However there is another use of the cylinder cocks I have seen on the 611 and 1218 videos. I have seen them opened when the engine is going upgrade and when...
... Remember what cylinder cocks are designed to do. Any time there might be water carryover in the steam, the cocks may be opened to preclude any chance of...
... Drivers of Bulleid pacific, which were notorious for slipping, regally opened the drain cocks when starting. -- Bill Bedford "Man is an animal suspended in...
... That's quite the mental picture! I mean with all respect to the engineering talent of Mr. Bulleid, requiring the engineers of his fine steam steeds to wear...
Stumbled on this looking for summat else. http://wn.com/companies_1938 I TOTALLY do not understand their filing system: a 15 minute LMS PR film on research, ca...
bottom posted..... ... Roberto and all, Went to answer this once, but halfway through, my confounder must have had a smoke fart, and the entire SteamTech...
Hi Dave, I navigated to this: - http://wn.com/companies_1938 .......by klikking on the paragraph next to stillshot from the item in question, in the sidescreen...
JUST SO: I played with it some more. search on London Midland Scottish turns up a range of vintage promo films... _promo_ (MUST spell out: LMS hits something...
Gents, 'Potentially* good news down here. The non-performance (and that's being charitable), and expense, of the NSW Office of Rail Heritage has been...
... There seems to be at least 5 LMS films that can be got to directly here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0bToe9DKFo&list=PL750241C707046451> -- Bill...
The Cocks can be open at any speed and cut off setting at will. Whether this was show or necessity. But as an engineer I would open the cocks if I was getting...
Gents, By a Darwinian fluke, it appears we have very recently evolved a kangaroo (it might have been a wallaby....the 3'-6" gauge version) that takes an...
On Friday 17 May 2013 09:46 my mailbox was graced by a message from Herbert ... Wuill they acclimate in South America ? Cheers, Ron. -- Politicians should all...
I am not involved with this project nor am I acquainted with anyone who is involved. I understand it is a fully new build. Beyond that I would have to Google...
... Ronaldo, I would say that would be one of the easier sites? To my utter astonishment, I discover there was a colony of wallabies in Scotland (!), whose...
I'm only happy to see a new build, even if it's ancient technology with a few minor modernizations such as CNC machining, a welded boiler, and more steel than...
on the original Star Trek, the Enterprize is infested with Tribbles, they can find no way to stop them from reproducing as fast as they do, at the end of the...
Dave: Plans as of earlier this week are to move it to York, PA starting May 20. I don't know whether the plan is to take one or two days for the move because...
... They seem to have got just about everywhere except S. America……. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallaby#Introduced_populations> -- Bill Bedford "Man is...
... Bill and Bill, How extraordinary!? I wonder if any of the specimens abroad exhibit the instant detestation and attack properties towards pollies, like the...
Bill, Well, I daresay grizzly bears, anacondas, venomous snakes generally, docoriles, large boars (VERY dangerous!), &c, can all be deployed against...
