Re: Timing tutorial?

et&wnc Wrote:
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> I knew a guy who worked on industrial stationary
> steam engines who swore that almost every
> steam locomotive he'd ever heard was out of time
> to a small degree. He claimed it was obvious to
> his ears as he'd worked on non-RR versions for
> decades. The only two he said sounded perfectly
> timed to his ears were the 611 and 4449.
> I've read that when SRR 4501 was bought and in her
> early experiences with TVRM, she was badly out of
> time, but I have never heard any recordings of her
> exhaust to hear it for myself.

I have an old LP record of 4501 when she was still on the K&T. She sounded awful.