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  1. Wickham Green too
    What we think of as LSWR 'classes' weren't described as such until the Southern tried to tidy things up - fifteen years or more after the K14s were built ........ even a hundred years later, I'd hesitate to call that 'soon'.
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    "... three wheels of the locomotive came off the tracks" ........... intriguing ! - or do they mean three axles ? ( a journalist wouldn't know the difference )
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    What better place to test your landslip restoration & future-proofing techniques !!?!
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    Am I imagining things or is that first coach from the XP64 train ? ...... if so, someone might know where it might've ben seen.
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    No doubt the shelter on Lord Nelson ( above ) is the same colour as the loco ...... not easy to determine on the others - though the 'Brighton' one looks as if it might be unpainted timber.
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    ... as any account of the - ongoing - restoration of the 'Windcutter' wagons on the GCR will testify. ( Though they've carried sharp-cornered lumps of processed geology too.)
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    The 'Pillbox' would be appropriate for Southern Railway ( exact dates depending on version ) & BR days and the BR van from early BR days ...... each, by definition, into NSE days.
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    Why "so-called" ? ......... they were built against Works Order K14 just as the others were built against Works Order B4.
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    Yeah, before long we'll have the technology for a REALISTIC Giraffe Wagon an' Battlespace Rocket Launcher ................. always thought the originals a bit gimmicky !! 🤪
  10. Wickham Green too
    But they're not the same lamp posts, of course, so the spacing could have changed !!?!
  11. Wickham Green too
    Well, the lettering 'Guard' appeared on a new door on a new type of coach called a TGS.
  12. Wickham Green too
    Yes, Yes, Yes ........... which is why I made no mention of different cylinder ends nor speculate about three-cylinder locos which are more or less guaranteed to give different results - and I was assuming ( yes, that word again ) that valve events would be carefully set before each test .................................. unless the test was specifically to suss out any pre-existing inequality, of course.
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    WOT !!?! .......... ANOTHER duplicate ! ...https://www.jwmodelrailways.com/product-page/r-355-b-0-4-0-industrial-locomotive-nellie Yes, interesting, but VERY limited application.
  14. Wickham Green too
    T'other side at Loughborough on 16/8/97 : - .... looks to be in 'as received' condition.
  15. Wickham Green too
    ...or could you assume that the diagram for each outside ( or inside ) cylinder would be as close as dammit to its opposite number ??!?
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    Yes, of course I knew prexactly what you meant. 😊
  17. Wickham Green too
    Moreover, there are EE type 4s available - or on their way - from other sources yet no C2 or C2X* to haul coal wagons available from various manufacturers. * feel free to swap for other appropriate 'missing' locos if you wish.
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    I'd guess the thumbscrew to the right of the pulley would be tightened to grip the cord.
  19. Wickham Green too
    You'd have difficulty prosecuting a truck ................ but, seriously, the matter could be covered in the vehicle's Annual Test - though the portability of a satnav would be problematic.
  20. Wickham Green too
    ... and, as we know, a bad workman blames his tools.
  21. Wickham Green too
    I think you'd struggle to find any genuine Kent coal !
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    Generally true but 'sets' were mentioned and the coaches considered to be part of a permanent set would normally go through the paintshop together ........ but not always !
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    563 was reinstated to traffic in 1939 to help with the war effort - how helpful it was might be debatable - and was painted unlined Maunsell green with Bulleid insignia* according to Southern Style .......... presumably it remained thus until 1945. * pre-war style, of course, with the pointy 'N's
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    C'mon, everybody knows that all GWR locos are the same - so Pannier Tanks must be 'generic' by definition ! 🤪
  25. Wickham Green too
    Probably since the demise of the Car Carrier ............. maybe that'll be 'announced' for reinstatement next April 1st ??!?
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