Re: Warning:NNG SL&RG

Gavin Hamilton Wrote:
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> ...and a pretty silly joke it was too. I have to
> ask - do you actually know anything about
> running/maintaining/restoring a steam locomotive?
> Just because something looks good it doesn't mean
> it isn't a basket case as paint can hide a
> multitude of horrors. An example for you - one of
> our locomotives was built in 1964 and only ran for
> 7 years. Now you'd imagine that after only running
> for that short length of time there wouldn't be
> *that* much wrong with. How very wrong can you be
> - we knew it probably needed new tyres (it came
> from a colliery) but it has just been fully
> dismantled and inspected - the discoveries I can
> remember are - it needs a new firebox crown and
> tubeplate (and there's a bulge in there as well) -
> basically a new firebox, a new front tubeplate and
> a new bunker - and that's just the bits I can
> remember. It'll happen but it won't be cheap. Why
> am I involved - I was part of the group who bought
> it from its last (private) owner - and it now
> belongs to the society I belong to. Why did we buy
> it - it was the last standard gauge new build
> steam locomotive for a commercial customer in the
> UK.
>
>
I run them, fire them, repair, overhaul, rebuild
> etc so I have a fair idea of what it takes.

I mean't it looks better than a rotted out hunk of metal in the ground.
They don't look like these.
[www.steamlocomotive.com]

Better of the three. Might be in good overall condition
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[www.steamlocomotive.com]

I have never ran a steam locomotive I am only 15. I have ran the Flying Scotsman on Train Simulator. Simple Controls off.