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Lewis

11 steam locos

cant believe this

what a line up of steamers and there all british

the last one 34082 92 squadron is my fav

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZa65YQMFFs
seven.mpd

Well spotted, great stuff
Griffin

Very impressive. I wonder what the collective value of that lot is.
Lewis

most of them are great western though

would be even more impressive if it had a few LMS and LNER locos in it
Griffin

Lewis wrote:
most of them are great western though

would be even more impressive if it had a few LMS and LNER locos in it

LMS are the ones Lew
Lewis

oh aye

some of the best were LMS
Chris

Great video.

Sadly what you couldn't see was the little mamod loco at the back pushing them all along!

Hoping Jilly and Graham see this thread and they reproduce this using their expanding loco collection.
Lewis

oh yes forgot about that one
tree ted

That was the steam steel and stars cavacade at Llangollen. All in order to raise money to build another GWR loco when will people learn? Even harry Potter has decided red is the colour for his loco.

I supose you could count the standard (78019) as LMS when you think Riddles was the man in charge and he was LNWR/LMS through and through.
SillyBilly

Twas a great cavelcade. The ground vibrated as they went past. I'll have to upload my video some day! Best loco there was either the 56xx or the fantasticly filthy 28xx. I hope they do another weekend, 'cos it was awsome! Should of all been GWR in GWR livery, 'cos it's a GWR branch.
MTA

Lewis wrote:
most of them are great western though

would be even more impressive if it had a few LMS and LNER locos in it


Great Western engines are mainly tank engines and are quite puny, only good forbranch line and shuttle work. Although they certainly got something right (the King's!).
Lewis

Oi you have all forgot the BOB class at the back
my favorite ever one of its typr 92 squadron
MTA

Lewis wrote:
Oi you have all forgot the BOB class at the back
my favorite ever one of its typr 92 squadron


Just seen a better SR engine today (see new topic)
John Chapman

MTA wrote:
Great Western engines are mainly tank engines and are quite puny, only good forbranch line and shuttle work. Although they certainly got something right (the King's!).


Strange comment MTA, Considering the GWR made some of the most powerful locos in the UK
Lewis

MTA wrote:
Lewis wrote:
Oi you have all forgot the BOB class at the back
my favorite ever one of its typr 92 squadron


Just seen a better SR engine today (see new topic)


nah the best were the BOBs WCs and mercghant navys
MTA

John Chapman wrote:
MTA wrote:
Great Western engines are mainly tank engines and are quite puny, only good forbranch line and shuttle work. Although they certainly got something right (the King's!).


Strange comment MTA, Considering the GWR made some of the most powerful locos in the UK


Ok, Ok. When anyone does mention 'GWR', I instantly think of a quaint little branch line in the middle of nowhere with a Pannier Tank or 14XX and Autocoach. I hardly ever think of the powerful express engines such as the King's! Must be summat to do with my Southern upbringing
Lewis

MTA wrote:
John Chapman wrote:
MTA wrote:
Great Western engines are mainly tank engines and are quite puny, only good forbranch line and shuttle work. Although they certainly got something right (the King's!).


Strange comment MTA, Considering the GWR made some of the most powerful locos in the UK


Ok, Ok. When anyone does mention 'GWR', I instantly think of a quaint little branch line in the middle of nowhere with a Pannier Tank or 14XX and Autocoach. I hardly ever think of the powerful express engines such as the King's! Must be summat to do with my Southern upbringing


same here mate
it must be when you have got used to the bigger engines
tree ted

Lewis wrote:
MTA wrote:
John Chapman wrote:
MTA wrote:
Great Western engines are mainly tank engines and are quite puny, only good forbranch line and shuttle work. Although they certainly got something right (the King's!).


Strange comment MTA, Considering the GWR made some of the most powerful locos in the UK


Ok, Ok. When anyone does mention 'GWR', I instantly think of a quaint little branch line in the middle of nowhere with a Pannier Tank or 14XX and Autocoach. I hardly ever think of the powerful express engines such as the King's! Must be summat to do with my Southern upbringing


same here mate
it must be when you have got used to the bigger engines



Meh they are all Gas Works Rejects.

The French had to show them how to build the front boggie on the kings but I supose they would be half decent engines if they left the platform edges alone everywere they went without trying to take them with them.

Powerful? cough cough Dutchess's cough cough.

Been up at Bury for the steam gala all day with the BHG stall. The green engines spent all day hanging round in pairs. Mind you 1 was the antique, for a GWR standard guage loco I actualy quite like it. Though it did seem to drink alot more water than anything else all day

Realy gutted to see the Beatie Well tank wasnt running.

But the black and red engines ran fine all day. They even let them go out on their own

But
Lewis

southern LNER and LMS made the best IMHO

GWRs are ok though
tree ted

Lewis wrote:
southern LNER and LMS made the best IMHO

GWRs are ok though


Problem with Southern locos was they were to light. Spam cans were prone to "picking up their feet".

LNER had some nice loco's mainly built for speed. The LMS was realy the back bone of the country when it came to sheer power. Though quite a change when you think they took over from the MR with the small loco policy of If you cant find a loco big enough to pull the train put 2 on it.
Lewis

tree ted wrote:
Lewis wrote:
southern LNER and LMS made the best IMHO

GWRs are ok though


Problem with Southern locos was they were to light. Spam cans were prone to "picking up their feet".

LNER had some nice loco's mainly built for speed. The LMS was realy the back bone of the country when it came to sheer power. Though quite a change when you think they took over from the MR with the small loco policy of If you cant find a loco big enough to pull the train put 2 on it.

aye thats all so true
the light pacifics are always slipping
lner made the fastest
LMS made the most powefullest like the garratts and coronation
rough-shunter

the calecade as done notice there in power order small est to biggest and ill settle for wich loco is bes t mainline its a lms black 5 but anything else its a hunsle austerity them tank engines will shift the same as a 5 and more thee really powerfull
MTA

rough-shunter wrote:
the calecade as done notice there in power order small est to biggest and ill settle for wich loco is bes t mainline its a lms black 5 but anything else its a hunsle austerity them tank engines will shift the same as a 5 and more thee really powerfull


Going back to the tractive effort debate, the NGG16 Garrett's on the Welsh highland can do just the same as a Black 5!

SR engines were light, but have you seen the track around here? Not all of it is built to mainline express standards. You barely ever get over 60 on the straight stretches near me
Lewis

there is no best engine there all good
MTA

Lewis wrote:
there is no best engine there all good


Unless of course they are Fireless engines Looks like a central heating boiler on wheels with a shed mounted on the back
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