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  1. Wickham Green too
    Then some Railways didn't distinguish between classes that we take for granted .......... I'm sure most reading this would get an instant mental picture of the loco if I mention 'M7' or 'T9' for instance - Dugald Drummond wouldn't have had a clue what I was talking about !
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    ... and some 2'6'' - but mainly standard : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Republic_Railways
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    Depends what 'issue' we're talking about now : these instructions date from long before the OT's query of 1954 - a time when plenty of Maunsell coaches were about and some of those actually had British so-called-Standard gangways at the set ends in order that the western half of the country could understand them.
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    Yes, there were longer vehicles on the other Railways / Regions ( apart from the Western 70-footers, they were mainly sleeping or catering vehicles ) but their sphere of operation was restricted to some degree.
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    It won't actually WEAR by 2'' but it'll be reprofiled - including the flange - when worn to an unacceptable ( maybe hollow ) profile ....... so the flange depth will not generally vary by a huge amount.
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    Probably a small loco - and small crew - if it's narrow gauge ....................... but I'm not convinced it is !
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    Darwin Awards are in the post .............
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    Well - how much of it was 'oldest' and how long since it had had a full overhaul ................ ?? 😮
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    Dimensionally they were identical to the BR Mk1 which were becoming numerous by 1954 - but both types were longer than the majority of what went before so removal of any 'blanket ban' might have had to wait 'til '54 while every line on the network had been assessed ??!?
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    Indeed - as did the other Railways - but to what extent did they consider them as different 'classes' ? ................................ or, to put it another way, what importance did the Railways put on the concept of 'classes' compared to the, possibly blinkered, view from this side of the enthusiast fence ?
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    There was an awful lot of commonality of parts so of little consequence what 'class' a component came from .... it would normally be replaced with an overhauled one of the same type from stock when required.
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    I hope that's loose so it drops out of "Trip Hazard" zone when not in use !!?!
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    The 'Bridge Inn' is a bit cheesy too - as the bridge seems to go 'in' to the top floor ! ( At least it's not got a bus on it ! )
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    Probably safer that way round as any glowing embers should be thrown clear and not have a chance to fall back before, perhaps, the middle of the coach.
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    Yet only the LNER seems to have used any sort of official sub-classification for locomotives with different tender types !
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    ... which poses the further question - did the LMS feel there was a need to distinguish between two "classes" of the same power code ? ( Route availability permitting )
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    Not necessarily - it could have been a visiting loco that was borrowed. Presumably 77077's allocation was justified and there was some regular traffic that should have taken it away from Taunton at times.
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    Perfectly conventional.
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    Maybe it's only got six GEAR wheels ? ............. I've never tried to count them ! 😎
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    The other was, in fact two ....... No.353 was Ashford Carriage Works shunter and No.752 shunted at Folkestone Harbour : 353 : 'Q' class - MW1154/1890, cylinders 14'' x 20'', 3'6'' wheels, 600 gallons water - new to South Eastern, withdrawn in 1929 752 : 'K' class - MW725/1879, cylinders 12'' x 17'', 3'2'' wheels, 430 gallons water - second hand to SECR 1905, to Northfleet Wharf in 1925
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    I can lend you a Halfords rattle can !
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    ... but would have gained innumerable 'customised' ( = makeshift ) variants during their lives !
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    With all that to copy, Mike's mis-typed that bit - it should read "when owing to the absence of adaptors it is not possible for the gangway connection to be made Gangway shields must not be placed on the adjacent ends of the vehicles." ( General Appendix, 1960 )
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    That's the whole of Set 220 equipped at both ends ( unnecessary if the set was operationally indivisible ) one end of one Brake Third of Set 479 and one end of a loose Brake Composite !
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    Another survivor : http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=865#google_vignette
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