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  1. Curlew
    Very impressive! Just wondering how far it is to do a complete circuit on the layout? You must be rapidly wearing the locos out ;)
  2. Curlew
    Some of those have happened already, like the Mansfield & Pinxton in 2019 for example.
  3. Curlew
    Exposure to sunshine is far more of a hazard in Queensland than exposure to rain in Scotland, I suspect. Locomotives in India were fitted with roofs early on precisely because of the detrimental effect that long exposure to the sun had on loco crews.
  4. Curlew
    If u look carefully, the belt the horse is driving rotates the small cog at the rh end of the vehicle, so the cog will rotate clockwise. This cog drives the larger cog which must rotate anticlockwise. That makes the vehicle move in the direction the horse is facing.
  5. Curlew
    More 'Majories' than Minories, but well worth a look at BBM1930s: Anhalter Bahnhof Update 12/2022 - YouTube
  6. Curlew
    NLS Maps have the relevant details for a track plan View map: Kent LVII.11 (Sibertswold; Womenswold) - Ordnance Survey 25 inch England and Wales, 1841-1952 (nls.uk) and View map: Kent LVII.12 (Coldred; Eythorne; Sibertswold) - Ordnance Survey 25 inch England and Wales, 1841-1952 (nls.uk)
  7. Curlew
    Another one from the same stable, Western Australia Class X
  8. Curlew
    As it says on the Nucast ad, the photo with the cutout cab is a D41, not a D42
  9. Curlew
    Surely the ideal location for the school would be Aching Head (or Aching Bottom if it were a public school)?
  10. Curlew
    This table is useful, comparing GWR broad gauge dimensions with other lines https://www.devboats.co.uk/gwdrawings/loadinggauges.php It suggests that the space available between the platform edge and the outside the wheels was about the same as standard gauge - so the same space for outside cyls and valve gear if required.
  11. Curlew
    I appreciate that, but outside cylinders and outside valve gear became the fashion for modern steam locos. Just wondering if there would be as much room for these as with standard gauge locos, which might have had (I am only guessing) more space outside the wheels without fouling the loading gauge.
  12. Curlew
    One thought that occurs to me is - did the broad gauge loading gauge allow room for outside cylinders? Might have limited designs to inside cylinder locos, if not?
  13. Curlew
    One consequence of broader gauges is that narrow gauge may become more likely for lightly used lines. Think of Ireland or India, for example. We may have ended up with 7ft and lots of 3ft gauge feeder lines.
  14. Curlew
    Shays are inherently unbalanced due to an offset boiler. I understood that Climax locos could be relatively nippy
  15. Curlew
    Even the weight of a Peak wasn't enough to stop a coal train. I well remember a crash in the early to mid 1960s when a Peak lost control on the descent from Hucknall towards Bulwell and smashed into the back of another train.
  16. Curlew
    Pig iron from Carnforth and other North Lancashire ironworks is one guess. The Lake District was also a major producer of wooden bobbins for the textile industry - not just for the UK but worldwide.
  17. Curlew
    Looks like a hosepipe to me, if I have identified the correct thing - used for washing down the coal and the cab
  18. Curlew
    Reminds me of this Canadian prototype - but in reverse
  19. Curlew
    Useful link here http://www.osterthun.com/2c.models40-59/Baureihe~53KL.htm
  20. Curlew
    Don't forget South America
  21. Curlew
    maybe of some help?
  22. Curlew
    Stations near posh country houses sometimes had a private waiting room for the bigwigs. Rufford Abbey was definitely quite posh. The station may also have been forseen to entertain royalty, as the king regularly visited the Dukeries. Also, somewhere to store the coal, newspaper kiosk (sometimes built into the main structure, sometimes a separate structure)
  23. Curlew
    I too have obscure tastes For the USA and for Canada or maybe, if Mexico counts...
  24. Curlew
    Copy of a real locomotive
  25. Curlew
    Medieval, maybe not, but some stations were tightly hemmed in by urban areas, particularly early lines in the NE. Here's Salem, for example
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