mmgemini Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 The surviving A4 Pacifics by Nigel Gresley are at Shildon in Feb https://www.maximweb.org/nrm/events.aspx I'm thinking of one of the morning photo sessions. Anybody else coming to see these great locomotives ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megatoad Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Rather see the LMS Corronations & Duchesses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Rather see the LMS Corronations & Duchesses Not as fast as an A4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megatoad Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Aye, but more powerful, and they did hold the record prior to the ill fated Mallard run What with its burned out wheel breaings etc. That said the A4 was sleeker than the Corronation, at least with full fairings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 It wasn't burnt out wheel bearings. It was the center cylinder cyliners con rod big end. A known fault aparantly. I mean who would classify a record run DOWNHILL ? Is that a Beaver ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megatoad Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Beaver ? Cor, Stockton, havn't been up there for years, 25 in fact since I was a student in Middlesbrough ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 The car transporter in your set How much is that coal worth ? From my trip to York I found this lovely saddle tank hidden at your Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoltan Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I quite fancy a flash steam powered Land Rover 110. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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megatoad Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I do love the NRM, havn't been there for a few years now. Dont get home to Yorkshire much these days. But I would have liked to see the A4's are they all still there ? or have they stared going home again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 I think they are still at York. Ring and ask. I'm going to Shildon as I did two trips to York Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan bomber Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Theres 3 A4's at NRM at the minute, the other 3 being in working order are out, earning there keep. Mike, the little tank engine you spotted called Teddy currently has an A4 chime whistle on it, it sounds loverly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 Little tank.... Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us It's an Advent calandar I made a few years ago for my youngest daughter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoSS Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I quite fancy a flash steam powered Land Rover 110. Its been done http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASJigoKUB40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 I've been to Shildon this week to see the A4 Gresley pacifics again. This week is the last oportunity to see all six of the surviving engines together. The crowds seemed bigger and heavier then when I was at York. I aly took few pics. Too many people Notice how dull the smokebox is on Bittern. Just in from a long run. Now that's how I remember them. A general view with them in steam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan bomber Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Very nice Mike, wish I could get there. I might be going mad but there not as pretty as a 9F are they!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeper96 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I saw them today, just a shame I didn't have time to sit and wait in the que to actually get in Are they all in working order still? Just someone was telling me that 3 of them aren't fit to steam. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 My wife and I were there on Wedsnesday, total carnage! Worth it though , warmed up for a bit when standing on the footplate of Bittern having a gander. Apparently Dwight Eisenhower and D of C were in a bit of a state when they got here - D of C had its front all caved in from a shunting accident with knuckle coupler... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 I saw them today, just a shame I didn't have time to sit and wait in the que to actually get in Are they all in working order still? Just someone was telling me that 3 of them aren't fit to steam. Cheers They are in in working order except MALLARD. Mallard needs a lot of work doing to be able to steam. The NRM doesn't think it's worth doing it because there are three working A4's in the UK and there is just enough work for them. Another working A4 will take work away from the others. The Sir Nigel Gresley works at the North Yorks Railway. Bittern has just done a 90mph main line run, I think she's scheduled to do another soon. Dominion of Canada is returning to Canada Dweight D Eisenhour {SP} is returning to USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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