If one made a kit of any of these, you'd satisfy many anti-Puffers. Puffers look like Puffers, no matter how you cut it. It's a shame many ocean-going ships are absolutely massive, even before Grouping. Makes modelling harbors accurately difficult.
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    Citing British Railways Operating History: Volume 1: the Peak District, an unsplit train was tested downhill behind a Garratt on the Ambergate to Pye Bridge. The Garratt's brakes were found to be gone by Heaton Mersey
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    Honestly, it does only seem to be the UK and the US that tried to keep axle counts to a minimum. Need we discuss the Soviet 4-14-4 again?
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    Yeah, the corners aren't 'soft' enough. Window arcs need to be much more prominent.
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    Which sprays are you using? Black looks a bit like Citadel Chaos Black, which is ass.
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    Which can't be had for nearly twice the list.
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    I should get my preorder in at Kernow for the Sudrian one.
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    These are looking very good.
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    Could envision something like a Yorkshire boiler, or two parallel boilers. Maintenance on two boilers would be a pain, but two 3.5' boilers I'd wager could make plenty of steam for huge cylinders. The high-pressure water-tube boilers might have worked in a Brunelian gauge, too.
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    Would the UK loading gauge have increased with a wider track gauge, though? Brunelian gauge notwithstanding, y'all didn't do much to stretch the space available from the 1850s. If 5ft had been adapted in place of 4'8.5", would the existing UK loading be the nominal 3.5" wider, too?
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    Honestly, I was meaning to type inside-framed. In contrast to actuality, which saw them outside-framed.
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    Experience has also shown that, where narrow gauge was built in Great Britain, gauging around 2 feet was entirely suitable for the traffic encountered. As a note, though, my understanding for the loading gauge on the Lynton & Barnstable was based on the contractors using a 3-foot gauge for the work train. I pose that could have resulted in, at least, the Manning-Wardle locos being 3ft gauge outside frame.
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    Since Ireland was mentioned, what might have been the next step from the GSR 800 class? The few 800s were already built to the max width of the Irish broad gauge. Understandably, there wasn't much demand for the 800s when they outshopped. Still, could an Irish 'Pacific' been the next move?
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    You probably have. Given the supplier, they probably are fine with it. Probably happy.
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    For your sake, I hope your building is more competent than Zenigata.
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    Probably tricky to cast or mold, too. Also, there would be immediate complaints that they're too regular or repetitive.
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    I could see the railway worker's unions taking issue with automatic couplers. Probably under some claim that the work loses meaning. Gives the railway a reason to pay the union boys less.
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    Looks very nice. I'm surprised at how square the windows are. Is that prototypical for Thompson stock? I'm not well versed on LNER designs.
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    The pound is screwing you over, too. I show $38 to the USA
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    Wheels were probably only replaced if necessary. As much as wagons were the lifeblood of a railway, railways seemed reluctant to truly invest in them.
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    Always great to hear a company man chime in.
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